Table 1.

Data parameters for extraction.

1.	Study reference
2.	Country of publication
3.	Number and type of patients in the study
4.	Type of sample taken (faecal sample, anal swab, RT‐PCR, culture)
5.	Number of patients having faecal samples tested and number of positive samples
6.	Timing of positive faecal swab after symptom onset
7.	Duration of positive faecal specimen after negative nasopharyngeal swab
8.	Any evidence for viable faecal virus or faeco‐oral transmission documented in the study