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- Title
Detection of human viral pathogens: conventional versus molecular approaches.
- Authors
Wu, Max T.; Garner, Omai B.
- Abstract
The article reviews technological breakthroughs that have made improvements in clinical viral testing in terms of sensitivity, specificity, speed, simplicity and cost. It describes cell culture, shell vials, and direct fluorescent antibody staining techniques. It also talks about nucleic acid amplification techniques (NAATs), deemed the gold standard for clinical virology, multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and genotyping.
- Publication
Medical Laboratory Observer (MLO), 2014, Vol 46, Issue 7, p8
- ISSN
0580-7247
- Publication type
Periodical