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Volume 29, Number 11—November 2023
Dispatch

Monkeypox Virus in Wastewater Samples from Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

Manuel Ampuero1, Constanza Martínez-Valdebenito1, Marcela Ferrés, Ricardo Soto-Rifo, and Aldo GaggeroComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile (M. Ampuero, R. Soto-Rifo, A. Gaggero); Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago (C. Martínez-Valdebenito, M. Ferrés); Millennium Institute on Immunology and Immunotherapy, Santiago (R. Soto-Rifo)

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Figure 1

Comparison of nucleotide sequences of the MPXV amplicon obtained for wastewater samples from Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile (sewage samples 1‒9), with reference sequences obtained from other countries during the 2022 mpox outbreak. The 106-bp amplicon generated by quantitative reverse transcription has 100% homology with MPXV sequences obtained in 2022 from cases reported by different countries. GenBank numbers and location and date of isolation are provided for the 9 Chile sample sequences obtained in this study; GenBank or GISAID (https://www.gisaid.org) accession numbers and country are provided for reference sequences. MPXV, monkeypox virus.

Figure 1. Comparison of nucleotide sequences of the MPXV amplicon obtained for wastewater samples from Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile (sewage samples 1‒9), with reference sequences obtained from other countries during the 2022 mpox outbreak. The 106-bp amplicon generated by quantitative reverse transcription has 100% homology with MPXV sequences obtained in 2022 from cases reported by different countries. GenBank numbers and location and date of isolation are provided for the 9 Chile sample sequences obtained in this study; GenBank or GISAID (https://www.gisaid.org) accession numbers and country are provided for reference sequences. MPXV, monkeypox virus.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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