India’s RT-PCR testing system is capable of detecting the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus, and the chances of missing a confirmed infection are very low when standardized protocols are followed, ...
Since the emergence of COVID-19 in late 2019, the gold standard in testing for the disease has been a nuclear-derived technique: real-time reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction, or real-time ...
Because of its high accuracy, laboratory-based polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing is the gold standard for infectious disease diagnostics. However, PCR technology requires highly trained staff ...