Review Article
Applicability of Oral Fluid and Dried Blood Spot for Hepatitis B Virus Diagnosis
Table 2
Main characteristics of studies that detect HBV-DNA in saliva or oral fluid samples.
| Reference | Type of saliva or collection device | Population | Serum HBsAg or HBV | Molecular method | Sensitivity of HBV DNA | Detection in oral fluid | DNA positive subjects (n) |
| [7] | Whole saliva | Thailand HBV carriers | 23 | In-house qualitative PCR | 47.8% | [18] | Whole saliva | Siberian military men | 42 | In-house qualitative PCR | 46.2% | [19] | Whole saliva | HBV chronic carriers | 147 | In-house real-time PCR | 47% | [20] | Whole saliva | HBV chronic carriers | 23 | In-house real-time PCR | 21.7% | [21] | Whole saliva | HBV chronic carriers | 200 | In-house real-time PCR | 72.5% | [22] | Oracol | Children with chronic HBV | 46 | In-house real-time PCR | 92% | [23] | Whole saliva | HBV chronic carriers | 50 | Commercial PCR | 68% | [24] | Salivette, FTA Cards, DNA-Sal and whole saliva | HBV chronic carriers | 32 | In-house qualitative PCR | 53.12% | [25] | Salivette | HBV chronic carriers | 55 | In-house real-time PCR | 18.2% | [26] | Salivette | Occult HBV carriers | 5 | In-house qualitative PCR | 80% |
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