Can Saliva Samples Replace Blood Work?
Magazine article; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 133, February 2005
Subjects:
Blood tests--Analysis,
Blood--Analysis,
Blood--Medical examination,
HIV (Viruses)--Diagnosis,
HIV--Diagnosis,
Medical tests--Analysis,
Saliva--Analysis,
Saliva--Medical examination,
Salivary glands--Analysis,
Salivary glands--Medical examination,
Salivary glands--secretions
...collect saliva than to draw blood, especially for children and elderly patients." While saliva tests will not replace blood tests for all diagnostic applications, in the future they could prove to be a potentially life-saving alternative to detect...