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

Specimen Handling

Humans

SARS-CoV-2

COVID-19

India

Saliva

Cost-Benefit Analysis

Nasopharynx