A UC San Diego program that has monitored wastewater for the virus that causes COVID-19 for more than a year has expanded to detect the presence of monkeypox, it was announced Wednesday.
Monitoring and testing for the monkeypox virus is a relatively simple add-on to the current wastewater surveillance program for SARS-CoV-2, said Rob Knight, professor and director of the Center for Microbiome Innovation at UCSD.
The first positive indicator occurred July 10, at levels near the limit of detection. Levels have dramatically increased since then. Knight said it remains to be seen whether monitoring virus load levels in wastewater can predict future infection or case rates. "Rising levels of monkeypox in wastewater clearly correlate with the increasing spread of this virus," he said."Detection and monitoring will help alert us to situations before they become crises, providing time for health systems and public agencies to respond, prepare and act."
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