ReviewBMC infectious diseases2018
Find the right sample: A study on the versatility of saliva and urine samples for the diagnosis of emerging viruses.
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- The effect of sample site and collection procedure on identification of SARS-CoV-2 infection.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Are saliva and deep throat sputum as reliable as common respiratory specimens for SARS-CoV-2 detection? A systematic review and meta-analysis.American journal of infection control · 2021Pooled it
- Saliva as a Candidate for COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing: A Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Antigen rapid tests, nasopharyngeal PCR and saliva PCR to detect SARS-CoV-2: A prospective comparative clinical trial.PloS one · 2023Trial
- Detectability of Pathogenic RNA Virus Families in Different Body Sites: A Scoping Review.Viruses · 2026Article
- Longitudinal analysis of viral and host RNA in blood and saliva during controlled human dengue virus 3 infections.Journal of virology · 2026Article
- Evaluating socioeconomic influences on Nipah virus vaccination decisions in Bangladesh through machine learning.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- Nanobody-Based Lateral Flow Assay for Rapid Zika Virus Detection.ACS synthetic biology · 2025Article
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- Comprehensive Review on Viral RNA Extraction Strategies for Enhanced Molecular Diagnostics.Interdisciplinary perspectives on infectious diseases · 2025Review
- Direct detection of 4-dimensions of SARS-CoV-2: infection (vRNA), infectivity (antigen), binding antibody, and functional neutralizing antibody in saliva.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Recent Advances of Nipah Virus Disease: Pathobiology to Treatment and Vaccine Advancement.Journal of microbiology (Seoul, Korea) · 2024Review
- Diagnostic testing preferences can help inform future public health response efforts: Global insights from an international survey.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Direct Detection of 4-Dimensions of SARS-CoV-2: Infection (vRNA), Infectivity (Antigen), Binding Antibody, and Functional Neutralizing Antibody in Saliva.Research square · 2023Article
- Molecular Detection ofJournal of clinical microbiology · 2023Article
- Promise and perils of paper-based point-of-care nucleic acid detection for endemic and pandemic pathogens.Lab on a chip · 2023Review
- Evaluation of saliva and nasopharyngeal swab sampling for genomic detection of SARS-CoV-2 in children accessing a pediatric emergency department during the second pandemic wave.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
- Diagnostic performance of patient self-collected oral swab (tongue and cheek) in comparison with healthcare worker-collected nasopharyngeal swab for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 detection.APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica · 2022Article
- Studies of prevalence: how a basic epidemiology concept has gained recognition in the COVID-19 pandemic.BMJ open · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe emergence of different viral infections during the last decades like dengue, West Nile, SARS, chikungunya, MERS-CoV, Ebola, Zika and Yellow Fever raised some questions on quickness and reliability of laboratory diagnostic tests for verification of suspected cases. Since sampling of blood requires medically trained personal and comprises some risks for the patient as well as for the health care personal, the sampling by non-invasive methods (e.g. saliva and/ or urine) might be a very valuable alternative for investigating a diseased patient. MAIN BODY: To analyse the usefulness of alternative non-invasive samples for the diagnosis of emerging infectious viral diseases, a literature search was performed on PubMed for alternative sampling for these viral infections. In total, 711 papers of potential relevance were found, of which we have included 128 in this review.
conclusionsConsidering the experience using non-invasive sampling for the diagnostic of emerging viral diseases, it seems important to perform an investigation using alternative samples for routine diagnostics. Moreover, during an outbreak situation, evaluation of appropriate sampling and further processing for laboratory analysis on various diagnostic platforms are very crucial. This will help to achieve optimal diagnostic results for a good and reliable case identification.
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