Monkeypox DNA correlates with virus infectivity in clinical samples
N. Paran, Y. Yahalom-Ronen, O. Shifman, S. Lazar, R. Ben-Ami, M. Yakubovsky, I. Levy, A. Wieder Feinsod, S. Amit, M. Katzir, N. Carmi Oren, A. Levcovich, M. Hershman-Sarafov, A. Paz, R. Thomas, , T. Israely
The paper correlates Monkeypox DNA content with virus infectivity in clinical samples and defines a PCR threshold for non-infectious virus.
bioRxiv · Aug 2, 2022 · PreprintMicrobiology