Find the right sample: A study on the versatility of saliva and urine samples for the diagnosis of emerging viruses

Título

Find the right sample: A study on the versatility of saliva and urine samples for the diagnosis of emerging viruses

Autor

Matthias Niedrig, Pranav Patel, Ahmed Abd El Wahed, Regina Schädler, Sergio Yactayo

Descripción

Abstract Background The emergence of different viral infections during the last decades like dengue, West Nile, SARS, chikungunya, MERS-CoV, Ebola, Zika and Yellow Fever raised some questions on quickness and reliability of laboratory diagnostic tests for verification of suspected cases. Since sampling of blood requires medically trained personal and comprises some risks for the patient as well as for the health care personal, the sampling by non-invasive methods (e.g. saliva and/ or urine) might be a very valuable alternative for investigating a diseased patient. Main body To analyse the usefulness of alternative non­invasive samples for the diagnosis of emerging infectious viral diseases, a literature search was performed on PubMed for alternative sampling for these viral infections. In total, 711 papers of potential relevance were found, of which we have included 128 in this review. Conclusions Considering the experience using non-invasive sampling for the diagnostic of emerging viral diseases, it seems important to perform an investigation using alternative samples for routine diagnostics. Moreover, during an outbreak situation, evaluation of appropriate sampling and further processing for laboratory analysis on various diagnostic platforms are very crucial. This will help to achieve optimal diagnostic results for a good and reliable case identification.

Fecha

2018

Materia

Sample type, Emerging diseases, Viruses, diagnostics

Identificador

DOI: 10.1186/s12879-018-3611-x

Fuente

BMC Infectious Diseases

Editor

BMC

Cobertura

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Idioma

EN

Archivos

https://socictopen.socict.org/files/to_import/pdfs/article 1244.pdf

Colección

Citación

Matthias Niedrig, Pranav Patel, Ahmed Abd El Wahed, Regina Schädler, Sergio Yactayo, “Find the right sample: A study on the versatility of saliva and urine samples for the diagnosis of emerging viruses,” SOCICT Open, consulta 1 de diciembre de 2024, https://socictopen.socict.org/items/show/1205.

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