Challenges in clinical diagnosis of Clade I Mpox: Highlighting the need for enhanced diagnostic approaches.

• Main Authors: Josephine Bourner (Author), Esteban Garcia-Gallo (Author), Festus Mbrenga (Author), Yap Boum (Author), Emmanuel Nakouné (Author), Amy Paterson (Author), Benjamin Jones (Author), Piero Olliaro (Author), Amanda Rojek (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Due to limited diagnostic capacity and availability of point-of-care tests, diagnosis of Clade I mpox in the geographical regions most affected is usually on clinical grounds. This may be complicated due to the similarity between mpox and varicella (chickenpox) lesions...