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What is the difference between a rapid and a PCR test?
What is the difference between a rapid and a PCR test?
What is the difference between a rapid and a PCR test?
Rapid test cannot detect small amounts of virus. Wherease the PCR test can detect even small amount of virus and results in lesser chances of false negatives.
Last updated on 27 Apr 2023
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How can you describe the polymerase chain reaction?
Polymerase chain reaction also known as PCR is a laboratory technique for rapidly producing millions to billions of copies of a specific segment of DNA, which can then be used to detect DNA and RNA.
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How accurate are the Covid-19 antigen rapid tests?
They are quite accurate
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What is the difference between a rapid and a PCR test?
Rapid test cannot detect small amounts of virus. Wherease the PCR test can detect even small amount of virus and results in lesser chances of false negatives.
Last updated on 27 Apr 2023
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COVID 19 RT PCR WITH HOME COLLECTION
Covid 19 RTPCR, SARS- CoV-2
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