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cord-325969-9zhmmvdg	To, Kelvin KW	Additional molecular testing of saliva specimens improves the detection of respiratory viruses	2017-06-07		.txt	text/plain	4543	250	48	In the first cohort of 159 patients whose nasopharyngeal aspirates (NPAs) tested positive for respiratory viruses during routine testing, the viral load was measured using quantitative reverse transcription PCR. Although NPAs have high viral loads and remain the specimen of choice for most patients with respiratory virus infections, supplementary molecular testing of saliva can improve the clinical management of these patients. The first part of the study consisted of patients whose NPA samples tested positive for respiratory viruses by DFA or the influenza A virus M gene by real-time RT-PCR during routine respiratory virus testing in our clinical microbiology laboratory ( Figure 1 ). In the first part of this study, saliva had a higher viral load than NPA in 17.0% of the patients who tested positive for respiratory viruses by DFA or influenza A virus by RT-PCR in their NPA samples.	./cache/cord-325969-9zhmmvdg.txt	./txt/cord-325969-9zhmmvdg.txt