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 ...

While many countries have used real time RT–PCR for diagnosing other diseases, such as the Ebola virus and Zika virus, many need support in adapting this method for the COVID-19 virus, as well as in ...

At a time when the country is fighting its biggest battle against the novel coronavirus attack, the ICMR has listed out some exceptions to getting the RT-PCR test done. Read on to find out.

Until this past January, few outside academic and diagnostic labs knew what quantitative reverse-transcription PCR (RT-qPCR ... test for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS ...

Doctors call this convalescent plasma. The FDA approved these types of tests for diagnosing a COVID-19 infection: RT-PCR test. Also called a molecular test, this COVID-19 test detects genetic ...

It was recently announced that Indians travelling to Dubai must go through a rapid RT-PCR test four hours prior to departure, and they would be able to travel only if they test negative for COVID ...

They look for a protein fragment of the coronavirus, and they give you the results in 15 minutes. They're not as accurate as the PCR test, and you do need to have adequate viral load to get the ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic ... in South Korea that specializes in so-called syndromic real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing solutions. Seegene now has global aspirations that ...

Molecular tests done in labs—the most well-known type being a PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test—are still considered the gold standard for confirming or ruling out a COVID-19 infection.

Wang and his colleagues recommend that diagnostic tests include more than one target to ensure proper SARS-CoV-2 detection. While a number of products already include multiple genetic targets, some ...