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Air and surface sampling for clade Ib monkeypox virus in United Kingdom hospitals, 2024 to 2025

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Air and surface sampling was performed in isolation rooms of seven patients with clade Ib mpox admitted to high consequence infectious disease centres in the United Kingdom. We detected monkeypox virus (MPXV) DNA in 66/90 surfaces samples and 1/14 air samples; replication competent MPXV was identified in 4/21 surface samples selected for viral isolation. These findings demonstrate that viable clade Ib MPXV contamination can occur during treatment of clade Ib mpox patients reinforcing the importance of infection prevention and control measures.

Source: Eurosurveillance

DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2025.30.19.2500288

Authors: Barry Atkinson, Susan Gould, Ian Nicholls, Khanzadi Nazneen Manzoor, Jack Smith, Andrew J. Hindle, Anne J. Tunbridge, Joby Cole, Paul Collini, Alejandra Alonso, Geraldine O’Hara, Cecilia Tuudah, Jonathan A. Otter, Berkin Hack, Caroline Taylor, Thomas Pottage, Tom Fletcher, Jake Dunning

Institutions: Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections at University of Liverpool, UK Health Security Agency, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, University of Sheffield, Evelina London Children's Healthcare, St Thomas' Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, University of Oxford

Language: English

Topic: Poxvirus research and outbreaks

Subfield: Virology

Field: Immunology and Microbiology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit, National Institute for Health and Care Research

OpenAlex ID: W4410445115

FWCI: 4.007

Cites: 15

Cited by: 9

Related to: 10