June 2022

Handling of samples from suspected Monkeypox virus (MPXV) cases

Jun
17

The current outbreak of Human Monkeypox infections (HMI) has resulted in samples being sent to UCD NVRL for Orthopox and MPXV West African Clade specific PCR. 

It is vital that samples for MPXV are transported to UCD NVRL as a Category A pathogens. Please see here the link to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) regarding transport of these samples.

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