Question

What test could you perform using RNA to test whether the genome is positive or negative? What results would you expect if virus was positive strand? What resultst would you expect if the virus was negative stranded?

Answer 1

Nucleic acid amplification test is the test we could perform using RNA to test whether the genome is positive or negative.

If the virus was found to have positive strand, then the host machinery is used for the translation of viral proteins and the host is having the disease caused by the virus whereas If the virus was found to have negative strand, then the virus cannot use host machinery to code for its protein, hence, the host is not getting infected with disease any time soon.