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Saliva, Urine, and Anal Swabs as Viable Alternatives to Lesion Swabs for Molecular Diagnosis of Mpox

2026-01-12

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Background Uganda experienced an outbreak of Mpox, declared on August 2, 2024, by the Ministry of Health following the confirmation of two cases in Kasese District. We evaluated the diagnostic performance of alternative specimen types in comparison with conventional lesion swabs for the molecular diagnosis of Mpox. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional diagnostic evaluation study com...

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DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-8467460/v1

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