Diagnostic Accuracy of 3 Mpox Lateral Flow Assays for Antigen Detection, Democratic Republic of the Congo and United Kingdom

The ongoing outbreaks of mpox highlight the urgent need for a rapid and low-cost diagnostic test to accurately detect and control this emerging disease. We estimated the analytical sensitivity using viral culture of the monkeypox virus clade IIb lineage B1 and clinical diagnostic performance of 3 a...

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Published in:	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Authors:	Elie Ishara-Nshombo, Anushri Somasundaran, Alessandra Romero-Ramirez, Konstantina Kontogianni, Daniel Mukadi-Bamuleka, Marithé Mukoka-Ntumba, Emile Muhindo-Milonde, Hugues Mirimo-Nguee, Jacob Parkes, Yusra Hussain, Susan Gould, Christopher T. Williams, Dominic Wooding, Juvenal Nkeramahame, Mikaela Watson, Hayley E. Hardwick, Malcolm G. Semple, John Kenneth Baillie, Jake Dunning, Thomas E. Fletcher, Thomas Edwards, Devy M. Emperador, Hugo Kavunga-Membo, Ana Isabel Cubas-Atienzar
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2025-06-01
Subjects:	mpox monkeypox virus MPXV sexually transmitted infections Orthopoxvirus Poxviridae
Online Access:	https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/31/6/25-0166_article