Two laboratories where scientists have been trained by the IAEA and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) are now able to use genome sequencing to characterize the virus that causes COVID-19. This technology, with further improvement, could allow them to see where the virus originated and support contact tracing efforts and transmission analysis. The veterinary laboratories in Bosnia Herzegovina and Serbia, countries that have seen a surge in cases in recent weeks, are helping health authorities in their efforts to localize and contain outbreaks.
Building on prior technology
The real time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction - or RT-PCR
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