The invention belongs to the field of
nucleic acid detection and discloses a method for semi-quantitatively detecting pathogenic
nucleic acid by adding internal control
nucleic acid. Corresponding internal control is added in the whole process of extracting and amplifying target nucleic acid and testing by using a test paper, so that the internal control and a target segment are parallelly operated, and the semi-quantitative detection is performed finally through color development and intensity contrast of three strips, namely a detection line, an internal
control line and a
quality control line on the test paper. In the method, in the whole process of
processing the target nucleic acid, the corresponding internal control is taken as a
positive contrast, and false negative results due to links such as extraction, amplification or sample application errors are avoided in the
processing of detecting by using the test paper. Meanwhile, by comparing color development intensity of the internal
control line and a sample line and introducing the semi-quantitative function on the basis of the qualitative function of the
immunochromatographic test paper to estimate the copy number of tested samples, the detection results are more detailed, accurate and reliable. The method has the advantages of convenient and quick operation and capacity of meeting the actual clinical requirement.