Monkeypox Virus in Wastewater Samples from Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

Abstract

Sewage surveillance provides useful epidemiologic and public health information on viral infections at the population level. We detected monkeypox virus DNA from sewage samples covering 85% of the population in Santiago Metropolitan Region Chile. We also isolated infective viruses from those samples. Wastewater surveillance could complement clinical surveillance for monkeypox virus.

Keywords

• monkeypox virus
• MPXV
• viruses
• mpox
• wastewater samples
• sewage