Mpox Study Reveals High Rate of False-Positive PCR Tests
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A study found that more than one third of the mpox-positive PCR tests performed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) were false positives, due to residual traces of the virus in the environmentMore than one third of the cases of mpox in the DRC would be related to contamination of the samples by their environment rather than a true infection, according to the University of Geneva (Unige).More than 2700 PCR results were analysed.About 35…
More than a third of the cases of mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are related to contamination of the samples by their environment rather than to a real infection, according to a study by several institutions, including the University of Geneva. More than 2,700 results of PCR tests have been analysed. ...
Mpox: More Than a Third of Positive Tests May Have Been False Diagnoses
In August 2024, the WHO declared the mpox upsurge in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and its spread to neighbouring countries, a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
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