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Detection of hepatitis A virus RNA in saliva
Vincent Mackiewicz1, Elisabeth Dussaix, Marie-France Le Petitcorps
1Centre National de Référence pour les Virus à Transmission Entérique (HAV), Laboratoire de Virologie, Hôpital Paul Brousse, 94804 Villejuif, France.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|September 15, 2004
Abstract:
Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is shed in feces but also in saliva. HAV RNA was detected in saliva in five out of six acutely infected patients with HAV viremia. Serum and saliva sequences were identical. The simplicity of obtaining material allows the recommendation of the use of saliva for investigation of outbreaks.
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