Effect of Virucidals On the Presence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Saliva
Author(s):
Richard Stanton, Anuradha Kulasekaran*, Oluwajoba Adegoke, Graca Coutinho, Jonathan Adcock and David Thomas
We read with interest the article by Belcaro G et.al. about the effect of virucidals on the presence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in saliva [1]. We would like to raise major concerns on several aspects of this pilot study, including clinical methodological limitations, the use of real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) analysis of saliva, and the interpretations and conclusions drawn from the data