Resources with keywords: Monkeypox
Dominik N.
We systematically examined surfaces of two hospital rooms occupied by monkeypox patients and the adjacent anterooms, which are used for donning and doffing personal protective equipment (PPE), for monkeypox virus contamination using PCR. In addition, we assessed the infectivity on cell culture of the collected samples by virus isolation.
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Vinner L, et al.
Diagnoses of ongoing viral infections commonly rely on PCR methodology.
These data will contribute to understanding the spread of the Monkeypox virus and can contribute to predicting increases in testing demand and planning for potential supply chain issues for reagents and other testing materials.
Atkinson B, et al.
This report confirms the potential for infection-competent monkeypox virus to be recovered in environmental settings associated with known positive cases and the necessity for rapid environmental assessment to reduce potential exposure to close contacts and the general public.
In 2022, for the first time, many outbreaks were reported in EU Member States and worldwide (in non-endemic countries) that had no epidemiological links to travel or imported mammals.
