Saliva: potential diagnostic value and transmission of 2019-nCoV

Xu, Ruoshi; Cui, Bomiao; Duan, Xiaobo; Zhang, Ping; Zhou, Xuedong; Yuan, Quan

doi:10.1038/s41368-020-0080-z

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Saliva: potential diagnostic value and transmission of 2019-nCoV

Published in International Journal of Oral Science • Apr 17, 2020

Authors:

Ruoshi Xu

Bomiao Cui

Xiaobo Duan

Abstract

2019-nCoV epidemic was firstly reported at late December of 2019 and has caused a global outbreak of COVID-19 now. Saliva, a biofluid largely generated from salivary glands in oral cavity, has been reported 2019-nCoV nucleic acid positive. Besides lungs, salivary glands and tongue are possibly anoth...

Subject

Saliva

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

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