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Volume 32, Number 3—March 2026

Dispatch

Optimal Specimens and Lesions for Mpox Diagnosis Using Real-Time PCR, South Korea

Dong-Min Kim, Munawir Muhammad, Jin Won Kim, Choon-Mee Kim, Jun-Won Seo, Da Young Kim, Na Ra Yun, Beomgi Lee, Minji Lee, Jeong Hyun Lee, Myung-Min Choi, and Yoon-Seok ChungComments to Author 
Author affiliation: Chosun University College of Medicine, Gwang-Ju, South Korea (D.-M. Kim, M. Muhammad, C.-M. Kim, J.-W. Seo, D.Y. Kim, N.R. Yun, B. Lee); Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia (M. Muhammad); Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, Cheongju, South Korea (J.W. Kim, M. Lee, J.H. Lee, M.-M. Choi, Y.-S. Chung)

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Figure 1

Comparison of Ct values of real-time PCR by lesion and time point after symptom onset in patients with mpox, South Korea, 2022–2023. Horizontal lines within boxes represent medians, box tops and bottoms represent interquartile ranges, and error bars represent minimum and maximum values. Ct, cycle threshold.

Figure 1. Comparison of Ct values of real-time PCR by lesion and time point after symptom onset in patients with mpox, South Korea, 2022–2023. Horizontal lines within boxes represent medians, box tops and bottoms represent interquartile ranges, and error bars represent minimum and maximum values. Ct, cycle threshold.

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