DNA Viruses: Introduction, Family, Common Names, Virion, Capsid Symmetry, Nucleic Acid Type, Grouping, and Keynotes

Virus nucleic acid Extraction setup

Introduction of DNA Viruses The virus is an obligate intracellular infectious agent and on the basis of nucleic acid, it is of two types-DNA viruses and RNA viruses. DNA viruses have DNA genomes. They are replicated by either host or virally encoded DNA polymerases.Some clinically …

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Florona: Introduction, First Case Report, and Details

A man working in COVID Molecular Lab for SARS-CoV-2 genes detection

Introduction of Florona Flu + Corona=Florona Influenza and SARS-CoV-2 are two viruses responsible for the Florona. It is believed to be a double infection of influenza and COVID-19. First Case Report The first case was reported in Israel in a pregnant woman who was admitted …

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SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Laboratory Proficiency Testing Assessment: Introduction, Report Format and Possible Reasons for Discordant

SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Laboratory Proficiency Testing Assessment: Introduction, Report Format and Possible Reasons for Discordant

Introduction Private or satellite COVID Molecular Laboratories are supervised under national or Sentinel ClinicalLaboratory of the country. The quality of those laboratories is assayed following proficiency testing assessment. In this assessment, a few positive and a few negative specimens are requested and retested in the …

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Syllabus of Various Streams of Medical Laboratory Technology: Introduction, Course wise List of Syllabus

Syllabus of Various Streams of Medical Laboratory Technology: Introduction, Course wise List of Syllabus

Introduction Courses offered in Medical Laboratory Technology are Medical Laboratory Assistant (LA), Certificate in Medical Laboratory Technology (CMLT), Bachelor of Science in Medical Laboratory Technology (B.Sc. MLT), and Master of Science in Medical Lab Technology (M.Sc. MLT) but this course has further specialized into other …

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