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. 2023 Apr 3;76(7):1311-1314.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac889.

Evaluating the Accuracy of Self-Collected Swabs for the Diagnosis of Mpox

Maria Ubals  1   2   3 , Eloy José Tarín-Vicente  4 , Xènia Oller  1   2 , Adrià Mendoza  1   5 , Andrea Alemany  1   2   3 , Águeda Hernández-Rodríguez  6   7 , Cristina Casañ  6 , Ángel Rivero  2   5 , Pep Coll  2   5 , José Miguel Cabrera  2   5 , Martí Vall  1   2 , Manuel Agud-Dios  4 , Elena Gil-Cruz  4 , Alexia Paris de Leon  6 , Aída Ramírez Marinero  6 , María Dolores Folgueira  8   9   10 , María Ángeles Meléndez  8   9 , Vira Buhiichyk  2 , Cristina Galván-Casas  2   11 , Roger Paredes  2   12 , Nuria Prat  13 , Maria-Rosa Sala Farré  14 , Josep Maria Bonet-Simó  13 , Pablo L Ortiz-Romero  4 , Bonaventura Clotet  2   12   15   16   17 , Pere-Joan Cardona  6   7   18 , Ignacio Blanco  19 , Michael Marks  20   21   22 , Clara Suñer  1   2 , Oriol Mitjà  1   2   16   23 ; Movie Group
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Evaluating the Accuracy of Self-Collected Swabs for the Diagnosis of Mpox

Maria Ubals et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

We evaluated the accuracy of patient-collected skin lesions, oropharyngeal, and rectal swabs among 50 individuals enrolled in a study of mpox viral dynamics. We found that the performance of self-collected samples was similar to that of physician-collected samples, suggesting that self-sampling is a reliable strategy for diagnosing mpox.

Keywords: PCR; diagnostic; mpox; self-sampling.

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Conflict of interest statement

Potential conflicts of interest. M. V. reports support for attending meetings and/or travel for AIMID 2022 (Oviedo, Spain), paid to the author. All other authors report no potential conflicts. All authors have submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest. Conflicts that the editors consider relevant to the content of the manuscript have been disclosed.

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