Environmental Persistence of Monkeypox Virus on Surfaces in Household of Person with Travel-Associated Infection, Dallas, Texas, USA, 2021

In July 2021, we conducted environmental sampling at the residence of a person in Dallas, Texas, USA, who had travel-associated human West African monkeypox virus (MPXV-WA). Targeted environmental swab sampling was conducted 15 days after the person who had monkeypox left the household. Results ind...

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Published in:	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Authors:	Clint N. Morgan, Florence Whitehill, Jeffrey B. Doty, Joann Schulte, Audrey Matheny, Joey Stringer, Lisa J. Delaney, Richard Esparza, Agam K. Rao, Andrea M. McCollum
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022-10-01
Subjects:	monkeypox virus MXPV orthopoxvirus viruses monkeypox environmental persistence
Online Access:	https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/10/22-1047_article