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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2004, p. 4329-4331, Vol. 42, No. 9
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.9.4329-4331.2004
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Centre National de Référence pour les Virus à Transmission Entérique (HAV), Laboratoire de Virologie, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France
Received 19 March 2004/ Returned for modification 26 April 2004/ Accepted 2 May 2004
Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is shed in feces but also in saliva. HAV RNA was detected in saliva in five out of six acutely infected patients with HAV viremia. Serum and saliva sequences were identical. The simplicity of obtaining material allows the recommendation of the use of saliva for investigation of outbreaks.
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