Emerging Infectious Diseases (Sep 2023)

Laboratory Diagnosis of Mpox, Central African Republic, 2016–2022

  • Sandra Garba-Ouangole,
  • Josephine Bourner,
  • Festus Mbrenga,
  • Ella Gonofio,
  • Benjamin Selekon,
  • Alexandre Manirakiza,
  • Ernest Kalthan,
  • Christian Malaka,
  • Yap Boum,
  • Piero Olliaro,
  • Emmanuel Nakouné

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2909.230514
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 9
pp. 1846 – 1849

Abstract

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During 2016–2022, PCR testing confirmed 100 mpox cases among 302 suspected cases in the Central African Republic. The highest detection rates were from active lesions (40%) and scabs (36%); cycle thresholds were lower (≈18) than those for blood samples (≈33). Results were consistent for generic primer– and clade I primer–specific PCR tests.

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