Minute amounts of a pathogen in a patient sample can be rapidly detected by specifically amplifying and identifying its nucleic acid using PCR.This is an example of
A)an immunologic method.
B)a microscopic method.
C)a phenotypic method.
D)a genetic method.

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The given method amplifies and identifies the nucleic acid of a pathogen, which falls under genetic methods. Therefore, the correct answer is D.

Minute Amounts of a Pathogen in a Patient Sample Can