By Jason Gale
February 20, 2020, 11:35 AM GMT+7 https://www.bloomberg.com/asia
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Rectal swabs can detect the pneumonia-causing virus in patients even when conventional oral tests are negative, doctors at the Wuhan Pulmonary Hospital in central China said in a studyprotein receptors in the body that are expressed in the lungs and intestines, making these organs the primary targets for both viruses, said Fang Li, an associate professor of veterinary and biomedical sciences at the University of Minnesota, last month.
Amoy Gardens
A virus-laden aerosol plume emanating from a SARS patient with diarrhea was implicatedAmoy Gardens
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