{"id":7905,"date":"2020-07-01T19:51:15","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T02:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/?p=7905"},"modified":"2021-03-29T19:52:01","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T02:52:01","slug":"viral-dynamics-of-sars-cov-2-in-saliva-from-infected-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2020\/07\/01\/viral-dynamics-of-sars-cov-2-in-saliva-from-infected-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"Viral Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in Saliva from Infected Patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"34\" data-aria-posinset=\"2019\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Zhu et al.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">evaluated the clinical performance of saliva\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">specimens\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in comparison\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">paired respiratory tract specimens in a cohort of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">442<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">patients with COVID-19 and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">positive respiratory\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">tract specimens.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">RT-PCR t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">esting of saliva specimens\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">had a sensitivity of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">86%<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0(95%CI 8<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">3<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">%<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a089%) and specificity of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">97% (95%CI\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">95<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">98%)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">There was no significant difference regarding the temporal viral load profile between mild and severe cases.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Zhu et al. (June 23, 2020). Viral Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in Saliva from Infected Patients. Journal of Infection.<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jinf.2020.06.059\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jinf.2020.06.059<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zhu et al.\u00a0evaluated the clinical performance of saliva\u00a0specimens\u00a0in comparison\u00a0to\u00a0paired respiratory tract specimens in a cohort of\u00a0442\u00a0patients with COVID-19 and\u00a0positive respiratory\u00a0tract specimens.\u00a0RT-PCR testing of saliva specimens\u00a0had a sensitivity of\u00a086%\u00a0(95%CI 83%,\u00a089%) and specificity of\u00a097% (95%CI\u00a095,\u00a098%).\u00a0There was no significant difference regarding the temporal viral load profile between mild and severe cases.\u00a0\u00a0 Zhu et al. 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