Testing for Monkeypox | UW Medicine

The UW Medicine Virology Laboratory recently became one of the few clinical reference labs in the country to establish testing for monkeypox. In this video, Dr. Alex Greninger explains the process to test for monkeypox from inside the lab in Seattle.
0:00 Testing overview
0:27 Turnaround time
0:32 Sequencing monkeypox
0:48 What to expect from this monkeypox outbreak

Healthcare providers can order testing through the Department of Laboratory Medicine if they suspect a patient has contracted the monkeypox virus: https://testguide.labmed.uw.edu/publi...

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