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Emerg Infect Dis
; 29(7): 1465-1469, 2023 07.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-37347839
ABSTRACT
When a monkeypox virus outbreak began in several parts of the world in May 2022, timely and accurate diagnosis became mandatory. In our laboratory, a real-time quantitative PCR was designed and evaluated in several patient samples and compared with isolation results. Genomic viral load was related to virus viability.
Subject(s)
Monkeypox virus , Mpox (monkeypox) , Humans , Spain/epidemiology , Monkeypox virus/genetics , Disease Outbreaks , Genomics , Laboratories , Mpox (monkeypox)/diagnosis , Mpox (monkeypox)/epidemiology
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Emerg Infect Dis
; 28(9): 1847-1851, 2022 09.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-35820165
ABSTRACT
During June 2022, Spain was one of the countries most affected worldwide by a multicountry monkeypox outbreak with chains of transmission without identified links to disease-endemic countries. We provide epidemiologic features of cases reported in Spain and the coordinated measures taken to respond to this outbreak.