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Indication

This is a clinical microbial test intended for Help: Diagnosis, Microbe identification, Monitoring, Predictive, Screening, Viral load

Clinical summary

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An infection that is caused by an Orthopoxvirus, which is transmitted by primates or rodents, and which is characterized by a prodromal syndrome of fever, chills, headache, myalgia, and lymphedema; initial symptoms are followed by a generalized papular rash that typically progresses from vesiculation through crusting over the course of two weeks. [from NCI]

Conditions tested

Target population

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Individuals suspicious of Monkeypox infection

Citations

  • https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/index.html

Clinical validity

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Validation was performed using NIST plasmid DNA

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Clinical utility

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