Early Release - Monkeypox Virus Detection in Different Clinical Specimen Types - Volume 28, Number 12—December 2022 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC

A global monkeypox outbreak began in May 2022. Limited data exist on specimen type performance in associated molecular diagnostics. Consequently, a diverse range of specimen sources were collected in the initial weeks of the outbreak in Ontario, Canada. Our clinical evaluation identified skin lesions as the optimal diagnostic specimen source.