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TL;DR
The central result was that different sample types yielded distinct viral compositions, with specific virus families like Coronaviridae and Paramyxoviridae detected mainly in feces and urine.
Scientific Reports · 16 authors, 5 centres
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The central result was that different sample types yielded distinct viral compositions, with specific virus families like Coronaviridae and Paramyxoviridae detected mainly in feces and urine.
Oral swabs primarily contained bacteriophages. Urine swabs contained reads from Paramyxoviridae, Coronaviridae, and Astroviridae. Limitations include that the study only captured a single time point and cannot confirm the origin of replication for detected viruses, noting that viruses in excretions can cross-contaminate.