Do you know if there is any difference between the terms “monkeypox” and “mpox”?

If you consider that the second word is just the short name of the disease, you are wrong! In 2022 the World Health Organization (WHO) renamed this illness from “monkeypox” to “mpox” due to the wide spread of misinformation among the population that the original source of the disease is the monkey. The name “monkeypox” was introduced in 1958 when the virus was discovered for the first time in some monkey colonies. Though, the original source remains unknown.

As you are probably already familiar with, mpox is a current topic in Central Africa because of the appearance of the new more dangerous clade I of the virus.

“As a result of the rapid spread of this outbreak in Africa, ECDC has increased the level of risk for the general population in the EU/EEA and travelers to affected areas. Due to the close links between Europe and Africa, we must be prepared for more imported clade I cases,” says Pamela Rendi-Wagner, Director of ECDC.

Symptoms: fever, headache, muscle ashes, skin rashes (vesicles or papules)

Virus transmission:

·close contact with skin rashes of an infected person;

·spread through the air by droplets when continuous contact with an infected person;

·spread through infected surfaces;

·sex contact.

As always, we are here to offer you comprehensive solutions for fast, accurate and affordable diagnostics.

SAMPLING AND TRANSPORTATION

·a full range of sterile swabs and kits for quality sampling and safe transport;

·flocked swabs, polyurethane foam swabs and polyester swabs (cotton swabs are not recommended for mpox sampling);

·Σ-Virocult® with viral transport medium.

RAPID TESTS

·Beright Monkeypox Virus Rapid Test

·diagnosis within 10-15 minutes;

·easy visual interpretation;

·precise accuracy and user-friendly;

·high sensitivity and specificity;

·two versions of the test:

detection of antigen (rash swab/ throat swab/ blood/ serum/ plasma sample)

detection of antibodies (blood/ serum/ plasma sample).

PCR TESTS

·VIASURE Monkeypox Real Time PCR Detection Kit

·accurate detection of clade II and the new more dangerous clade I;

·fast and convenient usage format;

·all reagents are pre-applied in tubes and lyophilized;

·it is only necessary to add DNA after rehydrating them;

·possibility of conducting several different analyzes at the same time due to the same protocols and temperature profile of the tests;

·multiplex PCR;

·result time: 120 min.;

·long shelf life: till 2 years;

·storage at room temperature;

·validated to work with a large number of real-time PCR devices

·Genital Ulcer Real Time PCR KIT

·detection of nucleic acids from Chlamydia trachomatis serovar L (CT-LGV), herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1), herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2), Treponema pallidum (TP), Haemophilus ducreyi (HD), varicella-zoster virus (VZV) and mpox virus (MPXV) from genital skin lesions and perianal/ rectal sample;

·fast and convenient usage format;

·all reagents are pre-applied in tubes and lyophilized;

·it is only necessary to add DNA after rehydrating them;

·multiplex PCR in two reaction tubes per sample;

·fast and reliable results in less than 2 hours;


·suitable for qPCR instruments with the following channels: FAM, HEX (VIC), Texas Red (ROX), Cy5 and Q705 (Cy5.5).