Mpox virus DNA contamination can still be detected by qPCR analysis after autoclaving

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¹ Diagnostics and Pathogen Characterisation, UK Health Security Agency, Porton Down, Salisbury, UK. Electronic address: antony.spencer@ukhsa.gov.uk.
² Diagnostics and Pathogen Characterisation, 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.

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A Spencer et al. J Hosp Infect. 2023 Sep.

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. 2023 Sep:139:217-219.

doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2023.07.006. Epub 2023 Jul 15.

¹ Diagnostics and Pathogen Characterisation, UK Health Security Agency, Porton Down, Salisbury, UK. Electronic address: antony.spencer@ukhsa.gov.uk.
² Diagnostics and Pathogen Characterisation, 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.

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