'The Double-Edged Sword' - An hypothesis for Covid-19-induced salivary biomarkers.
Med Hypotheses
; 143: 110124, 2020 Oct.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-662554
ABSTRACT
Utilising biomarkers for COVID-19 diagnosis, prediction of treatment response and overall prognostication have been investigated recently. However, these ventures have only considered the use of blood-based molecular markers. Saliva is another biofluid that warrants being applied in similar fashion with major advantages that centres on its non-invasive and repeatable collection as well as cost-efficiency. To this end, this article presents a hypothesis for the sources of biomarkers useful clinically for COVID-19 disease outcome estimation and identify the likely implications of their detection in saliva.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Saliva
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Biomarkers
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Coronavirus Infections
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Models, Immunological
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Pandemics
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Betacoronavirus
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Med Hypotheses
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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