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Multiple lineages of <i>Monkeypox virus</i> detected in the United States, 2021- 2022
2022-06-11
Abstract excerpt
Monkeypox is a viral zoonotic disease endemic in Central and West Africa. In May 2022, dozens of non-endemic countries reported hundreds of monkeypox cases, most with no epidemiological link to Africa. We identified two lineages of Monkeypox virus (MPXV) among nine 2021 and 2022 U.S. monkeypox cases. A 2021 case was highly similar to the 2022 MPXV outbreak variant, suggesting a common ancestor. Analysis of mutati...
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- Literature Corpus work
- bd421d42-36ee-5f84-b72d-d867fdfe787a
- DOI
- 10.1101/2022.06.10.495526
