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COVID-19 in India: Less than half the tests are RT-PCR

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    10Pointer
  • Categories
    Health Issues
  • Published
    11th Nov, 2020

Forty-six per cent of the total COVID-19 tests conducted were RT-PCR. Forty-nine per cent were rapid antigen tests, while the remaining were Truenat and CBNAT tests

Context

  • Forty-six per cent of the total COVID-19 tests conducted were RT-PCR. Forty-nine per cent were rapid antigen tests, while the remaining were Truenat and CBNAT tests. 

Highlights about RT-PCR

  • The COVID-19 RT-PCR test is a real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction.
  • rRT-PCR test for the qualitative detection of nucleic acid from SARS-CoV-2

What is RT-PCR?

  • Reverse transcription polymerase chain reactionis a laboratory technique which involves reverse transcription of RNAinto DNA.
  • It includes amplification of specific DNA targets using polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
  • It is primarily used to measure the amount of a specific RNA.
  • This is achieved by monitoring the amplification reaction using fluorescence, a technique called real-time PCR or quantitative PCR (qPCR).

How it is helpful?

  • RT-PCR is being used in Genetic disease diagnosis, Gene insertion and Cancer detection by amplifying the genetic material.

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