Heat inactivation of SARS-CoV 2 enabled the measurement of salivary cortisol during COVID-19 pandemic.

Giacomo Voltan Giorgia Antonelli Alessandro Mondin Irene Tizianel Chiara Sabbadin Mattia Barbot Daniela Basso Carla Scaroni Filippo Ceccato

Published in: Endocrine (2023)

We speculate that the adoption of an appropriate technique to inactivate viral particles in saliva specimens allowed the safety maintenance of salivary collections, also during the Sars-CoV-2 outbreak.

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coronavirus disease