SARS-CoV2 antigen in whole mouth fluid may be a reliable rapid detection tool
Oral Dis
.
2022 Nov:28 Suppl 2:2575-2576.
doi: 10.1111/odi.13793.
Epub 2021 Feb 17.
Authors
Priya Kannian
1
,
Chandra Lavanya
2
,
Krittika Ravichandran
3
,
Jayaraman Bagavad Gita
3
,
Pasuvaraj Mahanathi
1
,
Veeraraghavan Ashwini
1
,
Nagalingeswaran Kumarasamy
4
,
Gunaseelan Rajan
3
,
Kannan Ranganathan
2
,
Stephen J Challacombe
5
,
Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque
6
,
Newell W Johnson
2
3
5
7
Affiliations
1
VHS Laboratory Services, Department of Clinical Research, VHS Hospital, Chennai, India.
2
Department of Oral Pathology, Ragas Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, India.
3
Chennai Dental Research Foundation, Chennai, India.
4
VHS-Infectious Diseases Medical Centre, VHS Hospital, Chennai, India.
5
Faculty of Oral, Dental & Craniofacial Sciences, King's College London, UK.
6
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
7
Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.
PMID:
33534926
PMCID:
PMC8013870
DOI:
10.1111/odi.13793
No abstract available
Keywords:
SARS-CoV2; antigen test; whole mouth fluid.
Publication types
Letter
MeSH terms
COVID-19*
Humans
Mouth
RNA, Viral
SARS-CoV-2*
Substances
RNA, Viral
Grants and funding
MR/V040170/1/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom