Nanopore sequencing of a monkeypox virus strain isolated from a pustular lesion in the Central African Republic

M Vandenbogaert, A Kwasiborski, E Gonofio… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Monkeypox is an emerging and neglected zoonotic disease whose number of reported
cases has been gradually increasing in Central Africa since 1980. This disease is caused by …

Identification and whole-genome sequencing of a monkeypox virus strain isolated in Israel

I Cohen-Gihon, O Israeli, O Shifman… - Microbiology …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
We report the whole-genome sequence of a monkeypox virus strain isolated in Israel. The
strain was isolated in 2018 from a patient travelling back from West Africa. The virus was …

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 …

Monkeypox virus phylogenetic similarities between a human case detected in Cameroon in 2018 and the 2017-2018 outbreak in Nigeria

SA Sadeuh-Mba, MG Yonga, M Els, C Batejat… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
A monkeypox virus was detected from a human clinical case in 2018 in Cameroon; a country
where no human cases were reported since 1989. The virus exhibited close genetic …

[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 …

Shotgun metagenomic sequencing of the first case of monkeypox virus in Brazil, 2022

IM Claro, CM Romano, DS Candido… - Revista do Instituto de …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
Monkeypox virus (MPXV), a zoonotic virus endemic to the African continent, has been
reported in 33 non-endemic countries since May 2022. We report an almost complete …

[HTML][HTML] Ongoing mpox outbreak in Kamituga, South Kivu province, associated with monkeypox virus of a novel Clade I sub-lineage, Democratic Republic of the …

LM Masirika, JC Udahemuka, L Schuele… - …, 2024 - eurosurveillance.org
Since the beginning of 2023, the number of people with suspected monkeypox virus (MPXV)
infection have sharply increased in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). We report …

[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 …

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 …

Real-time PCR assays for the specific detection of monkeypox virus West African and Congo Basin strain DNA

Y Li, H Zhao, K Wilkins, C Hughes, IK Damon - Journal of virological …, 2010 - Elsevier
Orthopoxvirus monkeypox (MPXV) forms two distinct clades: the MPXV Congo Basin clade
viruses are endemic in the Congo Basin, human illness typically presents with symptoms …