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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Working Hypochlorite Preparation: Introduction, Preparation Requirements, Procedure, and Keynotes

1% hypochlorite (bleach) preparation

Introduction of Hypochlorite Sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) is a compound that is a clear, slightly yellowish solution with a characteristic odor and it can be effectively applied for water purification as well as on a large scale for surface purification, bleaching, odor removal, and water disinfection. …

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Negative Pressure HEPA Filtration Unit for Isolation Rooms and Other High Risk Areas: Introduction, Parts of Instrument/Unit, Working Mechanisms, Applications and Keynotes

Negative Pressure HEPA Filtration Unit for Isolation Rooms and Other High Risk Areas Introduction, Parts of InstrumentUnit, Working Mechanisms, Applications and Keynotes

Introduction “Negative Pressure HEPA Filtration Unit” is useful for hospital (isolation ward that keeps patients with infectious illnesses or immunocompromised individuals who are susceptible to infections from others, away from other patients, visitors, and healthcare workers) and molecular laboratory (Sample Aliquoting and RNA Extraction Room …

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COVID-19 PCR Laboratory Setup: Introduction, Design, Test Requirements, Laboratory Practices, Decontamination Approaches, Validation/Verification Study, Quality Control Plan, quality Indicator, Proficiency Testing, and Keynotes

COVID-19 PCR Laboratory Setup Introduction, Design, Test Requirements, Testing Procedure Sample, Result Interpretation, and Keynotes

Introduction of COVID-19 PCR Laboratory COVID-19 PCR Laboratory is the most common laboratory which was used in the COVID-19 pandemic for the diagnosis of COVID-19 (detecting genes of SARS-CoV-2) as well as prognosis COVID patients. To my knowledge, there is no country where there is …

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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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