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Evaluation of eleven commercially available PCR kits for the detection of Monkeypox virus DNA

Michel, J.; Targosz, A.; Rinner, T.; Bourquain, D.; Brinkmann, A.; Sacks, J. A.; Schaade, L.; Nitsche, A.

2022-10-19 infectious diseases
10.1101/2022.10.14.22281096 medRxiv
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Prior to the international spread of Monkeypox in May 2022, PCR kits for the detection of Orthopoxviruses, and specifically for monkeypox virus, were rarely available. Here we describe the evaluation of eleven recently-developed commercially available PCR kits for the detection of Monkeypox virus DNA.

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