Saliva samples as an alternative for novel coronavirus (COVID-19) diagnosis

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¹ Research Center for Healthcare Industry Innovation, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taipei City, 112, Taiwan. Electronic address: jaz.tmu@gmail.com.
² Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental Implants Research Center, Dental Research Institute, School of Dentistry, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Vali-e-asr Hospital, School of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.
⁴ Precision Engineering Laboratory, Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jfma.2020.04.030. Epub 2020 May 1.

¹ Research Center for Healthcare Industry Innovation, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taipei City, 112, Taiwan. Electronic address: jaz.tmu@gmail.com.
² Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental Implants Research Center, Dental Research Institute, School of Dentistry, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Vali-e-asr Hospital, School of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.
⁴ Precision Engineering Laboratory, Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

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