id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-253238-ptmxkpae Kopel, Jonathan Clinical Insights into the Gastrointestinal Manifestations of COVID-19 2020-05-23 .txt text/plain 4148 208 45 Furthermore, testing stool after a patient has been infected with COVID-19 may be necessary to monitor any GI complications, and the potential for fecal-oral transmission after respiratory symptoms has resolved. Despite the limited information on COVID-19 and its GI symptoms, information from SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV provides some insights on the symptoms and disease severity from other CoVs. The MERS-CoV has shown to infect human primary intestinal epithelial cells, small intestine It is also found to transmit via the fecal-oral route [35] . Physicians should monitor for GI symptoms in COVID-19-infected patients and examine whether the virus continues to remain in their stools after their respiratory symptoms have resolved. Epidemiological, demographic, and clinical characteristics of 47 cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus disease from Saudi Arabia: a descriptive study Human intestinal tract serves as an alternative infection route for Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus ./cache/cord-253238-ptmxkpae.txt ./txt/cord-253238-ptmxkpae.txt