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[Study on diagnosis of hepatitis A by testing salivary IgM anti-HAV]
1Hangzhou Health and Anti-epidemic Station, Zhejiang Province.
Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi = Zhonghua Liuxingbingxue Zazhi
|February 1, 1992
Abstract:
The use of salivary samples to diagnose acute hepatitis A was investigated. Result indicated that IgM anti-HAV can be reliably detected in saliva of 58 cases with acute hepatitis A and 9 cases with mixed infection of hepatitis A and B. It is not present in saliva of individuals without recent hepatitis A including 84 cases with acute hepatitis B, 30 cases of hepatitis non A non B and 10 healthy individuals. It was suggested that use of salivary samples to diagnose hepatitis A was specific. It's concluded that saliva is a convenient and satisfactory alternative to serum for the clinical diagnosis and epidemiological investigation of hepatitis A infection.