inStem (Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine)

Research Publications

Validating saliva as a biological sample for cost-effective, rapid and routine screening for SARS-CoV-2.

Publication Type

Journal Article

Date of Publication

January 1, 2023

Journal

Indian journal of medical microbiology

Volume/Issue

ISSN

1998-3646

Compared to nasopharyngeal/oropharyngeal swabs (N/OPS-VTM), non-invasive saliva samples have enormous potential for scalability and routine population screening of SARS-CoV-2. In this study, we investigate the efficacy of saliva samples relative to N/OPS-VTM for use as a direct source for RT-PCR based SARS-CoV-2 detection.

DOI

10.1016/j.ijmmb.2023.100384

Alternate Journal

Indian J Med Microbiol

PubMed ID

37573057

PubMed Central ID

PMC10231307

Authors

B R Ansil

Carolin Elizabeth George

Sindhulina Chandrasingh

Ashwin Viswanathan

Mukund Thattai

Padinjat Raghu

Santhosha Devadiga

Arun Geetha Harikumar

Pulleri Kandi Harsha

Indu Nair

Uma Ramakrishnan

Satyajit Mayor

Keywords

Humans

SARS-CoV-2

COVID-19

India

Saliva

Cost-Benefit Analysis

Nasopharynx

Specimen Handling