UC San Diego Tracks Monkeypox With COVID Wastewater Monitoring Program

UC San Diego Tracks Monkeypox With COVID Wastewater Monitoring Program
Test tubes labeled "Monkeypox virus positive" in an illustration taken on May 23, 2022. Dado Ruvic/Reuters
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SAN DIEGO—A UC San Diego (UCSD) program that has monitored wastewater for the virus that causes COVID-19 for more than a year has expanded to detect the presence of monkeypox, it was announced Aug. 10.

Monitoring and testing for the monkeypox virus is a relatively simple add-on to the current wastewater surveillance program for SARS-CoV-2—viruses that caused the COVID outbreak—said Rob Knight, professor and director of the Center for Microbiome Innovation at UCSD.

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