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What is a PCR test?

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pcr positive and culture negative..what next?

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What is the definition or description of: PCR?

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A 28-year old male asked:

is PCR should be repeated if it gave negative result after exposure by one month, if yes after how much time shd be repeated ?

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A 38-year old asked:

what exactly a polymerase chain reaction is or a "pcr test?

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A 34-year old asked:

How many types of pcr(polymerase chain reaction) is available?

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A 30-year old asked:

How could pcr (polymerase chain reaction) be used to diagnose diseases?

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A 48-year old asked:

By explaining what exactly a polymerase chain reaction is or a "pcr test?

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A 44-year old asked:

How is pcr used in diagnosing cancers?

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A 36-year old asked:

Is the hiv pcr test accurate?

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A 41-year old asked:

How accurate is the hiv-dna by pcr?

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A 29-year old asked:

What are the steps for hiv testing using a PCR?

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A 40-year old asked:

After how many days wil pcr give perfect result in hiv?

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A 38-year old asked:

What's the accuracy of pcr for hiv after one month of exposure?

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A 28-year old male asked:

How many days after infection with HCV to be detected with PCR?

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A 33-year old asked:

Are a lot of tests using PCR to find viruses and other germs now?

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A 36-year old asked:

Is there any possibility to have pcr(-) test results but still have hiv?

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A member asked:

if PCR is positve and culture negative how do we go about it in tuberculosis?

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A 38-year old asked:

In a supernatant containing live and dead virus, is it possible to differentiate them by rt- pcr method?

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A 42-year old asked:

Got negative result at 15 th day of my post exposure. Now can I trust on the hiv proviral dna pcr result?

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A 23-year old asked:

Hi. Just wanted to know how accurate is a HIV DNA PCR TEST at 6 and 21 days after exposure. Both tests came back as not detected.?

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A 28-year old female asked:

I have been asked to do a tb pcr test. Is it painful and how exactly is the procedure. Please explain in detail about procedure and about pain?

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A 21-year old female asked about a 27-year old male:

Is it possible to have a cluster of white puss bumps without having herpes because I recently had a blood PCR test and my result came back negative?

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A 21-year old male asked:

Were can i get HIV RNA PCR test?

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A 33-year old asked:

How reliable is pcr hiv test 1 month after an exposure?

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A 41-year old asked:

Which is more accurate for tuberculosis testing: culture or something like PCR?

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A 42-year old asked:

I took a pcr dna test 30 days after having unprotected sex and it came back negative? What now?

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A 17-year old male asked:

I had an HBV DNA PCR TEST and it came out to be 13 IU/ML...is it a matter of tension? My LFT and other tests come out to be positive although

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A 37-year old male asked:

I have been taken Zeffix for than than 7 years 1 tablet every day.Latest two HBV PCR quantitive show resuts detected <20 IU/ml. Should I stop Zeffix?

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A 38-year old female asked:

Few cases of iritis. Had blood tests for HLAB27. One was positive, one was negative. Neg test was by PCR. Is it safe to say that I do not have HLAB27?

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