@article{Shafiq_Riaz_2022, title={Salivary Diagnosis of COVID-19}, volume={71}, url={https://pafmj.org/PAFMJ/article/view/5498}, DOI={10.51253/pafmj.v71i6.5498}, abstractNote={<p>Dear Editor,</p> <p>It is indeed an honour for us to contribute towards the ongoing research regarding the latest contagion, Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) leading to global pandemic with variable clinical outcomes. COVID-19 positive individuals present with a variety of signs and symptoms as sore throat, cough, fever, dyspnoea, headache, myalgia, nausea, and vomiting whereas, some develop severe acute respiratory distress syndrome with a fatality rate of about 10%.1 Possible oral findings include xerostomia, hypogeusia, and chemosensory alterations. Common routes of transmission being person-to-person via direct sneeze, cough, and droplet inhalation or by contact through mucosa of eyes, nose and saliva.</p>}, number={6}, journal={Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal}, author={Shafiq, Seema and Riaz, Asim}, year={2022}, month={Jan.}, pages={2262–63} }