Saliva—Friend and Foe in the COVID-19 Outbreak
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has become a global ongoing pandemic. Timely, accurate and non-invasive SARS-CoV-2 detection in both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients, as well as determination of...
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| description | The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has become a global ongoing pandemic. Timely, accurate and non-invasive SARS-CoV-2 detection in both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients, as well as determination of their immune status, will facilitate effective large-scale pandemic control measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Saliva is a biofluid whose anatomical source and location is of particularly strategic relevance to COVID-19 transmission and monitoring. This review focuses on the role of saliva as both a foe (a common mode of viral transmission via salivary droplets and potentially aerosols) and a friend (as a non-invasive diagnostic tool for viral detection and immune status surveillance) in combating COVID-19. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-38b79c8939784de683fb872b0ec03ed12023-11-19T23:55:52ZengMDPI AGDiagnostics2075-44182020-05-0110529010.3390/diagnostics10050290Saliva—Friend and Foe in the COVID-19 OutbreakPingping Han0Sašo Ivanovski1School of Dentistry, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD 4006, AustraliaSchool of Dentistry, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD 4006, AustraliaThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has become a global ongoing pandemic. Timely, accurate and non-invasive SARS-CoV-2 detection in both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients, as well as determination of their immune status, will facilitate effective large-scale pandemic control measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Saliva is a biofluid whose anatomical source and location is of particularly strategic relevance to COVID-19 transmission and monitoring. This review focuses on the role of saliva as both a foe (a common mode of viral transmission via salivary droplets and potentially aerosols) and a friend (as a non-invasive diagnostic tool for viral detection and immune status surveillance) in combating COVID-19.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/10/5/290COVID-19salivary diagnosticssalivary bioaerosols transmission |
| spellingShingle | Pingping Han Sašo Ivanovski Saliva—Friend and Foe in the COVID-19 Outbreak Diagnostics COVID-19 salivary diagnostics salivary bioaerosols transmission |
| title | Saliva—Friend and Foe in the COVID-19 Outbreak |
| title_full | Saliva—Friend and Foe in the COVID-19 Outbreak |
| title_fullStr | Saliva—Friend and Foe in the COVID-19 Outbreak |
| title_full_unstemmed | Saliva—Friend and Foe in the COVID-19 Outbreak |
| title_short | Saliva—Friend and Foe in the COVID-19 Outbreak |
| title_sort | saliva friend and foe in the covid 19 outbreak |
| topic | COVID-19 salivary diagnostics salivary bioaerosols transmission |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/10/5/290 |
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