id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-341155-3d64mso0 Slots, Jørgen Bacterial and viral pathogens in saliva: disease relationship and infectious risk 2010-12-07 .txt text/plain 9332 447 36 Human viruses are also frequent inhabitants of the human mouth, and their presence in saliva may be caused by the direct transfer of saliva from infected individuals, a bloodborne infection of the salivary glands, infection of the oral mucosa, or serumal exudates from diseased periodontal sites. Caries risk is assessed by the levels of mutans streptococci and lactobacilli in stimulated saliva (94, 96) , and salivary transmission of cariogenic bacteria frequently occurs from the mother to her child (92, 100) . As high quantities of salivary Epstein-Barr virus DNA can be recovered from fully edentulous patients (155) , the occurrence of the virus in saliva may not be a reliable indicator of its subgingival level or of the periodontitis disease status. Taken together, the saliva of HIV-infected persons is a risk factor for the transmission of several virulent herpesvirus species, and patients receiving HAART cannot be assumed to be less infectious for herpesviruses than individuals not receiving HAART. ./cache/cord-341155-3d64mso0.txt ./txt/cord-341155-3d64mso0.txt