MPXV Prairie Dog Study: Experimental Transmission Data

Experimental data from a study investigating MPXV clade Ia virus pathogenesis, shedding kinetics, and transmission potential in prairie dogs. The dataset, authored by Franziska Kaiser and last updated in May 2026, likely contains results from mucosal inoculation via penile/preputial, vaginal, rectal, and intranasal routes. It provides experimental support for the importance of anogenital mucosal infection and transmission.

Use Cases

• Modeling virus shedding kinetics based on inoculation route data
• Analyzing transmission efficiency based on simulated sexual contact results
• Comparing clinical disease severity based on urogenital versus other inoculation routes
• Evaluating mucosal infection as a factor for countermeasure development

Strengths

• Experimental results show 100% transmission efficiency in simulated sexual contact scenarios.
• Data includes virus shedding measurements from multiple mucosal inoculation routes (penile/preputial, vaginal, rectal, intranasal).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Franziska Kaiser

Collection Method

Experimental study using a prairie dog model (Cynomys ludovicianus).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 21:17:35; freshness should be verified.