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This work was supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) (XDB29010102 and XDA19090118), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (32041010), and Hebei Key Research and Development Program (20277704D). Y.B. is supported by the NSFC Outstanding Young Scholars (31822055) and Youth Innovation Promotion Association of CAS (2017122).
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Zhang, N., Gong, Y., Meng, F. et al. Comparative study on virus shedding patterns in nasopharyngeal and fecal specimens of COVID-19 patients. Sci. China Life Sci. 64, 486–488 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-020-1783-9
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