salivutbyte
Salivutbyte, literally “saliva exchange” in Swedish, is a term used primarily in Swedish-language contexts to describe the transfer or exchange of saliva between individuals or within a system. It can refer to natural social interactions such as kissing or the sharing of eating utensils, as well as to clinical procedures in which saliva is exchanged or collected between donors and recipients. The concept is relevant to studies of the oral microbiome, saliva-mediated transmission of microorganisms, and the use of saliva as a diagnostic fluid.
In infection control and epidemiology, salivutbyte is considered a potential route for the transmission of bacteria
Saliva contains water, electrolytes, mucins, enzymes such as amylase, antimicrobial peptides, and immunoglobulins; its exchange can
The term salivutbyte is not widely used in English-language literature; in English sources the phenomenon is