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ArticleMicrobiology spectrum2025

Detection of mpox and other orthopoxviruses using a lateral flow device as a point-of-care diagnostic.

Stephen M Laidlaw, David Ulaeto, Steve Lonsdale, Graeme Clark, Rebecca Sumner, Thomas Edwards, Emily Adams, Anne-Sophie Logist, Bram Van Holm, Carlos Maluquer de Motes and 3 more

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Article in Microbiology spectrum, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Stephen M Laidlaw *Pandemic Sciences Institute (PSI), University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-7970-6174
David Ulaeto *DSTL, Salisbury, United Kingdom.
Steve LonsdaleDSTL, Salisbury, United Kingdom.
Graeme ClarkDSTL, Salisbury, United Kingdom.
Rebecca SumnerDepartment of Microbial Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-0735-8649
Thomas EdwardsDepartment of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-4058-4461
Emily AdamsDepartment of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Anne-Sophie LogistLaboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology (Rega Institute), Ku Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Bram Van HolmLaboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology (Rega Institute), Ku Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Carlos Maluquer de MotesDepartment of Microbial Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-4712-4601
Peter HorbyPandemic Sciences Institute (PSI), University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Piet MaesLaboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology (Rega Institute), Ku Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Miles W CarrollPandemic Sciences Institute (PSI), University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-7026-7187

Funding

MOHW | Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 75F40120C00085UKRI | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) BB/X0011356/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In 2022, the World Health Organization declared the worldwide outbreak of mpox to be a public health emergency of international concern. The causative monkeypox virus (MPXV) belonged to clade IIb and is transmitted through sexual contact with a low case fatality rate (0.1%), which, together with under-detection, all contributed to a rapid global spread particularly within the MSM (men who have sex with men) community. As MPXV clade II remains circulating worldwide, a new outbreak of the more fatal clade I disease has been declared in Central and East Africa, and remains uncontrolled in part due to the lack of point-of-care (POC) diagnostics for rapid decisions on treatment and self-isolation. To address the lack of POC solutions for mpox, we have designed and evaluated an orthopoxvirus-specific lateral flow device (LFD) that could be used for the diagnosis of mpox. Using an LFD comprising four monoclonal antibodies against the A27 protein, we demonstrate sensitivity to 3 × 10

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Monkeypox virusMpox, MonkeypoxOrthopoxvirusPoint-of-Care SystemsPoint-of-Care TestingPoxviridae InfectionsAntibodies, ViralHumansMaleSalivaSensitivity and SpecificityAntibodies, ViraldiagnosticsLFDmpox

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PMID40008874
PMCPMC11960085

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