
SARS-CoV-2 caused a major outbreak of severe pneumonia (COVID-19) in humans. Viral RNA was detected in multiple organs in COVID-19 patients. However, infectious SARS-CoV-2 was only isolated from respiratory specimens. Here, infectious SARS-CoV-2 was successfully isolated from urine of a COVID-19 patient. The virus isolated could infect new susceptible cells and was recognized by its’ own patient sera. Appropriate precautions should be taken to avoid transmission from urine.
Male, COVID-19 ; virus isolation ; urine ; transmission ; SARS-CoV-2, Letter, Epidemiology, Immunology, Pneumonia, Viral, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216, Genome, Viral, Microbiology, Betacoronavirus, Virology, Drug Discovery, Chlorocebus aethiops, Animals, Humans, Pandemics, Vero Cells, Aged, virus isolation, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, SARS-CoV-2, transmission, COVID-19, General Medicine, urine, QR1-502, Infectious Diseases, Parasitology, Coronavirus Infections
Male, COVID-19 ; virus isolation ; urine ; transmission ; SARS-CoV-2, Letter, Epidemiology, Immunology, Pneumonia, Viral, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216, Genome, Viral, Microbiology, Betacoronavirus, Virology, Drug Discovery, Chlorocebus aethiops, Animals, Humans, Pandemics, Vero Cells, Aged, virus isolation, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, SARS-CoV-2, transmission, COVID-19, General Medicine, urine, QR1-502, Infectious Diseases, Parasitology, Coronavirus Infections
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