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  1. Cherl-Joon Lee, Wonseok Shin, Seyoung Mun, Minjae Yu, Young-Bong Choi, Dong Hee Kim, Kyudong Han. Diagnostic evaluation of qRT-PCR-based kit and dPCR-based kit for COVID-19. Genes Genom 2021;43:1277
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s13258-021-01162-4
  2. Hyejin Ryu, Eunha Oh, Kyungjae Cha, Kina Kim, Soohyun Kim, Dohsik Minn. Clinical Evaluation of an Antigen Home Test Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy and Stacking Pad for SARS-CoV-2 Screening with Nasal and Salivary Swab Samples. Diagnostics 2023;13:880
    https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13050880
  3. You La Jeon, Sang Gon Lee, Eun Hee Lee, Sungwook Song, Un Young Go, Ga-Young Chun. Different interpretations of inconclusive results of SARS-CoV-2 real-time RT PCR. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 2023;106:115888
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2022.115888
  4. Heungsup Sung, Myung-Guk Han, Cheon-Kwon Yoo, Sang-Won Lee, Yoon-Seok Chung, Jae-Sun Park, Mi-Na Kim, Hyukmin Lee, Ki Ho Hong, Moon-Woo Seong, Kyunghoon Lee, Sail Chun, Wee Gyo Lee, Gye-Cheol Kwon, Won-Ki Min. Nationwide External Quality Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 Molecular Testing, South Korea. Emerg. Infect. Dis. 2020;26:2353
    https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2610.202551
  5. Kyunghoon Lee. Laboratory Diagnosis of COVID-19 in Korea. Ewha Med J 2021;44:1
    https://doi.org/10.12771/emj.2021.44.1.1
  6. Woojin Kim, Tae Yong Jung, Susann Roth, Woochong Um, Changsoo Kim. Management of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Republic of Korea from the Perspective of Governance and Public-Private Partnership. Yonsei Med J 2021;62:777
    https://doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2021.62.9.777
  7. Fabio Gentilini, Maria Elena Turba, Francesca Taddei, Tommaso Gritti, Michela Fantini, Giorgio Dirani, Vittorio Sambri, Jean-Luc EPH Darlix. Modelling RT-qPCR cycle-threshold using digital PCR data for implementing SARS-CoV-2 viral load studies. PLoS ONE 2021;16:e0260884
    https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260884
  8. Sanghoo Lee, DongJu Won, Chang-Ki Kim, Jinwoo Ahn, Youngkee Lee, Hyeongkyun Na, Yun-Tae Kim, Mi-Kyeong Lee, Jong Rak Choi, Hwan-Sub Lim, Kyoung-Ryul Lee. Novel indel mutation in the N gene of SARS-CoV-2 clinical samples that were diagnosed positive in a commercial RT-PCR assay. Virus Research 2021;297:198398
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virusres.2021.198398
  9. Young Jin Kim, Heungsup Sung, Chang-Seok Ki, Mina Hur. Response of Clinical Laboratories to the Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic. Ann Lab Med 2021;41:519
    https://doi.org/10.3343/alm.2021.41.6.519
  10. Tae Yeul Kim, Hyang Jin Shim, Eunjung Jeong, Minhee Kang, Ja-Hyun Jang, Hee Jae Huh, Nam Yong Lee. Evaluation of the AdvanSure One-Stop COVID-19 Plus Kit for SARS-CoV-2 Detection Using a Streamlined RNA Extraction Method. Ann Lab Med 2023;43:508
    https://doi.org/10.3343/alm.2023.43.5.508
  11. Soonjong Bae, Jong-Myon Bae. Epidemiological application of the cycle threshold value of RT-PCR for estimating infection period in cases of SARS-CoV-2. J Med Life Sci 2023;20:107
    https://doi.org/10.22730/jmls.2023.20.3.107
  12. Min-Kyung So, Hae-Sun Chung, Duk Hee Lee, Miae Lee. How Significant Are Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 Test Findings When Only an N2 Gene Is Detected?. Diagnostics 2022;12:2133
    https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12092133
