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

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...

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Main Authors: Xiehui Chen, Zhanke Wang, Jiaxuan Wang, Zhongzhen Zhu, Chunxin Li, Tian Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 2024-04-01
Series:Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
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Online Access:https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/18555
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1972-2680