| Literature DB >> 8390957 |
P Couzigou1, L Richard, F Dumas, L Schouler, H Fleury.
Abstract
Previous studies have provided conflicting results on the presence of hepatitis C virus-RNA in saliva. In this study, 23 (62%) of 37 patients tested positive for hepatitis C virus-RNA in saliva, using polymerase chain reaction analysis. A slightly greater proportion had a sporadic rather than a parenteral origin of chronic hepatitis C. These results provide a biological basis for saliva as a possible source of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, but do not necessarily imply transmission by this route.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID: 8390957 PMCID: PMC1374010 DOI: 10.1136/gut.34.2_suppl.s59
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Gut ISSN: 0017-5749 Impact factor: 23.059