CDC has expanded access to vaccines, tests, and treatments for monkeypox, agency officials said.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has expanded access to vaccines, tests, and treatments for monkeypox, agency officials said in a webinar Tuesday.
Monkeypox, which is closely related to smallpox, spreads through close physical contact and typically causes flu-like symptoms and pus-filled skin lesions. It is endemic to parts of West and Central Africa, but has recently spread to at least 66 countries where it was not previously identified, with 15,000 cases reported in these countries since April of this year, mostly among men who have sex with men.the monkeypox outbreak a global health emergency, its highest level of alert.
The CDC has beefed up testing capacity by enlisting five commercial laboratories to process 70,000 tests in addition to the 10,000 tests the US Laboratory Response Network is processing per week, said Christina Hutson PhD, MS, Laboratory and Testing Task Force Lead. The labs all accept lesion material swabbed from any part of the body as testing specimens. But clinicians should check with the specific lab about whether the labs take dry swabs or swabs in transport media. It isn't necessary to lance or deroof the lesions, just swab vigorously, Hutson said.
Patients who test positive can be treated with tecovirimat, an antiviral developed for smallpox, said Yon Yu, PharmD, Regulatory Affairs and Clinical Guidelines Team Lead. The drug has been tested against monkeypox only in animals, but it can be prescribed to humans under an expanded access investigational new drug authorization.
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