Since May 2022, the number of monkeypox cases are constantly rising. As a result, WHO declared monkeypox a public health emergency and released interim guidelines and information about the virus: transmission, symptoms, how to collect samples, and how to diagnose the disease.
The WHO recommends collecting lesion exudate or crust for monkeypox infection screening and obtaining oropharyngeal samples. Collected with a swab, the specimen can then be dried or resuspended in a viral transport medium. Even if not specifically quoted by WHO, eNAT® – an inactivating media – presents an alternative to standard viral transport media which is also capable to inactivate the sample infectivity and preserve DNA and RNA at RT for up to 4 weeks RT.
Discover below Copan’s products suitable for monkeypox sample collection.
With the Copan White Papers, we aim to promote a better understanding of our products and help healthcare professionals to select the proper device according to their needs. Read here the first of the series, “Monkeypox: sample collection and diagnostic techniques.”
Copan Universal Transport Medium® (UTM®) system is intended for the collection, transport, and preservation of clinical specimens containing Viruses, Chlamydia, Mycoplasma, and Ureaplasma.
eNAT® is intended to collect, transport, and preserve microbial and human nucleic acids to be analyzed by amplification techniques. With its rapid analysis and inactivation features, eNAT® is the ready-to-use device to quickly homogenize your sample, for a high-quality, unbiased nucleic acid yield, and fast turnaround time.
FLOQSwabs® consists of a customizable molded plastic shaft and a tip coated with perpendicular short Nylon® fibers. Thanks to the superior elution efficiency, FLOQSwabs® ensure a flawless specimen collection, expanding downstream testing capabilities.
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