Human mRNA in saliva can correctly identify individuals harboring acute infection

Human mRNA in saliva can correctly identify individuals harboring acute infection

ABSTRACTThe COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the poor ability of body temperature to reliably identify SARS-CoV-2-infected individuals, an observation that has been made before in the context of other infectious diseases. While acute infection does not always cause fever, it does reliably drive host t...

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Main Authors: Qing Yang, Nicholas R. Meyerson, Camille L. Paige, James H. Morrison, Stephen K. Clark, Will T. Fattor, Carolyn J. Decker, Halley R. Steiner, Elena Lian, Daniel B. Larremore, Rushika Perera, Eric M. Poeschla, Roy Parker, Robin D. Dowell, Sara L. Sawyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-12-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
innate immunity
biomarkers
infectious disease screening
saliva
host gene transcripts
transcriptional response to infection
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.01712-23

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.01712-23

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