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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU 2021; 11(03): 126-129
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1726683
Review Article

Oral Fluids—A Diagnostic Tool for COVID-19: A Review

Amitha Ramesh
1   A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, NITTE (deemed to be) University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
,
Raksha Potdar
1   A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, NITTE (deemed to be) University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
,
Rahul Bhandary
1   A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, NITTE (deemed to be) University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
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Abstract

Global outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in December 2019 has affected millions of people around the world. This virus binds to angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 receptors present in the pharynx, nose, oral cavity, salivary glands, tongue, etc. Saliva has been shown to have viral loads of COVID-19 as it reported to be 2019-novel-coronavirus nucleic acid positive. This article is based on the association of oral fluids and their role in diagnosis of coronavirus infection.

Keywords

COVID-19 - saliva - gingival crevicular fluid


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Article published online:
14 May 2021

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