SDS/EDTA-treated chromatography paper strips for laboratory confirmation of monkeypox virus in the context of the global mpox epidemiology KU Leuven
Monkeypox virus (MPXV) is the most important human orthopoxvirus which emerged after the global eradication of smallpox. It causes mpox, a disease characterized by a prodromal period followed by the typical maculo-papular rash. The disease was historically endemic in countries of Central and West Africa where we have observed an increasing trend in incidence for the past two decades. Importations of MPX occurred multiple times into USA, UK, ...