ArticleEnvironmental microbiology2022
Infection-competent monkeypox virus contamination identified in domestic settings following an imported case of monkeypox into the UK.
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35 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 72 citations in OpenAlex.
- Dynamics of Mpox infection in Nigeria: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2024Pooled it
- Monkeypox-Induced Myocarditis: A Systematic Review.Current problems in cardiology · 2023Pooled it
- How can imported monkeypox break the borders? A rapid systematic review.Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases · 2023Pooled it
- Monkeypox Virus in Healthcare Settings, Sierra Leone, June 2025.Emerging infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Portable Detection of Monkeypox virus Clades using Bridging LAMP.Research square · 2026Article
- Emergence of mpox in Oman: investigating the first cluster and its implications, October 2023.IJID regions · 2025Article
- Air and surface sampling for clade Ib monkeypox virus in United Kingdom hospitals, 2024 to 2025.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2025Article
- Efficacy of Laundry Practices in Eliminating Mpox Virus From Fabrics.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Monkeypox: an in-depth examination of epidemiology, pathophysiology, and global public health implications.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Review
- Cases of high-consequence infectious diseases identified in the UK, 1962-2023.Journal of medical microbiology · 2025Review
- Mpox: current knowledge and understanding-a scoping review.FEMS microbiology reviews · 2025Article
- Efficacy of Disinfectants for Monkeypox Virus Inactivation on High Touch Surface Materials in Low-Resource Settings.Environmental science & technology · 2024Article
- An evaluation of the preprints produced at the beginning of the 2022 mpox public health emergency.Research integrity and peer review · 2024Article
- One Health Investigation into Mpox and Pets, United States.Emerging infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Longitudinal viral shedding and antibody response characteristics of men with acute infection of monkeypox virus: a prospective cohort study.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Asymptomatic transmission of human mpox.BMJ case reports · 2024Article
- Infection prevention and control measures to reduce the transmission of mpox: A systematic review.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Review
- An Updated Review on Monkeypox Viral Disease: Emphasis on Genomic Diversity.Biomedicines · 2023Review
- Investigation of a mpox outbreak in Central African Republic, 2021-2022.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2023Article
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14 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
An imported case of monkeypox was diagnosed in December 2019 in a traveller returning from Nigeria to the UK. Subsequently, environmental sampling was performed at two adjoining single-room residences occupied by the patient and their sibling. Monkeypox virus DNA was identified in multiple locations throughout both properties, and monkeypox virus was isolated from several samples 3 days after the patient was last in these locations. Positive samples were identified following the use of both vacuum and surface sampling techniques; these methodologies allowed for environmental analysis of potentially contaminated porous and non-porous surfaces via real-time quantitative reverse transcriptase PCR analysis in addition to viral isolation to confirm the presence of infection-competent virus. 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. The methods adopted in this investigation may be used for future confirmed cases of monkeypox in order to establish levels of contamination, confirm the presence of infection-competent material and to identify locations requiring additional cleaning.
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