Christina Wojewoda, MD, FCAP, chair of the Microbiology Committee for the College of American Pathologists, explains the monkeypox virus can only be confirmed by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lab testing. “We don’t want people swabbing every little rash that’s out there, overwhelming the public health laboratories (by) testing for things that don’t make any sense at all,” states Dr. Wojewoda.
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