Since the emergence of COVID-19 in late 2019, the gold standard in testing for the disease has been a nuclear-derived technique: real-time reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction, or real-time ...

Kolkata's Alipore Zoo bats undergo RT-PCR tests amid Nipah virus concerns, as health authorities enhance surveillance across ...

A team from the National Institute of Medical Research collected blood and swab samples from bats at the zoo for over two ...

Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) has been the gold standard for diagnosis during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the PCR portion of the test requires bulky, expensive machines ...

RT-PCR detection of tick-borne encephalitis virus RNA in cerebrospinal fluid identified more severe disease and higher mortality, especially in immunosuppressed patients, supporting diagnostic use ...

Researchers have developed a plasmofluidic chip that can perform PCR in only about 8 minutes, which could speed diagnosis during current and future pandemics. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain ...

Nipah scare: RT-PCR tests conducted on bats at Kolkata's Alipore Zoo ...