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** It is a [[DNA fingerprinting]] technique that may be useful for epidemiological purposes | ** It is a [[DNA fingerprinting]] technique that may be useful for epidemiological purposes | ||
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Revision as of 19:37, 8 August 2012
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aditya Govindavarjhulla, M.B.B.S. [2]
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Overview
Other Diagnostic Studies
- Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
- Although PCR may have some limited usefulness in the first few weeks.(0-3 weeks)
- Direct fluorescent antibody (DFA) testing
- It is inexpensive and provides rapid results
- It has poor sensitivity and specificity
- Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE)
- It is a DNA fingerprinting technique that may be useful for epidemiological purposes