PCR Testing Enables Early Detection of Legionella

PCR Testing Enables Early Detection of Legionella

Legionnaires’ disease is a severe pneumonia typically caused by inhalation of aerosolized water containing Legionella bacteria. These bacteria are transmitted directly from the environment, such as water from showers, hot tubs, water misters, and cooling towers that...

Pathogen Detection by DNA

​DNA detection has been used to detect pathogenic bacteria, fungi, and viruses with significant advantages such as increased sensitivity, accuracy, and testing time. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) has become the most important tool for DNA-based pathogen detection....

A Significant Chain Reaction: PCR

According to Wikipedia, a chain reaction is a sequence of reactions where a reactive product or by-product causes additional reactions to take place. In a chain reaction, positive feedback leads to a self-amplifying chain of events. A nuclear chain reaction was...