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. Doty
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 3
PCR results for monkeypox virus clade II and RNase-P DNA assays from swab samples of companion animals and animal-associated objects and surfaces during a One Health investigation into mpox and pets, United States
Swab samples
|
Monkeypox virus, no. (%)
|
|
RNase-P, no. (%)
|
Dogs
|
|
Cats
|
|
Rabbit
|
|
All
|
Total
|
Positive
|
Total
|
Positive
|
Total
|
Positive
|
Total
|
Positive
|
Negative
|
Positive
|
Negative
|
Animal |
140 |
21 (15) |
|
47 |
1 (2) |
|
4 |
0 |
|
191 |
22 (12) |
169 (88) |
|
18 (82) |
42 (25) |
Objects and surfaces |
42 |
10 (24) |
|
11 |
3(27) |
|
3 |
1 (33) |
|
56 |
14 (25) |
42 (75) |
|
13 (93) |
24 (57) |
Totals |
182 |
31 (17) |
|
58 |
4 (7) |
|
7 |
1 (14) |
|
247 |
36 (15) |
211 (85) |
|
31 (86) |
66 (31) |
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