Genomic annotation and molecular evolution of monkeypox virus outbreak in 2022

L Wang, J Shang, S Weng, SR Aliyari… - Journal of medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Monkeypox virus (MPXV) has generally circulated in West and Central Africa since its
emergence. Recently, sporadic MPXV infections in several nonendemic countries have …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic history of human monkey pox infections in the Central African Republic between 2001 and 2018

N Berthet, S Descorps-Declère, C Besombes… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Monkeypox is an emerging infectious disease, which has a clinical presentation similar to
smallpox. In the two past decades, Central Africa has seen an increase in the frequency of …

[PDF][PDF] Monkeypox 2022 outbreak: an update

TP Velavan, CG Meyer - Trop Med Int Health, 2022 - learning4impact.org
The recent outbreak of monkeypox virus (MPXV) has now occurred in several countries on
almost on continents. Unlike sporadic cases associated with travel to endemic countries, no …

[HTML][HTML] Monkeypox virus in Nigeria: infection biology, epidemiology, and evolution

E Alakunle, U Moens, G Nchinda, MI Okeke - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
Monkeypox is a zoonotic disease caused by monkeypox virus (MPXV), which is a member of
orthopoxvirus genus. The reemergence of MPXV in 2017 (at Bayelsa state) after 39 years of …

[HTML][HTML] Monkeypox virus: the changing facets of a zoonotic pathogen

D Forni, R Cagliani, C Molteni, M Clerici… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the last five years, the prevalence of monkeypox has been increasing both in the regions
considered endemic for the disease (West and Central Africa) and worldwide. Indeed, in …

[HTML][HTML] Monkeypox virus (MPXV) genomics: a mutational and phylogenomic analyses of B. 1 lineages

N Luna, M Muñoz, DK Bonilla-Aldana, LH Patiño… - Travel medicine and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The recent increase in monkeypox (MPX) cases has attracted attention of public health
authorities due to its quick spread and transmission across non-endemic regions. This …

A tale of two clades: monkeypox viruses

AM Likos, SA Sammons, VA Olson… - Journal of General …, 2005 - microbiologyresearch.org
Human monkeypox was first recognized outside Africa in 2003 during an outbreak in the
USA that was traced to imported monkeypox virus (MPXV)-infected West African rodents …

State-of-the-art on monkeypox virus: an emerging zoonotic disease

M Shafaati, M Zandi - Infection, 2022 - Springer
The non-endemic monkeypox outbreak in 2022 is the largest outside of Africa in recorded
history. The assumption is that monkeypox, an emerging zoonotic disease, has a high …

[HTML][HTML] Monkeypox (mpox) virus: Classification, origin, transmission, genome organization, antiviral drugs, and molecular diagnosis

A Karagoz, H Tombuloglu, M Alsaeed… - Journal of infection and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Monkeypox virus (MPXV) is a double-stranded DNA virus belonging to the Poxviridae family
of the genus Orthopoxvirus with two different clades known as West African and Congo …

[HTML][HTML] Monkeypox: a new threat?

D Kmiec, F Kirchhoff - International journal of molecular sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The global vaccination programme against smallpox led to its successful eradication and
averted millions of deaths. Monkeypox virus (MPXV) is a close relative of the Variola …