Longitudinal mpox virus surface sampling in an outpatient setting

Affiliations

¹ Research and Evaluation, UK Health Security Agency, Porton Down, Salisbury, UK. Electronic address: barry.atkinson@ukhsa.gov.uk.
² Research and Evaluation, UK Health Security Agency, Porton Down, Salisbury, UK.
³ Rare and Imported Pathogens Laboratory, UK Health Security Agency, Porton Down, Salisbury, UK.
⁴ Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
⁵ NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, Pandemic Sciences Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
⁶ Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK.

Comment

B Atkinson et al. J Hosp Infect. 2023 May.

. 2023 May:135:196-198.

doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2023.02.007. Epub 2023 Feb 24.

¹ Research and Evaluation, UK Health Security Agency, Porton Down, Salisbury, UK. Electronic address: barry.atkinson@ukhsa.gov.uk.
² Research and Evaluation, UK Health Security Agency, Porton Down, Salisbury, UK.
³ Rare and Imported Pathogens Laboratory, UK Health Security Agency, Porton Down, Salisbury, UK.
⁴ Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
⁵ NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, Pandemic Sciences Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
⁶ Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK.

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