Evaluating the Accuracy of Self-Collected Swabs for the Diagnosis of Mpox. (12th November 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ubals, Maria; Tarín-Vicente, Eloy José; Oller, Xènia; Mendoza, Adrià; Alemany, Andrea; Hernández-Rodríguez, Águeda; Casañ, Cristina; Rivero, Ángel; Coll, Pep; Cabrera, José Miguel; Vall, Martí; Agud-Dios, Manuel; Gil-Cruz, Elena; Paris de Leon, Alexia; Marinero, Aída Ramírez; Folgueira, María Dolores; Meléndez, María Ángeles; Buhiichyk, Vira; Galván-Casas, Cristina; Paredes, Roger; Prat, Nuria; Sala Farré, Maria-Rosa; Bonet-Simó, Josep Maria; Ortiz-Romero, Pablo L; Clotet, Bonaventura; Cardona, Pere-Joan; Blanco, Ignacio; Marks, Michael; Suñer, Clara; Mitjà, Oriol
• Is Part Of: Clinical infectious diseases. Volume 76:Number 7(2023)
• Page Start: 1311
• Page End: 1314
• Publication Date: 2022-11-12
• Subjects: mpox -- diagnostic -- self-sampling -- PCR; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; 616.905
• DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac889
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1058-4838

Abstract

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.