Countries like Spain have shifted to include orthopox-positive cases as confirmed monkeypox cases in their counts. "The CDC and the public health labs actually work closely, hand-in-hand, on this testing," Mangal said. "But I don't think right now you're hampering the public health response, just because there's no other orthopoxvirus circulating." Even if the CDC shifts monkeypox-specific testing to state public health labs, getting confirmatory results could take time, Adalja added. Plans for monkeypox PCR testsRoche and Abbott's planned monkeypox PCR tests are separate from the CDC's plans.

Source: CNN May 30, 2022 20:39 UTC