Table 1.

MPXV PCR Ct value results generated on different indicated specimen types per study participant (every row represents a single patient, n = 25) with indication of oral lesion presence. (nd stands for not detected)

Patient #	Plasma	Oropharyngeal swab	Saliva	Oral lesions
1	35.54	26.77	30.94	No
2	37.72	nd	41.08	No
3	34.84	39.07	36.71	Yes (lip)
4	38.87	37.94	33.85	No
5	33.44	nd	37.05	No
6	37.51	25.54	25.71	Yes (lip)
7	39.90	32.66	33.61	Yes (lip)
8	38.41	35.98	23.85	No
9	37.54	33.86	25.15	No
10	nd	nd	nd	No
11	32.74	34.98	29.13	No
12	nd	nd	nd	No
13	39.16	nd	22.76	No
14	40.58	36.39	30.23	No
15	37.27	37.02	28.23	Yes (sublingual)
16	nd	nd	37.51	No
17	36.60	36.12	35.17	No
18	36.11	nd	37.32	No
19	39.77	31.09	25.43	No
20	35.41	nd	29.90	No
21	34.77	37.61	nd	No
22	36.59	31.76	23.02	No
23	35.83	35.16	25.64	Yes (lip)
24	nd	36.14	31.03	yes (lip)
25	nd	nd	31.11	No
# positives (out of n = 25):	20	16	22
Sensitivity:	0.80 (0.61 to 0.91)	0.64 (0.45 to 0.80)	0.88 (0.70 to 0.96)
McNemar P value		vs plasma: 0.2207	vs plasma: 0.6171 vs oropharyngeal swab: 0,0771