With the ever-growing popularity of quantitative PCR (QPCR) as a sensitive technique for quantifying DNA and RNA, there is increasing demand for higher throughput of reactions and faster protocol ...
Until this past January, few outside academic and diagnostic labs knew what quantitative reverse-transcription PCR (RT-qPCR) was, much less its role in viral and bacterial disease detection.
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including detection of bacterial DNA (e.g., 16S rDNA), detection of DNA of the most common pathogens and then detection of rarer etiologies. qPCR tests may also allow evaluation of the severity of ...
PCR tests represent a major advance in the rapid diagnosis of infectious diseases. The qPCR technology has allowed easier and more effective implantation of molecular diagnosis in the clinical ...