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A member asked:

Can oral thrush affect a buccal swab paternity test? my child has thrush all over the mouth, and we went in for dna testing. should i do it again?

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It might.: It would be wise to clear this up before any test like that as the cells might be damaged.

Dr Raff agreed

Answered 6/4/2013

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