US FDA Provides Monkeypox Update, Including Testing Protocols
Executive Summary
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is providing the non-variola orthopoxvirus test throughout its public health Laboratory Response Network. The diagnostic is currently the only FDA-cleared test to detect monkeypox.
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