Clade I or clade II? Targeting essential viral genes to differentiate monkeypox virus clades by multiplex real-time PCR

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The increasing incidence and global spread of mpox have prompted the World Health Organization to twice declare a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Sustained human-to-human transmission, largely through sexual contact, and waning population immunity to smallpox have accelerated monkeypox virus evolution and driven the emergence of variants that can adversely affect the performance of existing...

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