Pan-Coronavirus Molecular Surveillance in Stool Samples from Patients with Acute Gastroenteritis: SARS-CoV-2 as the Only Coronavirus Detected

Background

Coronaviruses (CoVs) are important human and animal pathogens with respiratory and gastrointestinal tropism and considerable potential for cross-species transmission. Broad molecular surveillance approaches may complement virus-specific assays by facilitating the detection of both known and potentially emerging CoVs in diverse clinical specimens. This study aimed to investigate and molecularly characterize CoVs in stool samples from patients with acute gastroenteritis using a broad-range pan-coronavirus (panCoV) RT-PCR approach and to provide baseline data relevant to future One Health surveillance.