HIV RECOVERY FROM SALIVA BEFORE AND AFTER DENTAL TREATMENT - INHIBITORS MAY HAVE CRITICAL ROLE IN VIRAL INACTIVATION

Authors
MOORE BE FLAITZ CM COPPENHAVER DH NICHOLS M KALMAZ GD BESSMAN JD CLOYD MW LYNCH DP PRABHAKAR BS BARON S
Citation
Be. Moore et al., HIV RECOVERY FROM SALIVA BEFORE AND AFTER DENTAL TREATMENT - INHIBITORS MAY HAVE CRITICAL ROLE IN VIRAL INACTIVATION, The Journal of the American Dental Association, 124(10), 1993, pp. 67-74
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
The Journal of the American Dental Association → ACNP
ISSN journal
00028177
Volume
124
Issue
10
Year of publication
1993
Pages
67 - 74
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-8177(1993)124:10<67:HRFSBA>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Unstimulated whole saliva was collected from 21 HIV-positive men and w omen before and after dental treatment. The frequency of HIV detection did not increase after dental treatment. Infectious HIV was recovered from only one patient. Study findings raise the possibility that, in most cases, salivary inhibitors render the virus non-infectious.