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Volume 30, Number 10—October 2024
Research

One Health Investigation into Mpox and Pets, United States

Clint N. Morgan, Natalie M. Wendling, Nicolle Baird, Chantal Kling, Leah Lopez, Terese Navarra, Gracie Fischer, Nhien Wynn, Leslie Ayuk-Takor, Brandy Darby, Julia Murphy, Rachel Wofford, Emma Roth, Stacy Holzbauer, Jayne Griffith, Ali Ruprecht, Charlalynn Harris, Nadia Gallardo-Romero, and Jeffrey B. DotyComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (C.N. Morgan, N.M. Wendling, N. Baird, C. Kling, L. Lopez, T. Navarra, G. Fischer, N. Wynn, S. Holzbauer, C. Harris, N. Gallardo-Romero, J.B. Doty); Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA (L. Lopez, T. Navarra, G. Fischer); DC Department of Health, Washington, DC, USA (L. Ayuk-Takor); Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia, USA (B. Darby. J. Murphy); Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, Tennessee, USA (R. Wofford, E. Roth); Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, Applied Epidemiology Fellowship Program, Atlanta (E. Roth); Minnesota Department of Health, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA (S. Holzbauer, J. Griffith, A. Ruprecht); Chenega Enterprise Systems and Solutions, Chesapeake, Virginia, USA (C. Harris)

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Table 3

PCR results of for monkeypox virus clade II and RNase-P DNA assays from swab samples of companion animals and animal-associated objects and surfaces during a One Health investigation into mpox and pets, United States*

Swab samples
 Monkeypox virus, no. (%)
RNase-P, no. (%)
Dogs
Cats
Rabbit
All
Total
 Positive
 Total
 Positive
 Total
 Positive
 Total
 Positive
 Negative
 Positive
 Negative
Animal 140 21 (15) 47 1 (2) 4 0 191 22 (12) 169 (88) 18 (82) 42 (25)
Objects and surfaces 42 10 (24) 11 3(27) 3 1 (33) 56 14 (25) 42 (75) 13 (93) 24 (57)
Totals 182 31 (17) 58 4 (7) 7 1 (14) 247 36 (15) 211 (85) 31 (86) 66 (31)

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