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Validation and implementation of an orthopoxvirus qualitative real-time PCR for the diagnosis of monkeypox in the clinical laboratory
11 Nov 2022
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BACKGROUND: The globally concerning outbreak of monkeypox virus (MPXV) in non-endemic countries in 2022 warranted an increased capacity of diagnostic clinical testing. In this study, we detail the Johns Hopkins analytical validation of a qualitative orthopoxvirus real-time PCR and characterize its analytical performance for MPXV testing. We also describe our first month of MPXV clinical laboratory diagnosis,...
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