Oral and anal swabs could be useful for detecting monkeypox before lesions appear.
If oral and anal swabs are positive? You know they come with airborne aerosols. But this thread is about another study.
If oral and anal swabs are positive? You know they come with airborne aerosols. But this thread is about another study.
https://twitter.com/HelenBranswell/status/1560290648477077504
Which you might recognize from these graphs showing positive upper respiratory tract swabs.
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
"The infection control implications of upper respiratory tract viral shedding should be considered in future outbreaks."
That means they think #MonkeypoxIsAirborne.
Period.
That means they think #MonkeypoxIsAirborne.
Period.
3 weeks breathing out Monkeypox. And more, because they didn't start measuring until lesions appeared.
As my quote tweet in the first tweet said ... Oral swabs were positive BEFORE lesions appeared.
As my quote tweet in the first tweet said ... Oral swabs were positive BEFORE lesions appeared.
Here's the study Ms. Bransell was reviewing.
eurosurveillance.org/content/table/…
You'll notice that NO MATTER THE SYMPTOMS, the oropharyngeal swabs were positive.
eurosurveillance.org/content/table/…
You'll notice that NO MATTER THE SYMPTOMS, the oropharyngeal swabs were positive.
BTW, If you have Monkeypox and get any symptoms again?
You are contagious again.
You are contagious again.
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