id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-000830-jiy4cp4n Cobo, Fernando Application of Molecular Diagnostic Techniques for Viral Testing 2012-11-30 .txt text/plain 7969 385 39 The use of amplification techniques such as polymerase chain reaction, real-time polymerase chain reaction or nucleic acid sequence-based amplification for virus detection, genotyping and quantification have some advantages like high sensitivity and reproducibility, as well as a broad dynamic range. The use of amplification techniques such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR), real-time PCR or nucleic acid sequence-based amplification (NASBA) [3] for virus detection, genotyping and quantification have some advantages like high sensitivity and reproducibility, as well as a broad dynamic range [4, 5] . NASBA assays could identify active infection by detecting viral messenger RNA (mRNA) but the most widely used tests in clinical virus diagnosis are quantitative real-time PCR techniques [8] . Some real-time PCR assays such as LightCycler parvovirus B19 quantitative assay (Roche Diagnostics, Indianapolis, IN) and ABI TaqMan (Applied Biosystems) have been developed for detecting B19 nucleic acids in association with infection during pregnancy or assessing the prevalence of the virus DNA in blood products [62, 63] . ./cache/cord-000830-jiy4cp4n.txt ./txt/cord-000830-jiy4cp4n.txt