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Volume 32, Supplement –Summer 2026

SUPPLEMENT ISSUE
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Monkeypox Virus Surveillance in Wastewater, North Carolina, USA, October 2023–May 2025

Nicole L. SnyderComments to Author , Thomas Clerkin, Sarah H. Koenigsberg, Mara B. Tate, Ty L. Lautenschlager, Justin Albertson, Emma L. Doran, Erica F. Wilson, Rachel T. Noble, Virginia T. Guidry, and Ariel R. Christensen
Author affiliation: Division of Public Health, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA (N.L. Snyder, S.H. Koenigsberg, M.B. Tate, T.L. Lautenschlager, J. Albertson, E.L. Doran, E.F. Wilson, V.T. Guidry, A.R. Christensen); Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Morehead City, North Carolina, USA (T. Clerkin, R.T. Noble); Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA (R.T. Noble)

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Table 1

Wastewater treatment plant/sewershed characteristics in study of mpox surveillance in wastewater, North Carolina, USA, October 2023–May 2025*

Sewershed Population served Days measured Positive days Negative days Clinical cases
Cary 1 84,189 7 2 5 0
Cary 2 74,331 7 0 7 1
Cary 3
 75,886
 7
 1
 6
 1
Chapel Hill
 78,141
 2
 0
 2
 0
Charlotte 1 68,685 82 4 78 0
Charlotte 2 182,501 84 6 78 6
Charlotte 3 120,000 78 3 75 11
Charlotte 4
 82,158
 80
 9
 71
 10
Greensboro
 135,821
 70
 3
 67
 0
Greenville
 89,616
 73
 2
 71
 0
MSD Buncombe (Asheville)
 173,000
 61
 2
 59
 5
North Durham
 142,000
 7
 1
 6
 0
Raleigh 550,000 83 5 78 11
Raleigh 2 30,655 75 4 71 0
Raleigh 3
 7,776
 78
 3
 75
 0
South Durham
 108,105
 7
 2
 5
 0
Total 2,002,864 801 47 754 45

*MSD, Metropolitan Sewerage District.

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