Nucleic Acid Probes and Immunological Reagents Are NOT Commonly Used

question 27

True/False

Nucleic acid probes and immunological reagents are NOT commonly used in the clinical laboratory for the diagnosis of viral disease, because the cultivation of the virus is often difficult or even impossible.

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