Kuang, Xiaozhou
Gong, Xiaohuan
Zhang, Xi
Pan, Hao
Teng, Zheng
Funding for this research was provided by:
Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai (2017ZX10103009-003)
Article History
Received: 29 February 2020
Accepted: 20 July 2020
First Online: 12 August 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Review Board of Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China. Tests were performed on existing stool samples, which were collected as part of the routine medical tests prescribed by the clinicians; and no additional tests involving any invasive procedures, were performed on patients. Sample collection was approved by participants with prior verbal consent in minimizing the waiting line and optimizing patient experience in clinical settings. Although the option of written approval was also provided, all participants chose to give their verbal consent due to convenience. These procedures were approved by the above ethics committee.
: The authors declare that they have no Competing interests.