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Could saliva play a role in controlling the Covid-19 pandemic?

Anna Papadopoulou¹, Despina Tounta¹, Christina Tesseromatis²

Summary

The pneumonia outbreak observed in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 evolved into a general multi-system infection. This is attributed to a virus, from coronaviruses, the SARS-CoV-2 or 2019-nCoV the increased transmissibility of which lead to a spread across the world and the subsequent declaration of a pandemic. Saliva and in particular saliva droplets of different density play a significant role in the Covid-19 infection spread and contamination of the general population, leading to the development of severe acute respiratory syndrome in affected patients.

Key words: dalivary glands, saliva droplets, COVID-19 transmission, ACE2 receptor.

Received: 20 10 2020

Accepted for publishing: 24 09 2021

¹Medical School, Kapodistrian National University of Athens, Athens, Greece

²Department of Pharmacology, Medical School, Kapodistrian National University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Address correspondence to Christine Tesseromatis, Department of Pharmacology, Kapodistrian National University of Athens, Mikras Asias 75, Athens 11527, Greece.

E-mail address: ctesser@med.uoa.gr



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