Minute Amounts of a Pathogen in a Patient Sample Can

question 47

Multiple Choice

Minute amounts of a pathogen in a patient sample can be rapidly detected by specifically amplifying and identifying its nucleic acid using PCR.This is an example of

• A)an immunologic method.
• B)a microscopic method.
• C)a phenotypic method.
• D)a genetic method.

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