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The Project:
Write up a case scenario addressing the following hypothetical situation described below: Hypothetical Situation: Virus X of unknown origin suddenly appeared to be spreading initially in Bangladesh and eastern India. The numbers of infected individuals are increasing daily and researchers are working on understanding the genomics of the virus. There is a very high risk of this outbreak spreading to large population centers very soon. Research laboratories studying the nature of this infectious virus noted that it has a relatively high mutation rate. In this scenario, you are working at a molecular diagnostic company wanting to develop diagnostic tests to facilitate contact tracing and infectious disease spread monitoring. Do you need urgent help? Get Solution Now!
As the outbreak continued, patients showed vast variation in the establishment of the infection and the development of symptoms. Some patients where asymptomatic (showing no symptoms but tested positive for viral infection), whereas other infected patients presented severe symptoms that may lead to several complications including death. Studies showed that individuals who have a specific genotype (a single autosomal variant that is dominant) suffer from severe to terminal symptoms if the individual is infected by the virus. Early detection of the viral infection is very important for patients with the aforementioned genotype to significantly decrease the probability of lethality.
The Task: Write up a case scenario containing the following elements: Identify at least three different technologies that could perform the intended job of viral detection. Briefly describe those technologies (need supporting references) in terms of how they can perform the necessary functions to do the detection, and then state the pros and cons for that technology for the viral detection task. Include with the detection technologies a description of at least onee sample preparation methodology that includes the type of sample collected from the individuals (one sample preparation methodology can be used for more than one of the detection technologies but need to specify for each technology). Select the technology which best supports this application and explain why it is the best of the three (be sure to examine other parameters outside of the technical capability, such as cost, time to result, etc.) that could serve for a low-resource area as well as high-resource area markets.
Identify the difference of use of the technology based on the area. Keeping in mind the presence of the mentioned genotype, what technology can be used to Identify the difference of use of the technology based on the area. Keeping in mind the presence of the mentioned genotype, what technology can be used to identify its presence? Put together a criteria/protocol/process flow for testing people for the virus and the genotype in an efficient and effective manner. Identify a difficulty/challenge diagnostic companies might face in such a scenario and propose suitable solutions. At the end of your paper, summarize all the tasks as a one-page protocol in a user-friendly format that includes diagrams for the selected best technology/method starting with sample collection.
The paper will have the following structure with the questions that need to be addressed in that particular section of the paper: • Cover page (not included in page count) should state the following: Title of paper Your name Course Term Date submitted • Introduction • Discussion/Results • Conclusion • Protocol • Reference list (not included in page count) o This should be formatted according to APA standards in alphabetical order based on the last name of author or the source/title of an online reference.
The paper must follow APA formatting guidelines (i.e., it must be double-spaced) for the body of the paper, references, in-text citations, and cover page as described.
APA format also applies to references and in-text citations. This will be strictly adhered to, otherwise points will be deducted for non-conformance. Font should be Times New Roman 12 or Arial 11. 3. Paper should have the aforementioned sections labelled. Pagination and a short running title (in the header or footer) should also be included.