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. 2017 Jul 31:53–92. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-813681-2.00004-4

Table 4.2.

Medical Viruses Detectable in Saliva (Alphabetical Order)

Virus Healthy/Asymptomatic Population (Reference) Active Infection Patients (Reference)
Adenovirus NAI Robinson et al. (2008)3
Chikungunya NAI Gardner et al. (2015)10
Coronavirus-MERS NAI Goh et al. (2013)11
Coronavirus-SARS NAI Wang et al. (2004)12
Cytomegalovirus (CMV; HHV-5) Cannon et al. (2014)13 Pinninti et al. (2015)14
Dengue virus NAI Andries et al. (2015)15
Ebola virus (EBOV) NAI Bausch et al. (2007)16
Enteroviruses Graves et al. (2003)17 NAI
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV; HHV-4) Ikuta et al. (2000)18 Balfour et al. (2013)19
Hantavirus NAI Pettersson et al. (2008)20
Hepatitis A virus NAI Joshi et al. (2014)21
Hepatitis B virus NAI Arora et al. (2012)22
Hepatitis C virus NAI Hermida et al. (2002)23
Hepatitis G virus Yan et al. (2002)24 Seemayer et al. (1998)25
Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1; HHV-1) Miller and Danaher (2008)26 Gilbert (2006)27
Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2; HHV-2) Tateishi et al. (1994)28 NAI
Human herpesvirus 6 Zerr et al. (2005)29 Leibovitch et al. (2014)30
Human herpesvirus 7 Magalhães et al. (2010)31 Watanabe et al. (2002)32
Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8; KSHV) De Souza et al. (2007)33 Vieira et al. (1997)34
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) NAI Navazesh et al. (2010)35
Human papillomavirus (HPV) Kreimer et al. (2010)36 Lopez-Villanueva et al. (2011)37
Influenza viruses NAI Bilder et al. (2011)38
Measles virus NAI Oliveira et al. (2003)39
Metapneumovirus NAI NAI
Molluscum contagiosum virus NAI NAi
Mumps virus NAI Royuela et al. (2011)40
Nipah virus NAI Luby et al. (2009)41
Norovirus NAI NAI
Parainfluenza viruses NAI NAI
Parvovirus NAI NAI
Polyomavirus Robaina et al. (2013)42 Loyo et al. (2010)43
Rabies virus NAI Crepin et al. (1998)44
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) NAI Robinson et al. (2008)3
Rhinoviruses NAI NAI
Rotaviruses NAI NAI
Rubella virus NAI Jin et al. (2002)45
Torque teno virus Naganuma et al. (2008)46 NAI
Varicella zoster virus (VZV; HHV-3) Mehta et al. (2004)47 Mehta et al. (2008)48
West Nile virus NAI NAI
Yellow fever virus NAI NAI
Zika virus (ZIKV) NAI Musso et al. (2015)49

NAI, no available information; MERS, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome; SARS, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome; KSHV, Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus.