Evaluating the Accuracy of Self-Collected Swabs for the Diagnosis of Mpox
María Ubals, Eloy José Tarín-Vicente, Xènia Oller, Adrià Mendoza, Andrea Alemany, Àgueda Hernández-Rodríguez, Cristina Casañ, Àngel Rivero, Pep Coll, José Miguel Cabrera, Martí Vall, Manuel Agud‐Dios, Elena Gil-Cruz, Alexia París de León, Aída Ramírez Marinero, María Dolores Folgueira, María Ángeles Meléndez, Vira Buhiichyk, Cristina Galván‐Casas, Roger Paredes, Nuria Prat, Maria-Rosa Sala Farré, Josep Maria Bonet, Pablo L. Ortiz‐Romero, Bonaventura Clotet, Père-Joan Cardona, Ignacio Blanco, Michael Marks, Clara Suñer, Oriol Mitjà, The Movie Group, José Ramón Santos, Lucía Bailón, Susana Benet, Jorge Arroyo Andres, Lorena Calderón Lozano, Yolanda Maltas Hidalgo, Ramona Hervas Perez, Laura Clotet Romero
Abstract
We evaluated the accuracy of patient-collected skin lesions, oropharyngeal, and rectal swabs among 50 individuals enrolled in a study of mpox viral dynamics. We found that the performance of self-collected samples was similar to that of physician-collected samples, suggesting that self-sampling is a reliable strategy for diagnosing mpox.