SUMMARY
Introduction: Change in the epidemiological situation in the occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 infection during a pandemic following the emergence of the British variant.

Methods: Samples were analyzed by Real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR).  Positive samples were sent for further analysis to a specialized workplace.
Results: The highest numbers of positive cases of SARS CoV-2 were diagnosed during the month of December 2020, out of the total number of 12,139 tested, 3 628 samples were positive.  The British variant was present in more than 80 % of the positive samples.
Conclusion: To mitigate the spread of the B.1.1.7 variant, it is imperative that countries have diagnostic tools that can quickly and accurately detect and track the prevalence of the variant in order to implement the appropriate epidemiological measures.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, RT-PCR, british variant, epidemiological situation.
Lek Obz, 2021, 70(12): 450-453

Anna LISKOVA 1,  Ivana SZAKACSOVA 1,  Libusa LENGYELOVA 2

1  Dept. of Laboratory Medicine, St. Elizabeth University of Health and Social Work, Bratislava, Inst. of Clinical Microbiology, FN Nitra
2 Department of Botany and Genetics, Constantine the Philosopher University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Nitra, Slovakia

Cite:
LISKOVA A.,  SZAKACSOVA I.,  LENGYELOVA L.: The impact of the british mutation on the epidemiological situation of coronavirus infection in Nitra. Lek Obz, 2021, 70(12): 450-453