PLoS Biology (Aug 2022)
Urgent need for a non-discriminatory and non-stigmatizing nomenclature for monkeypox virus.
- Christian Happi,
- Ifedayo Adetifa,
- Placide Mbala,
- Richard Njouom,
- Emmanuel Nakoune,
- Anise Happi,
- Nnaemeka Ndodo,
- Oyeronke Ayansola,
- Gerald Mboowa,
- Trevor Bedford,
- Richard A Neher,
- Cornelius Roemer,
- Emma Hodcroft,
- Houriiyah Tegally,
- Áine O'Toole,
- Andrew Rambaut,
- Oliver Pybus,
- Moritz U G Kraemer,
- Eduan Wilkinson,
- Joana Isidro,
- Vítor Borges,
- Miguel Pinto,
- João Paulo Gomes,
- Lucas Freitas,
- Paola C Resende,
- Raphael T C Lee,
- Sebastian Maurer-Stroh,
- Cheryl Baxter,
- Richard Lessells,
- Ahmed E Ogwell,
- Yenew Kebede,
- Sofonias K Tessema,
- Tulio de Oliveira
Affiliations
- Christian Happi
- Ifedayo Adetifa
- Placide Mbala
- Richard Njouom
- Emmanuel Nakoune
- Anise Happi
- Nnaemeka Ndodo
- Oyeronke Ayansola
- Gerald Mboowa
- Trevor Bedford
- Richard A Neher
- Cornelius Roemer
- Emma Hodcroft
- Houriiyah Tegally
- Áine O'Toole
- Andrew Rambaut
- Oliver Pybus
- Moritz U G Kraemer
- Eduan Wilkinson
- Joana Isidro
- Vítor Borges
- Miguel Pinto
- João Paulo Gomes
- Lucas Freitas
- Paola C Resende
- Raphael T C Lee
- Sebastian Maurer-Stroh
- Cheryl Baxter
- Richard Lessells
- Ahmed E Ogwell
- Yenew Kebede
- Sofonias K Tessema
- Tulio de Oliveira
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001769
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 20,
no. 8
p. e3001769
Abstract
We propose a novel, non-discriminatory classification of monkeypox virus diversity. Together with the World Health Organization, we named three clades (I, IIa and IIb) in order of detection. Within IIb, the cause of the current global outbreak, we identified multiple lineages (A.1, A.2, A.1.1 and B.1) to support real-time genomic surveillance.
