ArticleEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin2022
Monkeypox: another test for PCR.
Article in Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Polymerase chain reaction positivity and cycle threshold values in biological samples from patients with monkeypox: A meta-analysis.Travel medicine and infectious diseasePooled it
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- Advanced strategies for the diagnosis, treatment, and vaccination of monkeypox.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2026Review
- Development and evaluation of a two-tube multiplex real-time PCR assay for differential detection of Monkeypox virus clades Ia, Ib, IIa, and IIb.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- A point-of-care testing device for monkeypox virus integrating recombinase polymerase amplification and lateral flow assay.BMC medicine · 2025Article
- Advancing the understanding and management of Mpox: insights into epidemiology, disease pathways, prevention, and therapeutic strategies.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Review
- A review of epidemiology, diagnosis, and management of Mpox: The role of One Health.Global health & medicine · 2025Review
- Clade I or clade II? Targeting essential viral genes to differentiate monkeypox virus clades by multiplex real-time PCR.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Exploring the Dynamics ofCurrent medicinal chemistry · 2025Article
- Development of a two-tube multiplex real-time fluorescent PCR for the simultaneous differentiation of the mpox virus clades and the A.1, B.1 and C.1 lineages within clade IIb.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Article
- Monkeypox (Mpox): Diagnosis and Emerging Challenges.The Yale journal of biology and medicine · 2024Review
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- Behavioral Intention of Receiving Monkeypox Vaccination and Undergoing Monkeypox Testing and the Associated Factors Among Young Men Who Have Sex With Men in China: Large Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Article
- Ultrasensitive one-pot detection of monkeypox virus with RPA and CRISPR in a sucrose-aided multiphase aqueous system.Microbiology spectrum · 2024Article
- Using novel deep learning models for rapid and efficient assistance in monkeypox screening from skin images.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Oral Infection, Oral Pathology and Salivary Diagnostics of Mpox Disease: Relevance in Dentistry and OMICs Perspectives.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Mpox (Monkeypox) in Pregnancy: Viral Clade Differences and Their Associations with Varying Obstetrical and Fetal Outcomes.Viruses · 2023Article
- Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of Patients Admitted to a Secondary Hospital with Suspected MPOX Virus Infection: Is HIV Playing a Role?Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- A Silicon-Based PDMS-PEG Copolymer Microfluidic Chip for Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Diagnosis.Journal of functional biomaterials · 2023Article
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Abstract
Monkeypox was declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 23 July 2022. Between 1 January and 23 July 2022, 16,016 laboratory confirmed cases of monkeypox and five deaths were reported to WHO from 75 countries on all continents. Public health authorities are proactively identifying cases and tracing their contacts to contain its spread. As with COVID-19, PCR is the only method capable of being deployed at sufficient speed to provide timely feedback on any public health interventions. However, at this point, there is little information on how those PCR assays are being standardised between laboratories. A likely reason is that testing is still limited on a global scale and that detection, not quantification, of monkeypox virus DNA is the main clinical requirement. Yet we should not be complacent about PCR performance. As testing requirements increase rapidly and specimens become more diverse, it would be prudent to ensure PCR accuracy from the outset to support harmonisation and ease regulatory conformance. Lessons from COVID-19 should aid implementation with appropriate material, documentary and methodological standards offering dynamic mechanisms to ensure testing that most accurately guides public health decisions.
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