Evaluating the accuracy of self-collected swabs for the diagnosis of monkeypox.
Maria UbalsEloy José Tarín-VicenteXènia OllerAdrià MendozaAndrea AlemanyÁgueda Hernández-RodríguezCristina CasañÁngel RiveroPep CollJosé Miguel CabreraMartí VallManuel Agud-DiosElena Gil-CruzAlexia Paris de LeonAída RamírezMaría Dolores FolgueiraMaría Angeles MelendezVira BuhiichykCristina Galván-CasasRoger ParedesNuria PratMaria-Rosa Sala FarreJosep Maria Bonet-SimóPablo L Ortiz-RomeroBonaventura ClotetPere-Joan CardonaIgnacio BlancoMichael MarksClara SuñerOriol Mitjànull nullPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2022)
We evaluated the accuracy of patient-collected skin lesions, oropharyngeal, and rectal swabs amongst 50 individuals enrolled in a study of monkeypox 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 monkeypox.