Africa CDC endorses first locally made mpox diagnostic test
MOROCCO - The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) approved the first diagnostic test for mpox made in ...
Africa CDC Endorses First Locally Made Mpox Test
The African Union's health watchdog said Thursday it has endorsed an mpox test from Morocco, hailing it as a "major milestone" to help combat the outbreak on the continent.
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Africa CDC recommends Moroccan-made monkeypox test for continent
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Wednesday recommended that African countries use the Moroccan-made “UM6P-MAScIR MPOX qPCR 1.0” test for the detection of monkeypox ...
Russia says African, ex-Soviet countries interested in its mpox vaccine
Several African and ex-Soviet countries have expressed interest in buying Russia's vaccine against smallpox and mpox viruses, ...
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Morocco's first PCR test for mpox endorsed by Africa CDC
The edition includes the PCR detection kit (UM6P-MASCIR MPOX qPCR 1.0), manufactured by Moldiag, Morocco. «The DAC reviewed ...
Mpox vaccination shortage delays Kinshasa's drive against outbreak
Democratic Republic of Congo has been unable to launch an mpox vaccination campaign in the capital Kinshasa due to a shortage ...
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Potential single-dose smallpox and mpox vaccine moves forward
An FDA-approved vaccine for smallpox and mpox is effective but causes side effects. The other requires multiple doses. An experimental single-dose vaccine uses the horsepox virus to harness the ...
STD epidemic slows as new syphilis and gonorrhea cases fall in US
What caused some of the STD trends to improve? Several experts say one contributor is the growing use of an antibiotic as a ...
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Invest in ‘triple rapid’ tests to fight mpox, H5N1 bird flu, and beyond
No FDA-approved rapid tests exist that specifically test for H5N1, and the first near-point-of-care test for mpox was ...