Maria Ubals, E. Tarín-Vicente, Xènia Oller, Adrià Mendoza, A. Alemany, Á. Hernández-Rodríguez, C. Casañ, Á. Rivero, P. Coll, José Miguel Cabrera, M. Vall, M. Agud-Dios, Elena Gil-Cruz, A. París de León, A. Ramírez, M. D. Folgueira, María de los Ángeles Meléndez, Vira Buhiichyk, C. Galván-Casas, R. Paredes, N. Prat, M. S. Sala Farré, J. M. Bonet-Simó, P. Ortiz-Romero, B. Clotet, P. Cardona, I. Blanco, M. Marks, Clara Suñer, O. Mitjà
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Abstract
We evaluated the accuracy of patient-collected skin lesions, pharyngeal, 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.