Topic:
Laboratory
Format:
Informational Brief
Time:
40 minutes
Level:
Introductory
University:
University of North Carolina
PERLC:
University of North Carolina PERLC
Bundles:
Public Health Laboratory Testing
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Description:
This issue of FOCUS, offered by the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, takes a closer look at the molecular techniques most commonly used in public health: polymerase chain reaction (PCR), pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), and ribotyping.
Learning Objectives:
- Provide an overview of DNA and why DNA fingerprinting is important to an epidemiological investigation
- Describe the molecular technique of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and how it is used in an outbreak investigation
- Describe the molecular technique of pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and how it is used in an outbreak investigation
- Describe the molecular technique of ribotyping and how it is used in an outbreak investigation