Volume 32, Number 3—March 2026
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Optimal Specimens and Lesions for Mpox Diagnosis Using Real-Time PCR, South Korea
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Figure 2. Monkeypox viral loads given as Ct values in patients with mpox, according to sampled sites and time of onset, South Korea, 2022–2023. Blue dots indicate Ct results for each sample. Red dashed lines represent median values. Ct, cycle threshold.
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