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MONKEYPOX virus can stick stubbornly to surfaces touched by an infected person, a study has found.
The potentially deadly disease can cling to household items in a patient’s home even after extensive cleaning – but there is no evidence you could pick up the pox yourself after touching infected objects.
Most of the samples in the experiment – 21 out of 30 – tested positive for the virus after coming into contact with infected people, acccording to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The experiment investigated a home in Utah where two monkeypox patients lived alongside other uninfected people.
Investigators swabbed 30 household items from nine different areas of the house, while both patients were still symptomatic and therefore actively spreading their infection.
The scientists tested two types of object – labelling soft surfaces which could soak up liquid like clothing or furniture “porous”, and hard surfaces like handles and switches “non-porous”.
Both types of object were discovered to be carrying monkeypox even after cleaning and disinfectant.
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