Abstract
The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has proven to be an extremely powerful tool in the field of virus detection. It has been employed in a variety of situations where previous techniques were too slow, too cumbersome, or simply nonexistent. Some of these are as follows.
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Sellner, L. (1998). A Single-Tube Nested RT-PCR for the Detection of Ross River Virus. In: Meltzer, S.J. (eds) PCR in Bioanalysis. Methods In Molecular Medicine™, vol 92. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/0-89603-497-6:145
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