Results of the first German external quality assessment scheme for the detection of monkeypox virus DNA.
Laura VierbaumNathalie WojtalewiczAnne KaufmannSabine GosebergPatricia KaiserHans-Peter GrunertUlf DühringAnika ZimmermannAnnemarie ScholzJanine MichelAndreas NitscheHolger F RabenauMartin ObermeierIngo SchellenbergHeinz ZeichhardtMartin KammelPublished in: PloS one (2023)
The EQA results show that laboratories performed well in detecting both MPXV and OPXV. However, Ct/Cq values should be interpreted with caution when conclusions are drawn about the viral load as long as metrological traceability is not granted.