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Saliva is a reliable tool to detect SARS-CoV-2.

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Published in J Infect on April 14, 2020

Authors

Lorenzo Azzi1, Giulio Carcano2, Francesco Gianfagna3, Paolo Grossi4, Daniela Dalla Gasperina4, Angelo Genoni5, Mauro Fasano6, Fausto Sessa7, Lucia Tettamanti8, Francesco Carinci9, Vittorio Maurino8, Agostino Rossi5, Angelo Tagliabue8, Andreina Baj5

Author Affiliations

1: Unit of Oral Medicine and Pathology, ASST dei Sette Laghi, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy. Electronic address: l.azzi@uninsubria.it.
2: Unit of General, Emergency and Transplant Surgery, ASST dei Sette Laghi, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
3: Research Center in Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (EPIMED), Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy; Mediterranea Cardiocentro, Naples, Italy.
4: Unit of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, ASST dei Sette Laghi, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
5: Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, ASST dei Sette Laghi, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
6: Laboratory of Biochemistry and Functional Proteomics, Department of Science and High Technology, University of Insubria, Busto Arsizio (VA), Italy.
7: Unit of Pathology, ASST dei Sette Laghi, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
8: Unit of Oral Medicine and Pathology, ASST dei Sette Laghi, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
9: Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.

Associated clinical trials:

Prevalence of Antibodies Against SARS-CoV-2 Virus That Causes COVID-19 in Tübingen Children (Coro-Buddy) | NCT04581889

Self-Collected Saliva Samples Without Viral Transport Media for COVID-19 Testing Via RT-PCR | NCT04604145

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