Community-based mpox and sexually transmitted disease surveillance using discarded condoms in the global south

Dhammika Leshan Wannigama¹, Mohan Amarasiri², Phatthranit Phattharapornjaroen³+27

• ¹Pathogen Hunter's Research Collaborative Team, Department of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital, Yamagata 990-2292, Japan; Yamagata Prefectural University of Health Sciences, Kamiyanagi, Yamagata, Japan; Center of Excellence in Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand; School of Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, Australia; Biofilms and Antimicrobial Resistance Consortium of ODA receiving countries, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok, Thailand.+25