The potential of saliva as an accessible and sensitive sample type for the detection of respiratory pathogens and host immunity

CS Laxton, C Peno, AM Hahn, OM Allicock… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Despite its prominence in early scientific records, the usefulness of saliva as a respiratory
specimen has been de-emphasised over the past century. However, due to its low cost and …

[HTML][HTML] Saliva as a gold-standard sample for SARS-CoV-2 detection

SH Tan, O Allicock, M Armstrong-Hough… - The Lancet …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
As COVID-19 continues to strain public health systems and vaccination programmes race
against new variants that might be more transmissible or capable of evading immune …

Saliva as an alternative specimen to nasopharyngeal swabs for COVID-19 diagnosis

L McPhillips, J MacSharry - Access Microbiology, 2022 - microbiologyresearch.org
Almost 2 years ago, the novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) was discovered to be the causative agent of the disease COVID-19 …

Use of saliva for diagnosis and monitoring the SARS-CoV-2: a general perspective

JJ Ceron, E Lamy, S Martinez-Subiela… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this report, updated information and future perspectives about the use of saliva as a
sample for laboratory analysis of the Covid-19 are highlighted. Saliva can be used for the …

Saliva as a sample type for SARS-CoV-2 detection: implementation successes and opportunities around the globe

ER Tobik, LB Kitfield-Vernon, RJ Thomas… - Expert Review of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Symptomatic testing and asymptomatic screening for SARS-CoV-2 continue to
be essential tools for mitigating virus transmission. Though COVID-19 diagnostics initially …

Diagnostic performance of self-collected saliva versus nasopharyngeal swab for the molecular detection of SARS-CoV-2 in the clinical setting

MKM Uddin, T Shirin, ME Hossain, AN Alam… - Microbiology …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19)—caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)—has spread rapidly around the world. The global …

Saliva is comparable to nasopharyngeal swabs for molecular detection of SARS-CoV-2

C Callahan, S Ditelberg, S Dutta, N Littlehale… - Microbiology …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
The continued need for molecular testing for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus
2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the potential for self-collected saliva as an alternative to …

Saliva testing is accurate for early-stage and presymptomatic COVID-19

AJ Johnson, S Zhou, SL Hoops, B Hillmann… - Microbiology …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Although nasopharyngeal samples have been considered the gold standard for COVID-19
testing, variability in viral load across different anatomical sites could cause nasopharyngeal …

COVID-19 salivary signature: diagnostic and research opportunities

D Sapkota, TM Søland, HK Galtung, LP Sand… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - jcp.bmj.com
The COVID-19 (caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2))
epidemic started in Wuhan (Hubei Province, China) in mid-December 2019 and quickly …

Saliva as a noninvasive specimen for detection of SARS-CoV-2

E Williams, K Bond, B Zhang, M Putland… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Eloise Williams, a Katherine Bond, a Bowen Zhang, a Mark Putland, b Deborah A.
Williamson a, c aDepartment of Microbiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne …