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Comment
. 2020 Sep;81(3):e48-e50.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.06.059. Epub 2020 Jun 25.

Viral dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in saliva from infected patients

Jialou Zhu  1 , Jiubiao Guo  2 , Yuzhong Xu  3 , Xinchun Chen  4
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Viral dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in saliva from infected patients

Jialou Zhu et al. J Infect. 2020 Sep.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Saliva; Severity; Viral dynamics; Viral load.

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Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no competing financial interests.

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Fig. 1
SARS-CoV-2 viral load in saliva from patients with COVID-19. (A) Viral load from serial saliva samples. Mean and standard deviation are shown. (B) Viral load from patients with mild and severe COVID-19 at different stages of disease onset. Median, quartile 1, and quartile 3 are shown. (C) Viral load of serial samples from patients with mild and severe COVID-19. (D) Viral load from patients with mild and severe COVID-19. The line represents smooth curve of best fit.
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  • Saliva is a reliable tool to detect SARS-CoV-2.
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