505 - Monitoring the Monkeypox Response with Dr. Caitlin Rivers
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Monkey Pox
In addition to positive case counts, you'd recommend the % that are positive of all the tests taken as another measured attrack. Monkey pox is a little bit different, pretty unusual rash. It's not clear whether the illness is diagnosible in the prodrome period before the rash develops. And so i think alternative modalities, like saliva, for example, should be investigated to see whether there are other ways to identify cases.
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