DEVELOPMENT OF THE METHOD FOR ASSESSING THE VIABILITY OF FUNGI USING
THE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION

About the author:	Kutasevych Ya.F., Oliinyk I.O., Suprun K.H., Sokol O.A.	
Heading	ORIGINAL RESEARCHES	
Type of article	Scientific Article	
Annotation	The work provides justification for the need to improve the diagnosing methods of the
 life activity of fungi in the sanogenesis process of onychomycosis. The proprietary 
technique based on the detection of complementary DNA by reverse transcription of
the polymerase chain reaction is proposed. The algorithm for evaluating the 
elimination of onychomycosis pathogens has been given	
Tags	onychomycosis, diagnosis, polymerase chain reaction with reverse transcription, 
complementary DNA	
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Publication of the article	«DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGY» №2(100), 2023 year, 11-14 pages,
	
DOI	10.33743/2308-1066-2023-2-11-14