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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Evaluation of a ddPCR Commercial Assay for the Absolute Quantification of the Monkeypox Virus West Africa in Clinical Samples.

Elena Pomari, Antonio Mori, Silvia Accordini, Annalisa Donini, Maddalena Cordioli, Evelina Tacconelli, Concetta Castilletti

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Agile, on-demand wastewater surveillance of virus infections to support pandemic and outbreak response in Rotterdam-Rijnmond, the Netherlands, 2020 to 2022.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2024
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  3. Diagnostic accuracy of polymerase chain reaction for detection of mpox in humans.Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Elena PomariDepartment of Infectious, Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, 37024 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5182-0231
Antonio MoriDepartment of Infectious, Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, 37024 Verona, Italy.
Silvia AccordiniDepartment of Infectious, Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, 37024 Verona, Italy.
Annalisa DoniniDepartment of Infectious, Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, 37024 Verona, Italy.
Maddalena CordioliDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Diagnostic and Public Health, University of Verona, 37100 Verona, Italy.
Evelina TacconelliDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Verona University Hospital, 37100 Verona, Italy.
Concetta CastillettiDepartment of Infectious, Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, 37024 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9819-236X
Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria · ITUniversity of Verona · IT

Funding

EU funding within the MUR PNRR Extended Partnership initiative on Emerging Infectious Diseases Project no. PE00000007, INF-ACTItalian Ministry of Health "Fondi Ricerca corrente - L1P3"
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMonkeypox virus (MPXV) is a double-stranded DNA virus belonging to the orthopoxvirus genus in the family

methodsThe ddPCR reaction was assessed as a duplex assay using

resultsRegarding the clinical samples, compared to routine molecular diagnostics, the ddPCR duplex assay showed 100% of specificity for all biological matrices and 100% sensitivity (10/10) for lesions, 100% (10/10) for rectal swabs, 90% (9/10) for pharyngeal swabs, and 60% (6/10) for whole blood.

conclusionOverall, our data showed that the commercial ddPCR assay allowed the DNA detection of MPXV in 87.5% (35/40) of our cohort, highlighting useful technical indications for the different specimens with a potential greatest performance for skin lesions and rectal swabs.

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ddPCRDNAmonkeypox virusquantification

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PMID37046567
PMCPMC10093040
OpenAlexW4362640972

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