aDepartment of Health Statistics, Center for Health System Evidence and Research in Public Health, Institute for Public Health of Montenegro

bHigh School for Nurses in Berane (applied studies)

cDepartment of Pathophysiology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montenegro

dDepartment of Laboratory Diagnostics, Institute for Children’s Diseases

eClinic for Infectious diseases, Clinical Center of Montenegro

fDepartment of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montenegro

gDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Internal Clinic, Clinical Center of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro

Received 3 January 2024 Accepted 25 January 2024.

Correspondence to Marina Jakšić, MD, PhD, Department of Laboratory Diagnostics, Clinical Center of Montenegro, Institute for Children’s Diseases, Ljubljanska bb, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro, Tel: +38269188019; e-mail: [email protected]