SARS-CoV-2 Delta strain confirmed and sequenced in the Laboratory for Molecular Genetic and Forensic Testing of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine UNSA

Laboratory for Molecular Genetic and Forensic Research of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sarajevo in cooperation with FMZ, ZzJZ FBiH and the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Diagnostics of the University Clinical Hospital Mostar (SKB) confirmed in two clinical samples of BiH citizens and then sequenced new cases of the delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 virus in BiH.

The suspicion that this is a variant strain was set in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Diagnostics of SKB Mostar, after which the samples, thanks to previously established communication and cooperation, but also the activities of the FMZ Crisis Staff, were sent for confirmation and sequencing to the Molecular Laboratory for Genetic and Forensic Examinations of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.

This activity, which is the result of close cooperation and synergy of the above institutions, underlines in the best possible way the importance of the OneHealth approach in the early detection of emerging threats to the health of the inhabitants of FBiH and BiH.