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Volume 30, Number 10—October 2024
Research

One Health Investigation into Mpox and Pets, United States

Clint N. Morgan, Natalie M. Wendling, Nicolle Baird, Chantal Kling, Leah Lopez, Terese Navarra, Gracie Fischer, Nhien Wynn, Leslie Ayuk-Takor, Brandy Darby, Julia Murphy, Rachel Wofford, Emma Roth, Stacy Holzbauer, Jayne Griffith, Ali Ruprecht, Charlalynn Harris, Nadia Gallardo-Romero, and Jeffrey B. DotyComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (C.N. Morgan, N.M. Wendling, N. Baird, C. Kling, L. Lopez, T. Navarra, G. Fischer, N. Wynn, S. Holzbauer, C. Harris, N. Gallardo-Romero, J.B. Doty); Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA (L. Lopez, T. Navarra, G. Fischer); DC Department of Health, Washington, DC, USA (L. Ayuk-Takor); Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia, USA (B. Darby, J. Murphy); Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, Applied Epidemiology Fellowship Program, Atlanta (R. Wofford); Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, Tennessee, USA (R. Wofford, E. Roth); Minnesota Department of Health, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA (S. Holzbauer, J. Griffith, A. Ruprecht); Chenega Enterprise Systems and Solutions, Chesapeake, Virginia, USA (C. Harris)

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Table 2

Animal and environment sampling and diagnostic testing data from a One Health investigation into mpox and pets, United States*

Household no. Animal ID Species Sex Lesions sampled Prevalence of animal sample PCR positivity†
 Prevalence of environment sample PCR positivity
 Serum timepoints
MPXV RNP Ct MPXV RNP
1 DC-001 Dog M N 0.0 0.8 ND 0.0 0.8 NC
DC-002
 Dog
 M
 N
 0.0
 0.6
 ND
0.0
 0.8
 NC
2
 DC-003
 Cat
 M
 N
 0.0
 0.2
 ND
0.0
 0.3
 1
3
 DC-004
 Dog
 F
 N
 0.0
 0.0
 ND
0.0
 0.5
 NC
4
 DC-005
 Dog
 M
 Y
 0.0
 0.4
 ND
0.0
 0.7
 1
5
 DC-006
 Dog
 F
 Y
 0.0
 0.3
 ND
0.0
 0.5
 1
6
 DC-007
 Dog
 M
 N
 0.0
 0.4
 ND
0.0
 1.0
 1
7 DC-008 Dog F N 0.0 0.6 ND 0.0 0.0 2
DC-009
 Dog
 M
 N
 0.0
 0.2
 ND
0.0
 0.0
 2
8 VA-001 Dog M N 0.0 0.0 ND 0.0 0.0 1
VA-002
 Dog
 M
 Y
 0.0
 0.0
 ND
0.0
 0.0
 2
9
 VA-003
 Dog
 M
 Y
 0.7
 0.6
 35.4
1.0
 0.7
 1
10
 VA-004
 Cat
 F
 Y
 0.2
 0.3
 36.4
1.0
 1.0
 NC
11 VA-005 Dog M Y 0.5 0.5 33 1.0 1.0 1
VA-006
 Dog
 M
 N
 0.7
 0.5
 34.5
1.0
 1.0
 3
12
 MN-001
 Dog
 F
 N
 0.5
 0.6
 34.4
1.0
 1.0
 NC
13
 MN-002
 Rabbit
 M
 N
 0.0
 0.2
 ND
0.3
 0.7
 2
14
 MN-003
 Dog
 M
 Y
 0.0
 0.3
 ND
0.0
 0.3
 2
15
 MN-004
 Dog
 F
 N
 0.0
 0.3
 ND
0.0
 1.0
 2
16 MN-005 Cat M N 0.0 0.2 ND NC NC 2
MN-006 Cat M N 0.0 0.4 ND NC NC NC
MN-007 Cat M N 0.0 0.0 ND NC NC NC
MN-008 Cat M N 0.0 0.0 ND NC NC 1
MN-009 Dog F N 0.0 0.2 ND NC NC 2
MN-010
 Dog
 M
 N
 0.0
 0.5
 ND
NC
 NC
 2
17 TN-001 Cat M N 0.0 0.2 ND 0.0 1.0 1
TN-002
 Cat
 F
 N
 0.0
 0.2
 ND
0.0
 1.0
 2
18 TN-003 Dog M N 0.0 0.4 ND 0.0 0.7 1
TN-004
 Cat
 F
 N
 0.0
 0.4
 ND
0.0
 1.0
 NC
19 TN-005 Dog F N 0.0 0.0 ND 0.0 0.0 2
TN-006 Dog F N 0.0 0.3 ND 0.0 0.0 2
TN-007
 Dog
 M
 N
 0.0
 0.0
 ND
0.0
 0.0
 2
20
 TN-008
 Dog
 M
 N
 0.0
 0.2
 ND
0.3
 0.7
 1
21 TN-009 Dog F N 0.0 0.0 ND 0.0 0.0 2

*Ct, cycle threshold value; MPXV, monkeypox virus DNA; NC, no specimens collected; ND, not done; RNP, RNase-P DNA. †Proportion of total swab specimens that were MPXV or RNP positive.

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