Guidelines for the Laboratory Diagnosis of Monkeypox in Korea

Committee of Management of Laboratory Tests for Infectious Diseases, Korean Society for Laboratory Medicine, and the Bureau of Infectious Disease Diagnosis Control, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency

doi:10.3343/alm.2023.43.2.137

Guidelines for the Laboratory Diagnosis of Monkeypox in Korea

Committee of Management of Laboratory Tests for Infectious Diseases, Korean Society for Laboratory Medicine, and the Bureau of Infectious Disease Diagnosis Control, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency

Department of Medicine

Yonsei University
The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency
National Health Insurance Corporation Ilsan Hospital
Seoul National University
Hallym University
National Medical Center
Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan university
Keimyung University
University of Ulsan

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Abstract

While the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic is ongoing, monkeypox has been rapidly spreading in non-endemic countries since May 2022. Accurate and rapid laboratory tests are essential for identifying and controlling monkeypox. Korean Society for Laboratory Medicine and the Korea Disease Prevention and Control Agency have proposed guidelines for diagnosing monkeypox in clinical laboratories in Korea. These guidelines cover the type of tests, selection of specimens, collection of specimens, diagnostic methods, interpretation of test results, and biosafety. Molecular tests are recommended as confirmatory tests. Skin lesion specimens are recommended for testing in the symptomatic stage, and the collection of both blood and oropharyngeal swabs is recommended in the presymptomatic or prodromal stage.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	137-144
Number of pages	8
Journal	Annals of Laboratory Medicine
Volume	43
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3343/alm.2023.43.2.137
State	Published - 2023.03

Keywords

Guidelines
Korea
Laboratory diagnosis
Monkeypox
PCR

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Biological Sciences

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Committee of Management of Laboratory Tests for Infectious Diseases, Korean Society for Laboratory Medicine, and the Bureau of Infectious Disease Diagnosis Control, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency 2023, 'Guidelines for the Laboratory Diagnosis of Monkeypox in Korea', Annals of Laboratory Medicine, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 137-144. https://doi.org/10.3343/alm.2023.43.2.137

Guidelines for the Laboratory Diagnosis of Monkeypox in Korea. / Committee of Management of Laboratory Tests for Infectious Diseases, Korean Society for Laboratory Medicine, and the Bureau of Infectious Disease Diagnosis Control, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.
In: Annals of Laboratory Medicine, Vol. 43, No. 2, 03.2023, p. 137-144.

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