TY - JOUR AU - La Rosa, Giuseppina AU - Mancini, Pamela AU - Veneri, Carolina AU - Ferraro, Giusy Bonanno AU - Lucentini, Luca AU - Iaconelli, Marcello AU - Suffredini, Elisabetta T1 - Detection of Monkeypox Virus DNA in Airport Wastewater, Rome, Italy T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2023 VL - 29 IS - 1 SP - 193 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Environmental surveillance can be a complementary tool for detecting pathogens circulating in communities. We detected monkeypox virus DNA in wastewater from Italy’s largest airport by using real-time PCR assays targeting the G2R region and F3L and N3R genes and sequencing. Wastewater surveillance can be quickly adapted to investigate emerging threats. KW - Monkeypox KW - viruses KW - zoonoses KW - wastewater KW - airport KW - transportation hub KW - environmental surveillance KW - Rome KW - Italy DO - 10.3201/eid2901.221311 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/1/22-1311_article ER - End of Reference