Staff Contact: Keri Barclay or Kara Amann-Kale
The CDC issued a health update to provide clinicians and public health officials with new information about managing monkeypox in patients requiring therapeutics, including laboratory-confirmed Tecovirimat (TPOXX) resistance.
Missouri health care providers should contact their local public health agency or DHSS at 573-751-6113 or 800-392-0272 (24/7) with questions regarding this update, to report a case of monkeypox, to inquire about TPOXX for a patient, to report concerns of possible TPOXX resistance or to request monkeypox testing at the Missouri State Public Health Laboratory.
