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SARS-CoV-2 Study Implicates Saliva in Viral Transmission

Mar 25, 2021
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Christie Rizk

NEW YORK – An international team of researchers has found that the oral cavity is an important site for SARS-CoV-2 infection, implicating saliva in the transmission of the virus.

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