CDC’s Measles PCR Test Matches Human DNA, Raising Questions About What It’s Detecting
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CDC’s Measles PCR Test Matches Human DNA, Raising Questions About What It’s Detecting

by Jon Fleetwood, Jon Fleetwood: Are some measles PCR “positives” detecting human genetic material instead of measles virus? BLAST analysis shows that the CDC’s measles RT-PCR forward primer, reverse primer, and fluorescent probe all have numerous perfect or near-perfect contiguous matches to the human genome (15–20 bases, up to 100% identity), meaning the assay can […]