Air and surface sampling for clade Ib monkeypox virus in United Kingdom hospitals, 2024 to 2025
Air and surface sampling was performed in isolation rooms of seven patients with clade Ib mpox admitted to high consequence infectious disease centres in the United Kingdom. We detected monkeypox virus (MPXV) DNA in 66/90 surfaces samples and 1/14 air samples; replication competent MPXV was identified in 4/21 surface samples selected for viral isolation. These findings demonstrate that viable clade Ib MPXV contamination can occur during treatment of clade Ib mpox patients reinforcing the importance of infection prevention and control measures.
Authors
- Susan Gould (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3722-867X)
- Barry Atkinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1348-7204)
- Joby Cole (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5258-5835)
- Tom Fletcher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3712-415X)
- Geraldine O’Hara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1922-9492)
- Andrew Hindle
- Paul Collini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6696-6826)
- Jonathan A. Otter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0138-1549)
- Caroline Taylor
- Berkin Hack (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2285-6737)
- Thomas Pottage (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8062-853X)
- Jake Dunning (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4035-4562)
- Cecilia Tuudah
- Alejandra Alonso
- Ian A. Nicholls (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0407-6542)
- Khanzadi Nazneen Manzoor
- Jack Smith
- Anne Tunbridge
Institutions
- St Thomas' Hospital (GB)
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Evelina London Children's Healthcare (GB)
- Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections at University of Liverpool (GB)
- University of Sheffield (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Eurosurveillance
- Published
- 2025-05-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.es.2025.30.19.2500288
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Poxvirus research and outbreaks
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.11