{"id":8439,"date":"2020-07-23T16:39:20","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T23:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/?p=8439"},"modified":"2021-04-02T16:40:14","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T23:40:14","slug":"saliva-as-a-diagnostic-specimen-for-detection-of-sars-cov-2-in-suspected-patients-a-scoping-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2020\/07\/23\/saliva-as-a-diagnostic-specimen-for-detection-of-sars-cov-2-in-suspected-patients-a-scoping-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Saliva as a Diagnostic Specimen for Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Suspected Patients: A Scoping Review"},"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\">A review\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">9 studies (<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">293\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">total\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">samples)\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">found\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">no statistically significant difference\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in viral loads\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">between\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">saliva<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0nasopharyngeal<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0or sputum specimens\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">obtained<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">for\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">detection of SARS-CoV-2<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The authors suggest that these\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">findings\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">indicate\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">that<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0self-collected saliva\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">may be a reliable<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0non-invasive\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">approach\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">for the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">detection of SARS-CoV-2\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">using\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">RT-PCR.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Fakheran\u00a0et al. (July 15, 2020). Saliva as a Diagnostic Specimen for Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Suspected Patients: A Scoping Review. Infectious Diseases of Poverty.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s40249-020-00728-w\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s40249-020-00728-w<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A review\u00a0of\u00a09 studies (293\u00a0total\u00a0samples)\u00a0found\u00a0no statistically significant difference\u00a0in viral loads\u00a0between\u00a0saliva,\u00a0nasopharyngeal,\u00a0or sputum specimens\u00a0obtained\u00a0for\u00a0the\u00a0detection of SARS-CoV-2.\u00a0The authors suggest that these\u00a0findings\u00a0indicate\u00a0that\u00a0self-collected saliva\u00a0may be a reliable\u00a0and\u00a0non-invasive\u00a0approach\u00a0for the\u00a0detection of SARS-CoV-2\u00a0using\u00a0RT-PCR.\u00a0 Fakheran\u00a0et al. (July 15, 2020). Saliva as a Diagnostic Specimen for Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Suspected Patients: A Scoping Review. 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