The CDC Says That Monkeypox Can Survive On Surfaces for 15 Days…| Slate

CEID Interim Director Dr. David Hamer and CEID Affiliate Faculty Dr. Syra Madad shared insights on monkeypox transmission with Slate.

“…When it comes to surfaces, ‘the monkeypox virus is a DNA-based virus and is a bit of a wimpy virus in that you can actually kill it with household disinfectants and UV light and the like,’ Madad said (this is the case with most viruses) ‘Just because you have viral particles on a surface doesn’t mean [they’re] going to cause infection in another person.’

Madad emphasized that in order for infection via an object to occur, a number of things need to align: the virus needs to be live, replicating, infectious—and there needs to be enough of it transferred from the infected person to the surface, and then to your skin. ‘It’s not as easy ‘I’m going to touch this doorknob and somebody with monkeypox just touched it so I’m going to get infected,’ she says.”

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