id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-270796-ixpt6jnr Khurshid, Zohaib Human Saliva: Non-Invasive Fluid for Detecting Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) 2020-03-26 .txt text/plain 1440 86 54 title: Human Saliva: Non-Invasive Fluid for Detecting Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Within a day, this condition spread to other provinces in China, and health authorities started immediate investigation to characterize and isolated the virus, which, by 7 January 2020, was named the Novel Coronavirus (nCoV) [1] . On 9 January 2020, WHO published guidelines for the detection of 2019-nCoV using respiratory materials (nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swab in ambulatory patients and sputum (if produced) and endotracheal aspirate or bronchoalveolar lavage in patients with more severe respiratory disease) and serum for serological testing (https://www.who.int/publications-detail/laboratory-testing-for-2019novel-coronavirus-in-suspected-human-cases-20200117 accessed on 28 February 2020). On 12 February 2020, a breakthrough was reported regarding the accuracy of a human saliva sample from eleven COVID-19 patients in a Hong Kong hospital [13] . In this study, consistent detection of coronavirus was reported in the saliva of patients admitted from the first day of hospitalization. ./cache/cord-270796-ixpt6jnr.txt ./txt/cord-270796-ixpt6jnr.txt