Clinical significance of a high SARS-CoV-2 viral load in the Saliva
Detection Principle
NucleicAcid-PCR based
Target
E and RdRP
Testing Method Category
RT-PCR
Testing Method
rRT-PCR was performed using CFX96 real-time PCR detection system (Bio-rad, Hercules, CA, USA) and PowerChek 2019-nCoV real-time PCR kit (Kogenebiotech, Seoul, Korea)
Reported Performance
Viral load nasophrynx patient 1: 8.41 log10 copies/ml; Viral load nasophrynx patient 2: 7.49 log10 copies/ml. Viral load in saliva patient 1: 6.63 log10 copies/ml; Viral load in saliva patient 2: 7.10 log10 copies/ml
Sample Size
2 patients
Peer-reviewed
yes
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