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PCR is a useful tool for early diagnosis of an infectious disease. Comment.

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PCR is a very sensitive technique, which enables the amplification of a specific, desired DNA from a limited amount of DNA sample. Hence, it can detect the presence of an infectious organism in the patient at an early stage of infection, even before the infectious organism has multiplied to a large number.
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