Volume 28, Number 10—October 2022
Research
Environmental Persistence of Monkeypox Virus on Surfaces in Household of Person with Travel-Associated Infection, Dallas, Texas, USA, 2021
Clint N. Morgan
, Florence Whitehill, Jeffrey B. Doty, Joann Schulte, Audrey Matheny, Joey Stringer, Lisa J. Delaney, Richard Esparza, Agam K. Rao, and Andrea M. McCollum
, Florence Whitehill, Jeffrey B. Doty, Joann Schulte, Audrey Matheny, Joey Stringer, Lisa J. Delaney, Richard Esparza, Agam K. Rao, and Andrea M. McCollum
Table 2
Characteristics of environmental swab samples from porous and non-porous surface types collected in household of a patient who had confirmed monkeypox, Texas, USA, 2021
| Surface type | No. samples collected | Positive by PCR, no. (%) | p value* | Average cycle threshold (SD) | p value† | Viable virus cultured, no. (%) | p value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porous | 10 | 9 (90) | 0.94 | 22.0 (6.0) | <0.01 | 6 (60) | <0.01 |
| Nonporous | 21 | 19 (90) | 27.7 (4.4) | 1 (5) |
*By mid-p exact test. †By 2-sample independent t-test.
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