Letter to the EditorInternational Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health

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The importance of retesting borderline results in COVID-19 diagnostics

Int J Community Med Public Health. 2022;9(7):3046-3047.DOI10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20221780

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Abstract

The first case of COVID-19 in the Republic of Serbia was registered on 6 March 2020 based on data from the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Serbia.RT-PCR (real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction) is the gold standard for detection for many infective agents. SARS-CoV-2 (human coronavirus 2019) comprises genes coding four basic structural pro­teins (E, M, N and S) and ORF1a and ORF1b genes cod­ing two polyproteins. These genes represent targets for virus detection and the platform for RT-PCR test design.

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  1. Department of Molecular Microbiology, IPH Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
  2. Center for Microbiology, IPH Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
  3. Center for Disease Control, IPH Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia

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