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Oral fluid and hepatitis A, B and C: A literature review
Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine, 04/25/2012
Clinical Article
Mahboobi N et al. – There is some evidence that hepatitis viruses A, B and C are present in oral fluids, particularly whole saliva and gingival crevicular fluid and may thus be possible sources of viral detection in clinical diagnosis and monitoring.
Methods- A literature search was conducted using PubMed (Medline), EMBASE/Excerpta medica, the Cochrane database and Scopus.
- The results were limited to published material after 2000.
- Relevant material was evaluated and reviewed.
- There is some evidence that hepatitis viruses A, B and C are present in oral fluids, particularly whole saliva and gingival crevicular fluid and may thus be possible sources of viral detection in clinical diagnosis and monitoring.
