Unlike Covid, monkeypox isn t a respiratory disease; and the test for Covid targeted the nose and mouth. Monkeypox, on the other hand, is manifested as painful, blister-like sores, and other symptoms like fever and muscle aches.
While rapid at-home test kits became an instant success during the Covid-19 pandemic, a similar attempt for monkeypox seems unlikely, media reports said.The recent global monkeypox outbreak brings a sense of deja vu with the Covid pandemic, .
New York, Aug 5 (IANS) While rapid at-home test kits became an instant success during the Covid-19 pandemic, a similar attempt for monkeypox seems unlikely,
Monkeypox testing still requires swabbing lesions, and researchers don’t have a good understanding of how the virus appears in saliva. It can’t follow the same trajectory as COVID-19 tests.