  13. In Hwa Jeong, Jong-Hun Kim, Min-Jung Kwon, Jayoung Kim, Hee Jin Huh, Byoungguk Kim, Junewoo Lee, Jeong-hyun Nam, Eun-Suk Kang. Realistic Estimation of COVID-19 Infection by Seroprevalence Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies: An Experience From Korea Metropolitan Area From January to May 2022. J Korean Med Sci 2024;39
    https://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2024.39.e43
  14. Geehyuk Kim, Jun-Kyu Kang, Jungho Kim, Jiyoung Lee, Jin Gwack. Clinical epidemiological applicability of real-time polymerase chain reaction for COVID-19. PHRP 2022;13:252
    https://doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2022.0135
  15. Hee Jae Huh, Ki Ho Hong, Taek Soo Kim, Sang Hoon Song, Kyoung Ho Roh, Hyukmin Lee, Gye Cheol Kwon. Surveillance of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Testing in Clinical Laboratories in Korea. Ann Lab Med 2021;41:225
    https://doi.org/10.3343/alm.2021.41.2.225
  16. Il-Hwan Kim, Byung-Hak Kang, Seung Hee Seo, Ye Eun Park, Gab Jung Kim, Sang Won Lee, Jun Hyeong Jang, Su Kyoung Jo, Jun Ho Jeon, Jeong-Min Kim, Yoon-Seok Chung, Myung-Guk Han, Sang-Oun Jung, Junyoung Kim, Kyu-Jam Hwang, Cheon-Kwon Yoo, Gi-eun Rhie. Early Laboratory Preparedness of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency and Response to Unknown Pneumonia Outbreak from Wuhan, China, in January 2020. Ann Lab Med 2021;41:532
    https://doi.org/10.3343/alm.2021.41.6.532
  17. Sarita Choudhary, Karli Sreenivasulu, Prasenjit Mitra, Sanjeev Misra, Praveen Sharma. Role of Genetic Variants and Gene Expression in the Susceptibility and Severity of COVID-19. Ann Lab Med 2021;41:129
    https://doi.org/10.3343/alm.2021.41.2.129
  18. Sibra RM Shihab, Bushran N. Iqbal, Shiyamalee Arunasalam, Faseeha Noordeen. Quality of the sample-based RNA determines the real-time RT-PCR results in the laboratory diagnosis of COVID-19. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 2024;108:116076
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2023.116076
  19. Tze Ping Loh, Sarah J Lord, Katy Bell, Mary Kathryn Bohn, Chun Yee Lim, Corey Markus, Hernan Fares Taie, Khosrow Adeli, Giuseppe Lippi, Sverre Sandberg, Andrea Horvath. Setting minimum clinical performance specifications for tests based on disease prevalence and minimum acceptable positive and negative predictive values: Practical considerations applied to COVID-19 testing. Clinical Biochemistry 2021;88:18
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2020.11.003
  20. Hark Kyun Kim, Junhyung Cho, Eunae Kim, Junsik Kim, Jeong‐Sun Yang, Kyung‐Chang Kim, Joo‐Yeon Lee, Younmin Shin, Leon F. Palomera, Jinsu Park, Seung Hyun Baek, Han‐Gyu Bae, Yoonsuk Cho, Jihoon Han, Jae Hoon Sul, Jeongmi Lee, Jae Hyung Park, Yong Woo Cho, Wonsik Lee, Dong‐Gyu Jo. Engineered small extracellular vesicles displaying ACE2 variants on the surface protect against SARS‐CoV‐2 infection. J of Extracellular Vesicle 2022;11
    https://doi.org/10.1002/jev2.12179
  21. Jong-Hak Park, Seong-Geun Lee, Sejoong Ahn, Joo Yeong Kim, Juhyun Song, Sungwoo Moon, Hanjin Cho. Strategies to prevent COVID-19 transmission in the emergency department of a regional base hospital in Korea: From index patient until pandemic declaration. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021;46:247
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2020.07.056
  22. Hyung Woo Kim, Mikyoung Park, Jong Ho Lee. Clinical Evaluation of the Rapid STANDARD Q COVID-19 Ag Test for the Screening of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2. Ann Lab Med 2022;42:100
    https://doi.org/10.3343/alm.2022.42.1.100
  23. Dayakar Seetha, Amjesh Ravikumar, Radhakrishnan R. Nair. Comparative performance of CDC-modified SARS-CoV-2 real-time PCR assay with four different commercial assays: laboratory-based study. Comp Clin Pathol 2022;31:355
