| Title: |
Air and surface sampling for clade Ib monkeypox virus in United Kingdom hospitals, 2024 to 2025 |
| Authors: |
Atkinson, B; Gould, S; Nicholls, I; Manzoor, KN; Smith, J; Hindle, AJ; Tunbridge, AJ; Cole, J; Collini, P; Alonso, A; O'Hara, G; Tuudah, C; Otter, JA; Hack, B; Taylor, C; Pottage, T; Fletcher, T; Dunning, J |
| Publisher Information: |
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control |
| Publication Year: |
2025 |
| Collection: |
Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) |
| Description: |
Air and surface sampling was performed in isolation rooms of seven patients with clade Ib mpox admitted to high consequence infectious disease centres in the United Kingdom. We detected monkeypox virus (MPXV) DNA in 66/90 surfaces samples and 1/14 air samples; replication competent MPXV was identified in 4/21 surface samples selected for viral isolation. These findings demonstrate that viable clade Ib MPXV contamination can occur during treatment of clade Ib mpox patients reinforcing the importance of infection prevention and control measures. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| DOI: |
10.2807/1560-7917.es.2025.30.19.2500288 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.es.2025.30.19.2500288; https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:2d6e0fab-5127-4877-9f66-3c1eea85ffdc |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ; CC Attribution (CC BY) |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.A56CC668 |
| Database: |
BASE |