# How qRT-PCR detects COVID-19 genetic material

DevFeed: [How qRT-PCR detects COVID-19 genetic material](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-covid-19-is-diagnosed-bacterium-assisted-dna-searching-36363.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/dna-grep-2019-ncov/>)

Published: 2020-05-22T15:18:33Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Bert Hubert's writings](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/bert-hubert-s-writings.md>)

Topics: [real-time](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/real-time.md>)

Tags: [biology](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/biology.md>), [covid-19](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/covid-19.md>), [dna](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dna.md>), [healthcare](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/healthcare.md>), [real-time](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/real-time.md>)

## AI overview

An explainer of qRT-PCR, the laboratory method used to detect specific COVID-19 genetic material in virus tests.

## Source excerpt

This post is dedicated to lab technicians everywhere doing the difficult work institutes and hospitals rely on to investigate disease and keep us healthy. Lab work requires high precision, deep understanding, is physically demanding, and can even be dangerous. Although our healthcare systems & universities would come to a grinding halt without lab technicians, they are often almost literally invisible somewhere far away. Thank you all for your hard work!