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. 2020 Dec 7;104(2):604–611. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0589

Table 1.

CDC laboratory results for 40 coinfection cases with amplification of monkeypox and varicella zoster virus specific DNA sequences by PCR; samples collected from September 2009 to December 2012

Dual positive sample type No of samples Coinfection cases
N N %
Crust 23 20 50
Swab 18* 18 45
Blood 5* 4 10
*

All dual positive swab and blood samples were DNA remainders for samples processed at the Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale .

Two individuals had more than one dual positive sample; therefore, percentages do not add to 100%.