Guidelines for the Laboratory Diagnosis of Monkeypox in Korea

While the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic is ongoing, monkeypox has been rapidly spreading in non-endemic countries since May 2022. Accurate and rapid laboratory tests are essential for identifying and controlling monkeypox. Korean Society for Laboratory Medicine and the Korea Disease Prevention and Control Agency have proposed guidelines for diagnosing monkeypox in clinical laboratories in Korea. These guidelines cover the type of tests, selection of specimens, collection of specimens, diagnostic methods, interpretation of test results, and biosafety. Molecular tests are recommended as confirmatory tests. Skin lesion specimens are recommended for testing in the symptomatic stage, and the collection of both blood and oropharyngeal swabs is recommended in the presymptomatic or prodromal stage.

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CommentIn: Ann Lab Med. 2023 Mar 1;43(2):135-136. - PMID 36281506

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:43

Enthalten in:

Annals of laboratory medicine - 43(2023), 2 vom: 01. März, Seite 137-144

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hong, Ki Ho [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Gab Jung [VerfasserIn]
Roh, Kyoung Ho [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Hyukmin [VerfasserIn]
Park, Ok Kyu [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Taek Soo [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Jae-Seok [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Jaehyeon [VerfasserIn]
Seong, Moon-Woo [VerfasserIn]
Kim, So Yeon [VerfasserIn]
Park, Jae-Sun [VerfasserIn]
Park, Younhee [VerfasserIn]
Huh, Hee Jae [VerfasserIn]
Ryoo, Namhee [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Hyun Soo [VerfasserIn]
Sung, Heungsup [VerfasserIn]
Yoo, Cheon Kwon [VerfasserIn]
Committee of Management of Laboratory Tests for Infectious Diseases, Korean Society for Laboratory Medicine [VerfasserIn]
Bureau of Infectious Disease Diagnosis Control, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency [VerfasserIn]

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Guideline
Guidelines
Korea
Laboratory diagnosis
Monkeypox
PCR

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Date Completed 26.10.2022

Date Revised 13.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Ann Lab Med. 2023 Mar 1;43(2):135-136. - PMID 36281506

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3343/alm.2023.43.2.137

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NLM347960774