Using wastewater surveillance for mpox as a complement to traditional case-based reporting - Chicago, March-June 2023

Dorothy Foulkes; Alyse Kittner; Colin Korban; Kendall Anderson; Peter M DeJonge; Emily A G Faherty; Janna L Kerins; Rachel Poretsky; Melissa Pierce; Regina Atwater; Irina Tabidze; Massimo Pacilli

doi:10.1016/j.envint.2024.108749

Using wastewater surveillance for mpox as a complement to traditional case-based reporting - Chicago, March-June 2023

Environ Int. 2024 Aug:190:108749. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.108749. Epub 2024 May 21.

Affiliations

¹ Chicago Department of Public Health, United States.
² Chicago Department of Public Health, United States; Career Epidemiologist Field Officer Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States.
³ Chicago Department of Public Health, United States; Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States.
⁴ University of Illinois Chicago, United States.
⁵ University of Illinois System, Discovery Partners Institute, United States.

PMID: 38885552
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.108749

Abstract

The Chicago Department of Public Health tested wastewater samples for the presence of Monkeypox Virus (MPXV) from March 13 through June 26, 2023. There were persistent detections prior to reported cases. This indicated the baseline levels of MPXV prevalence might warrant routine monitoring. Detections in areas without corresponding reported clinical cases might highlight areas where cases are being under-reported by traditional surveillance.

Keywords: MPXV; Monkeypox virus; Mpox; Wastewater surveillance; Wastewater surveillance systems; Wastewater-based epidemiology; Wastewater-based surveillance.

MeSH terms

Chicago
Environmental Monitoring / methods
Humans
Mpox (monkeypox)
Wastewater* / virology

Substances

Wastewater