We assessed mpox virus prevalence in blood, pharyngeal, and rectal specimens among persons without characteristic rash presenting for JYNNEOS vaccine. Our data indicate that the utility of risk-based screening for mpox in persons without skin lesions or rash via pharyngeal swabs, rectal swabs, and/or blood is likely limited.
Keywords: asymptomatic; mpox; pharyngeal swab; rectal swab.
Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America 2023.