Monkeypox Virus Detection in Different Clinical Specimen Types
Maan Hasso, Stephen Perusini, Alireza Eshaghi, Elaine Tang, Romy Olsha, Hanyue Zhang, Evelyn Lau, Ashleigh Sullivan, Kirby Cronin, Seyeon Lee, Janet Obando, Cedric DeLima, Sandeep Nagra, Tom Braukmann, Venkata R. Duvvuri, Melissa Richard‐Greenblatt, Antoine Corbeil, Julianne V. Kus, Anna Majury, Samir N. Patel, Jonathan B. Gubbay
Abstract
A global monkeypox outbreak began in May 2022. Limited data exist on specimen type performance in associated molecular diagnostics. Consequently, a diverse range of specimen sources were collected in the initial weeks of the outbreak in Ontario, Canada. Our clinical evaluation identified skin lesions as the optimal diagnostic specimen source.
Topics & Concepts
MonkeypoxVirologyVirusMedicineBiologyVacciniaGeneticsGeneRecombinant DNAPoxvirus research and outbreaksHerpesvirus Infections and TreatmentsBacillus and Francisella bacterial research