Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract in the context of COVID-19 infection: present and future challenges: A review

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A significant prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms in SARS-CoV-2 infection is also associated with its fecal-oral transmission, which leads to a progressive increase in the number of patients with diseases of the esophagus, stomach and intestines. In addition, intestinal infections caused by SARS-CoV-2 may be one of the main causes of functional long-term stress-related gastrointestinal disorders, united in the concept of post-COVID syndrome.

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Igor V. Maev

Yevdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry

Email: osadchuk.mikhail@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6114-564X

акад. РАН, д-р мед. наук, проф., проректор по учебной работе

Russian Federation, Moscow

Mikhail A. Osadchuk

Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University)

Author for correspondence.
Email: osadchuk.mikhail@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0485-6802

д-р мед. наук, проф., зав. каф. поликлинической терапии Института клинической медицины им. Н.В. Склифосовского

Russian Federation, Moscow

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