Virucidal effects of mouthwashes or mouth rinses: a world of caution for molecular detection of SARS-CoV-2 in saliva

Diagnosis (Berl). 2022 Jan 28;9(2):285-287. doi: 10.1515/dx-2022-0004.

Giuseppe Lippi¹, Riccardo Nocini², Brandon M Henry^{3

4}, Mario Plebani⁵

¹ Section of Clinical Biochemistry and School of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
² Department of Surgery, Dentistry, Paediatrics and Gynaecology-Unit of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
³ Clinical Laboratory, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
⁴ Disease Intervention & Prevention and Population Health Programs, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, USA.
⁵ Department of Medicine-DIMED, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.

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Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; diagnosis; preanalytical variability; saliva.

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