Viral landscape in saliva: Polyomavirus and Herpesvirus detection in HIV-positive and HIV-negative
Our findings confirm saliva's utility for detecting viral co-infections and highlight the need to determine if oral HPyVs and HHVs act as bystanders or pathogens in HIV-positive patients.
Authors
- Serena Delbue
- Shahnawaz Khijmatgar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9177-3505)
- Lucia Signorini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6691-736X)
- Maria Dolci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1868-1444)
- Francesco Tartaglia
- Niccolò Cenzato
- Marisol Tellez
- Amid I Ismail
- Evaldo Favi
- Sara Casati
Institutions
- University of Parma (IT)
- University of Milan (IT)
- Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (IT)
- Temple University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Archives of Oral Biology
- Published
- 2026-02-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archoralbio.2026.106550
- Primary Topic
- Polyomavirus and related diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00