Saliva Protection and Transmissible Diseases |
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| Author:
| Scully, Crispian
Limeres Posse, Jacobo
Diz Dios, Pedro |
| ISBN: | 978-0-12-813681-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2017 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Science & Technology
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| Imprint: | Academic Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $69.95 |
Book Description:
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Saliva Protection and Transmissible Diseases provides a review of saliva protection, raising debate on micro-organisms potentially transmissible in saliva, and also considering the evidence on diseases that may be transmitted by kissing. Saliva is a complex body fluid essential to health, especially mastication, swallowing and speech, and hyposalivation can lead to dysfunction and even infection. More serious pathogens, such as herpes viruses and papillomaviruses can be...
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Saliva Protection and Transmissible Diseases provides a review of saliva protection, raising debate on micro-organisms potentially transmissible in saliva, and also considering the evidence on diseases that may be transmitted by kissing. Saliva is a complex body fluid essential to health, especially mastication, swallowing and speech, and hyposalivation can lead to dysfunction and even infection. More serious pathogens, such as herpes viruses and papillomaviruses can be conveyed by kissing, as can potentially lethal micro-organisms present in some saliva, such as meningococci, fungal organisms and Ebola viruses.