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The use of saliva for viral diagnosis and screening.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

Philip P. Mortimer  and
John V. Parry
Philip P. Mortimer
Affiliation:
PHLS Virus References Laboratory, Colindale, London NW9 5HT
John V. Parry
Affiliation:
PHLS Virus References Laboratory, Colindale, London NW9 5HT
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The strength and diversity of antibody responses to infection are the basis for many of the most rapid and sensitive tests in virology, yet the need to obtain the patient's consent and co–operation, to collect blood from a vein and to separate the serum before the test often deters investigators, particularly if children are involved or if there is added risk, difficulty or cost in doing the venepuncture.

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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 101 , Issue 2 , October 1988 , pp. 197 - 201
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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