Mpox virus DNA contamination can still be detected by qPCR analysis after autoclaving
J Hosp Infect
.
2023 Sep:139:217-219.
doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2023.07.006.
Epub 2023 Jul 15.
Authors
A Spencer
1
,
I Nicholls
2
,
O Onianwa
2
,
J Furneaux
3
,
J Grieves
2
,
T Pottage
2
,
S Gould
4
,
T Fletcher
4
,
J Dunning
5
,
A M Bennett
2
,
B Atkinson
2
Affiliations
1
Diagnostics and Pathogen Characterisation, UK Health Security Agency, Porton Down, Salisbury, UK. Electronic address: antony.spencer@ukhsa.gov.uk.
2
Diagnostics and Pathogen Characterisation, UK Health Security Agency, Porton Down, Salisbury, UK.
3
Rare and Imported Pathogens Laboratory, UK Health Security Agency, Porton Down, Salisbury, UK.
4
Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
5
NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, Pandemic Sciences Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
PMID:
37459916
DOI:
10.1016/j.jhin.2023.07.006
No abstract available
Publication types
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
DNA Contamination*
DNA, Viral / genetics
Humans
Monkeypox virus* / isolation & purification
Mpox (monkeypox)
Substances
DNA, Viral