If it is important to be curious, to have surprises in life and that testing new things has never been a problem for us in itself, we all prefer it seems to us to avoid going through the serological test box in the nose with this little spicy pipe exploring our sinuses. Fortunately for our nostrils, the High Authority for Health (HAS) on Monday returned "a favorable opinion" to an "allocation of an innovation package for the molecular detection tests of the coronavirus carried out on saliva samples", simpler than tests with a sample from the nose. This type of temporary funding is granted by the Ministry of Health, after a favorable opinion from the HAS.
It was requested by the French Society of Microbiology and the Andrée Rosemon Hospital Center in Cayenne (Guyana) on August 6 and will allow the use of these tests and their financial support during the clinical trial provided for by this device. This fixed price indeed involves carrying out a study aimed at providing missing data and confirming the value of the innovation.
Smile and drool, you are tested
Virological tests on salivary samples, which are easier to use, are mentioned as a possible alternative to virological tests on nasopharyngeal samples. The saliva sample "painless, is likely to be better accepted by patients, especially if they have to be tested repeatedly", underlines the HAS.
"However, many uncertainties persist as to their reliability", according to the authority, which "considers that important elements of reliability are still lacking for immediate generalized use as an alternative to nasopharyngeal tests", which are, themselves, supported by health insurance.
The Academy of Medicine declared itself in early July in favor of the use of these virological saliva tests to monitor the circulation of the virus, recommending that a comparative epidemiological study be carried out as quickly as possible of the two sampling methods (nasopharyngeal versus saliva or sputum ). It suggested initially limiting the study to two departments of the two regions most affected by the epidemic (Ile-de-France and Grand-Est).
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