Environmental Persistence of Monkeypox Virus on Surfaces in Household of Person with Travel-Associated Infection, Dallas, Texas, USA, 2021
Emerging Infectious Diseases·
- DOI
- 10.3201/eid2810.221047
- PMID
- 35951009
- PMCID
- PMC9514334
- OpenAlex
- W4291020010
- Study type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Article type
- journal-article
- Integrity
- current
Why this research matters now
The findings document environmental surface contamination and recovery of viable virus in a household setting; the abstract states that most positive cultures had low titers, indicating limited potential for indirect transmission.
Structured evidence summary
Research question
How extensively and persistently was monkeypox virus present on environmental surfaces in a Dallas household after a person with travel-associated infection had left?
Study design
Targeted environmental swab sampling was performed 15 days after the infected person left the household, with samples assessed by PCR and cell culture for viable virus.
Population and setting
The study examined surfaces in the residence of one person in Dallas, Texas, with travel-associated human West African monkeypox virus infection.
Main findings
MPXV-WA DNA was detected on 28 of 31 sampled surfaces, and viable virus was isolated from 7 samples collected 15 days after the person left. PCR positivity was similar on porous and nonporous surfaces, while culture positivity was higher on nonporous surfaces.
Public-health relevance
The findings document environmental surface contamination and recovery of viable virus in a household setting; the abstract states that most positive cultures had low titers, indicating limited potential for indirect transmission.
Important limitations
The abstract describes targeted sampling in one household 15 days after the person left, which limits generalizability; no broader sampling frame or assessment of actual infection transmission was reported. The summary is limited to the supplied single-article abstract and metadata and requires the original paper for decision-grade interpretation.
GIDS interpretation
The study provides context for discovering environmental persistence of monkeypox virus on household surfaces. This abstract alone does not establish a live surveillance signal or broader transmission pattern.
Related GIDS surveillance
Literature context does not validate, explain, or change a surveillance signal. Exact and contextual relationships are shown separately.
Evidence relationships
This article has 9 auditable classifier relationships to diseases, places, topics, and study design.