KROK 1 2023 – Question 9 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
Laboratory diagnostics of hepatitis B has determined the presence of viral DNA in the patient's blood. What reaction is usually used for this purpose?
- A. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
- B. Complement fixation test
- C. Hemagglutination inhibition test
- D. Polymerase chain reaction
- E. Indirect hemagglutination test
Hint
Consider the method that amplifies a short stretch of viral nucleic acid in a thermal cycler so that the genome itself can be detected.
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