Using wastewater surveillance for mpox as a complement to traditional case-based reporting – Chicago, March–June 2023

The Chicago Department of Public Health tested wastewater samples for the presence of Monkeypox Virus (MPXV) from March 13 through June 26, 2023. There were persistent detections prior to reported cases. This indicated the baseline levels of MPXV prevalence might warrant routine monitoring. Detectio...

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Published in:	Environment International
Main Authors:	Dorothy Foulkes, Alyse Kittner, Colin Korban, Kendall Anderson, Peter M. DeJonge, Emily A.G. Faherty, Janna L. Kerins, Rachel Poretsky, Melissa Pierce, Regina Atwater, Irina Tabidze, Massimo Pacilli
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2024-08-01
Subjects:	Monkeypox virus Mpox MPXV Wastewater-based surveillance Wastewater-based epidemiology Wastewater surveillance
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412024003350