Open AccessSALIVA - A PROSPECTIVE DIAGNOSTIC TOOL FOR SARS CoV-2
Author(s) -
Tarunya Vishwanath,
Shalini Arumugam,
Rachana Sathish,
Anitha Logaranjini,
Prashanthi Prashanthi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of scientific research
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.36106/ijsr/7610242
Subject(s) - saliva , covid-19 , medicine , coronavirus , virology , diagnostic test , disease , emergency medicine , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) now called the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV-2) was first identified in Wuhan city, Hubei province, China. Currently RT-PCR using nasopharyngeal and Oropharyngeal swabs is supposed to be the most efficacious and standard technique for COVID testing, but are invasive and have a few drawbacks due to which, saliva as a diagnostic specimen is proposed. Salivary specimen collection is non-invasive and can be self-collected at any time and repeatedly and greatly minimises the exposure of. healthcare workers to COVID-19.