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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Bassel Almarie, M.D.
Overview
History
Vital Signs
Diagnostic Criteria
Interim clinical, laboratory and epidemiologic criteria for case classification — U.S. Monkeypox Response, May 2022
| Clinical and laboratory classification | Criteria |
| Suspected | New characteristic rash* OR |
| Meets one of the epidemiologic criteria and has high clinical suspicion† for monkeypox | |
| Probable | No suspicion of other recent orthopoxvirus exposure (e.g., Vaccinia virus in ACAM2000 vaccination) AND demonstration of the presence of |
| • Orthopoxvirus DNA by polymerase chain reaction testing of a clinical specimen OR | |
| • Orthopoxvirus using immunohistochemical or electron microscopy testing methods
OR | |
| • Detectable levels of antiorthopoxvirus IgM antibody during the period of 4–56 days after rash onset | |
| Confirmed | Demonstration of the presence of Monkeypox virus DNA by polymerase chain reaction testing or next-generation sequencing of a clinical specimen
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| Isolation of Monkeypox virus in culture from a clinical specimen |