Use of Saliva for COVID-19 Diagnosis (SALIVA-01)

University of Milano Bicocca

Status: Completed

Conditions: SARS-CoV2 Infection

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04953039

SALIVA-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

Aim of the study is to evaluate the presence of SARS-CoV2 RNA in the saliva of patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 in order to validate the analysis of this type of sample for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV2 infections.

Enrollment: 109 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients ≥ 18 years of age hospitalized in the COVID-19 wards of ASST Monza - San Gerardo Hospital with positive, weakly positive or negative nasopharyngeal swabs; initially assessed at the E.R.; symptomatic or asymptomatic with indication to hospitalization.
• Informed consent freely granted and acquired before the start of the study.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with significant clinical conditions which could interfere with the study in the opinion of the researchers.