Saliva: A potential specimen for COVID-19 testing

Autor:	Sandhya Lal, Nalini Kaushik, Charanjeet Kaur, Omkar Choudhari, Rajni Dawar, Anita Devi, Sukanya Gangopadhyay
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Saliva medicine.medical_specialty Biological specimen Isolation (health care) Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) medicine Intensive care medicine Medical science Saliva specimen
Zdroj:	International Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Research. 8:79-82
ISSN:	2394-6377 2394-6369
DOI:	10.18231/j.ijcbr.2021.017
Popis:	COVID-19 presence worldwide has brought substantial changes in our thinking process. The conventional biological specimen in disease due to viral aetiology ranges from blood to cerebrospinal fluid, Broncho-alveolar lavage. Through, established means of specimen have high sensitivity, other options like using Saliva specimen for testing in a developing country like India may be cost effective. The COVID-19 pandemic is still an evolving condition and best way to mitigate the infection is to increase in testing per day with isolation of the diseased individuals. Hence, Saliva could serve as a potential specimen for COVID-19 testing moreover available literature from other countries is offering promising results. Keywords : COVID- 19, Saliva.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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