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RT PCR vs ANTIBODY TEST FOR COVID19 DIFFERENCE, USES, SIMPLIFIED LEARNING

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RT-PCR vs ANTIBODY test difference for Covid19, key points, specific importance and limitations of these tests with simplified explanation. Both these tests are for different purposes. The Reverse Transcriptase - Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) is conclusive as we can know if the patient is infected with covid19 at that particular point of time. The anti-body test on the other hand is non-conclusive and just indicates whether the patient is / was infected with covid19 over a period of time by the report of number and type of antibodies present in the sample. This antibody test is also used to collect data about the number of people who have been infected with this virus in a community where people were in close proximity with the covid19 positive patient and also about their immune system response.   DNA was initially thought to be the only medium of genetic information storage and that information was passed only one-way from DNA to RNA to protein. but it was later found that so