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.

SUBMITTER: Ampuero M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10617339 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature