Article
Genomic sequence analysis of the first mpox virus detected in Kenya
2024-08-22
Abstract excerpt
Mpox is a zoonotic disease caused by the Monkeypox virus (MPXV) in the family: Poxviridae, genus: Orthopoxvirus. Historically, the disease was restricted mostly to Africa with cases being reported in Central Africa (mostly caused by clade I) and in West Africa (caused by clade II). However, there has been a recent shift in the virus range with outbreaks being reported in Europe and America, and in countries where...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 59d65aed-35ca-5a15-a771-91d37b0aeb2a
- DOI
- 10.1101/2024.08.20.608891
