ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2023
Stability of Monkeypox Virus in Body Fluids and Wastewater.
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- Pooled it
- Seminal fluid enhances monkeypox virus infection via amyloidogenic fibrils.Emerging microbes & infections · 2026Article
- From clinical fluids to environmental matrices: quantitative monitoring of infectious monkeypox virus based on PMA-qPCR during the Guangdong outbreak.Tropical medicine and health · 2026Article
- Mpox emergence, epidemiology, biology, clinical features and control.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2026Review
- Capacity building for genomic surveillance of mpox and other emerging diseases in resource-limited settings within the African Great Lakes region.Communications medicine · 2026Review
- Decoding the mechanophysiology for inhaled onset of smallpox with model-based implications for mpox spread.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- A 2-week old infant with Mpox in Uganda: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 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
- Stability of Monkeypox Virus on Commonly Contacted Surfaces in Clinical Settings.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Review
- Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Stability in Irradiated Raw Milk and Wastewater and on Surfaces, United States.Emerging infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Efficacy of Disinfectants for Monkeypox Virus Inactivation on High Touch Surface Materials in Low-Resource Settings.Environmental science & technology · 2024Article
- Analytical and clinical evaluation of a novel real-time PCR-based detection kit for Mpox virus.Medical microbiology and immunology · 2024Article
- Automated robot and artificial intelligence-powered wastewater surveillance for proactive mpox outbreak prediction.Biosafety and health · 2024Article
- Transoceanic pathogen transfer in the age of sail and steam.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- Vaccinia virus viability under different environmental conditions and different disinfectants treatment.Biosafety and health · 2024Article
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12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
An outbreak of human mpox infection in nonendemic countries appears to have been driven largely by transmission through body fluids or skin-to-skin contact during sexual activity. We evaluated the stability of monkeypox virus (MPXV) in different environments and specific body fluids and tested the effectiveness of decontamination methodologies. MPXV decayed faster at higher temperatures, and rates varied considerably depending on the medium in which virus was suspended, both in solution and on surfaces. More proteinaceous fluids supported greater persistence. Chlorination was an effective decontamination technique, but only at higher concentrations. Wastewater was more difficult to decontaminate than plain deionized water; testing for infectious MPXV could be a helpful addition to PCR-based wastewater surveillance when high levels of viral DNA are detected. Our findings suggest that, because virus stability is sufficient to support environmental MPXV transmission in healthcare settings, exposure and dose-response will be limiting factors for those transmission routes.
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