Amirian, E. Susan2020-05-182020-05-182020Amirian, E. Susan. "Potential fecal transmission of SARS-CoV-2: Current evidence and implications for public health." <i>International Journal of Infectious Diseases,</i> 95, (2020) Elsevier: 363-370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.04.057.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/108745Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emerged in Hubei Province, China in December 2019 and has since become a global pandemic, with hundreds of thousands of cases and over 165 countries affected. Primary routes of transmission of the causative virus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), are through respiratory droplets and close person-to-person contact. While information about other potential modes of transmission are relatively sparse, evidence supporting the possibility of a fecally mediated mode of transmission has been accumulating. Here, current knowledge on the potential for fecal transmission is briefly reviewed and the possible implications are discussed from a public health perspective.engThis is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).Journal articleCOVID-19CoronavirusDisease controlFecal–oral transmissionMode of transmissionRoute of transmissionSARS-CoV-2https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.04.057