Gold Standard PCR test
Accordingly, PCR testing is regarded as the “gold standard” in pathogen detection. This test detects RNA (or genetic material) specific to the virus and could detect the pathogen within days of infection, even in those with no symptoms. Reading this article might help us understand how the PCR test works and the best treatment for it! Do you have some free time? Try reading this sponsored post and sharing it with others!
Furthermore, the test could be performed in a clinic, hospital, or even in your car. Turnaround time is longer, typically 2-3 days, but results can be obtained in as little as 24 hours. When there is a high demand, results could take a week or longer. Check disclaimer on profile and landing page.
Real-time PCR has become one of the most widely used methods of gene quantitation because it has a large dynamic range, boasts tremendous sensitivity, could be highly sequence-specific, has little to no post-amplification processing, and is amenable to increasing sample throughput.
It was mentioned that minimally invasive procedures were carried out using nasal swabs, throat swabs, and saliva or other bodily fluid tests.
It was said that the copy of DNA generated as the PCR progresses, acts like a template for further replication of DNA sequence.
It was said that this selective and repeated amplification is facilitated by short DNA fragments (primers) and a DNA polymerase.
The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was originally developed in 1983 by the American biochemist Kary Mullis.