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Russia’s research and development of monkeypox virus detection kit has completed laboratory testing |
Xinhua News Agency, Moscow, May 21 (Reporter Liu Kai) Researchers of Russia’s “Vector” National Science Center for Virology and Biotechnology (hereinafter referred to as “Vector” Center) have developed an automatic test kit (hereinafter referred to as “Test”). box), which can be used to detect orthopoxviruses including monkeypox virus. Laboratory testing of the kit has been successfully completed.
Monkeypox virus and variola virus belong to the genus Orthopoxvirus of the Poxviridae family. The “Vector” Center recently announced that this test kit can successfully detect the orthopoxvirus infected by the experimental animal samples. Laboratory tests conducted in clinical mode have shown that the kit is effective in detecting orthopoxviruses such as vaccinia virus, monkeypox virus, and vaccinia virus. In addition, this test box is equipped with related equipment, easy to analyze samples, and intuitively record the results, so that the test can be carried out under non-laboratory conditions.
According to the World Health Organization, the symptoms of monkeypox virus infection are similar to smallpox, but the clinical severity is less severe, and the incubation period is usually 6 to 13 days, and may be as long as 21 days. Researchers from the “Vector” Center said that due to the “cross-immunity” characteristics of various poxviruses, human vaccination against smallpox is also effective against monkeypox.
According to Russian media reports, the “Vector” Center submitted a registration application for the country’s fourth-generation smallpox vaccine to the Russian Ministry of Health on the 18th. The center believes that although humans have long eliminated smallpox, with the thawing of local permafrost in recent years, there is still a risk of the release of smallpox virus that may remain in the permafrost.
Monkeypox is a viral zoonotic disease. Monkeypox virus can be transmitted from animals to humans through close contact. Although human-to-human transmission is not easy, it may also be infected by close contact with patients. The initial symptoms of monkeypox infection in humans include fever, headache, muscle aches, back pain, and swollen lymph nodes, which can later develop into a widespread rash on the face and body. Most patients recover within weeks, but others develop severe symptoms and even die.
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