Alert for pharynx-centered gastrointestinal and respiratory cross-infection and cryptic cross-transmission routes of 2019-nCoV

Xiehui Chen; Zhanke Wang; Jiaxuan Wang; Zhongzhen Zhu; Chunxin Li; Tian Hu

doi:10.3855/jidc.18555

Alert for pharynx-centered gastrointestinal and respiratory cross-infection and cryptic cross-transmission routes of 2019-nCoV

Authors

Xiehui Chen Department of Clinical Laboratory, Shenzhen Longhua District Central Hospital, Shenzhen, China
Zhanke Wang Department of Clinical Laboratory, Shenzhen Longhua District Central Hospital, Shenzhen, China https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6473-4968
Jiaxuan Wang The University of Auckland Faculty of Science, Auckland, New Zealand https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9341-8606
Zhongzhen Zhu Department of Nosocomial Infection Management, Great Wall Hospital, Nanchang University, China
Chunxin Li Ningbo Medical System Clinical Laboratories Co., LTD, Ningbo China https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0761-7279
Tian Hu MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.18555

Keywords:

2019-nCoV, pharynx, gastrointestinal tract, respiratory tract, aerosol route, fecal-oral route, cross-transmission routes

Abstract

We proposed that the pharynx, as a common organ of the respiratory and digestive tracts, may be a respiratory and digestive tract cross cryptic transmission pathway for 2019-nCoV infection from the nasal cavities to the pharynx and lung, then to nasal cavities by aerosol (respiratory route) to the pharynx and the gastrointestinal tract, then to the oral cavity by feces (fecal-oral route) and to pharynx, lungs, or gastrointestinal tract.

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2024-04-30

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Chen X, Wang Z, Wang J, Zhu Z, Li C, Hu T (2024) Alert for pharynx-centered gastrointestinal and respiratory cross-infection and cryptic cross-transmission routes of 2019-nCoV. J Infect Dev Ctries 18:501–503. doi: 10.3855/jidc.18555

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Vol. 18 No. 04: April 2024

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Coronavirus Pandemic

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