Genomics reveals zoonotic and sustained human mpox spread in West Africa

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Abstract Five years before the 2022 multi-country mpox outbreak, Nigeria and Cameroon reported their first cases in more than three decades 1,2 . Whereas the outbreak in Nigeria is recognized as an ongoing human epidemic, the drivers of the resurgence in Cameroon remain unclear 3,4 . The rate of zoonoses remains uncertain in both countries, and gaps in genomic data obscure the timing and zoonotic and geographic...

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