Monkeypox Virus in Wastewater Samples from Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Ampuero, Manuel ; Martínez-Valdebenito, Constanza ; Ferrés, Marcela ; Soto-Rifo, Ricardo ; Gaggero, Aldo
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Humans Monkeypox Virus Sewage Wastewater Wastewater-Based Epidemiological Monitoring
• Keywords:
  Infectivity Metropolitan Region Monkeypox Virus Mpox MPXV Santiago Sewage Viruses Wastewater-based Epidemiology Wastewater Samples Zoonoses

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2023; 29(11):2358-2361
• Pubmed ID:
  37877805
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10617339
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Chile
• Volume:
  29
• Issue:
  11
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:776684f0284c9607c0d0d65930593cec191e544a42730b099d74326a09ddc527
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/135966/cdc_135966_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.42 MB ]