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s00580-022-03356-y
  24. Young-gon Kim, Hyunwoong Park, So Yeon Kim, Ki Ho Hong, Man Jin Kim, Jee-Soo Lee, Sung-Sup Park, Moon-Woo Seong. Rates of Coinfection Between SARS-CoV-2 and Other Respiratory Viruses in Korea. Ann Lab Med 2022;42:110
    https://doi.org/10.3343/alm.2022.42.1.110
  25. Shrawan Kumar Trivedi, Pradipta Patra, Amrinder Singh, Pijush Deka, Praveen Ranjan Srivastava. Analyzing the research trends of COVID-19 using topic modeling approach. JM2 2023;18:1204
    https://doi.org/10.1108/JM2-02-2022-0045
  26. Ali Alsuheel Asseri, Ibrahim Alzaydani, Ahmed Al-Jarie, Ahmed Albishri, Abdullah Alsabaani, Mohammed Khamash Almaghrabi, Abdelwahid Saeed Ali. Clinical Characteristics and Laboratory Abnormalities of Hospitalized and Critically Ill Children with Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Retrospective Study from Saudi Arabia. IJGM 2021;Volume 14:1949
    https://doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S311831
  27. Kuenyoul Park, Heungsup Sung, Mi-Na Kim. Evaluation of the cobas Liat detection test for SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses following the emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 2023;105:115891
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2023.115891
  28. Kyoung Ho Roh, Yu Kyung Kim, Shin-Woo Kim, Eun-Rim Kang, Yong-Jin Yang, Sun-Kyung Jung, Sun-Hwa Lee, Nackmoon Sung, Bruno Pozzetto. Coinfections with Respiratory Pathogens among COVID-19 Patients in Korea. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology 2021;2021:1
    https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/6651045
  29. Ki Ho Hong, Gab Jung Kim, Kyoung Ho Roh, Heungsup Sung, Jaehyeon Lee, So Yeon Kim, Taek Soo Kim, Jae-Sun Park, Hee Jae Huh, Younhee Park, Jae-Seok Kim, Hyun Soo Kim, Moon-Woo Seong, Nam Hee Ryoo, Sang Hoon Song, Hyukmin Lee, Gye Cheol Kwon, Cheon Kwon Yoo. Update of Guidelines for Laboratory Diagnosis of COVID-19 in Korea. Ann Lab Med 2022;42:391
    https://doi.org/10.3343/alm.2022.42.4.391
  30. Ghada Ismail, Dalia H. Abdelhamid, Rania Abdel Halim, Marwa Salah Mostafa, Hossam Abdelghaffar, Noha Alaa Eldin Fahim, Ahmed Elshafei, Menna Asker, Nashwa Naguib Omar. Comparative Evaluation of Different SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Point-of-Care Antigen Tests with SARS-CoV-2 PCR for Diagnosis of COVID-19. Open Access Maced J Med Sci 2022;10:1505
    https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2022.10335
  31. Young Jin Kim, Mina Hur. Quantum Leap and Future Contribution of Annals of Laboratory Medicine. Ann Lab Med 2022;42:1
    https://doi.org/10.3343/alm.2022.42.1.1
  32. Yujin Sohn, Su Jin Jeong, Won Suk Chung, Jong Hoon Hyun, Yae Jee Baek, Yunsuk Cho, Jung Ho Kim, Jin Young Ahn, Jun Yong Choi, Joon-Sup Yeom. Assessing Viral Shedding and Infectivity of Asymptomatic or Mildly Symptomatic Patients with COVID-19 in a Later Phase. JCM 2020;9:2924
    https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9092924
  33. Abdelwahid Saeed Ali, Ahmed Mossa Al-Hakami, Ayed Abdullah Shati, Ali Alsuheel Asseri, Saleh Mohammed Al-Qahatani. Salient Conclusive Remarks on Epidemiology and Clinical Manifestations of Pediatric COVID-19: Narrative Review. Front. Pediatr. 2020;8
    https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2020.584694
  34. Seri Jeong, Nuri Lee, Su Kyung Lee, Eun-Jung Cho, Jungwon Hyun, Min-Jeong Park, Wonkeun Song, Hyun Soo Kim. STANDARD M10 SARS-CoV-2 Assay for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2: Comparison of Four Real-Time PCR Assays. Diagnostics 2022;12:1998
    https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12081998