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cord-295525-emrwcx0m	To, Kelvin Kai-Wang	Consistent Detection of 2019 Novel Coronavirus in Saliva	2020-02-12		.txt	text/plain	1912	110	55	The 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was detected in the self-collected saliva of 91.7% (11/12) of patients. The 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was detected in the self-collected saliva of 91.7% (11/12) of patients. We have previously demonstrated that saliva has a high concordance rate of greater than 90% with nasopharyngeal specimens in the detection of respiratory viruses, including coronaviruses [5, 6] . A patient is considered to have laboratory-confirmed infection if 2019-nCoV was detected in their nasopharyngeal or sputum specimens. For patient K, the first saliva specimen collected on the day of hospital admission tested negative. The use of saliva is preferred over nasopharyngeal or oropharyngeal specimens for serial viral load monitoring because this would reduce the discomfort to the patient and reduce the health hazards to healthcare workers during repeated sampling. Our results have demonstrated the potential for saliva to be a noninvasive specimen type for the diagnosis and viral load monitoring of 2019-nCoV.	./cache/cord-295525-emrwcx0m.txt	./txt/cord-295525-emrwcx0m.txt