SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant in Human Saliva Samples in Cell-Free Form

Kenichi Imai; Ryo Ikeno; Hajime Tanaka; Norio Takada

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.50207

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant in Human Saliva Samples in Cell-Free Form

JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Jan 3;6(1):e2250207. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.50207.

Authors

Kenichi Imai¹, Ryo Ikeno^{1

2}, Hajime Tanaka¹, Norio Takada^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan.
² Asuyoshi Dental Clinic, Yokohama, Japan.
³ Takeda's Medical Office of Internal Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study investigates cell-free viral loads in saliva samples from patients who have been infected with the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Humans
SARS-CoV-2
Saliva

Supplementary concepts

SARS-CoV-2 variants