ArticlePLoS biology2022
Urgent need for a non-discriminatory and non-stigmatizing nomenclature for monkeypox virus.
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- Development and evaluation of a two-tube multiplex real-time PCR assay for differential detection of Monkeypox virus clades Ia, Ib, IIa, and IIb.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
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33 authors.
Christian HappiAfrican Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID), Redeemer's University; Ede, Osun State, Nigeria.
Ifedayo AdetifaNigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria.
Placide MbalaInstitut National de Recherche Biomedicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo; University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Richard NjouomVirology Unit, Centre Pasteur of Cameroon, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Emmanuel NakouneInstitut Pasteur Bangui, Bangui, Central African Republic.
Anise HappiAfrican Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID), Redeemer's University; Ede, Osun State, Nigeria.
Nnaemeka NdodoNigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria.
Oyeronke AyansolaNigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria.
Gerald MboowaAfrica Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Trevor BedfordVaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
Richard A NeherBiozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Cornelius RoemerBiozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Emma HodcroftSwiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Houriiyah TegallyKwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP), Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Áine O'TooleInstitute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Andrew RambautInstitute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Oliver PybusDepartment of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Moritz U G KraemerDepartment of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Eduan WilkinsonCentre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI), School of Data Science and Computational Thinking, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Joana IsidroGenomics and Bioinformatics Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health (INSA), Lisbon, Portugal.
Vítor BorgesGenomics and Bioinformatics Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health (INSA), Lisbon, Portugal.
Miguel PintoGenomics and Bioinformatics Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health (INSA), Lisbon, Portugal.
João Paulo GomesGenomics and Bioinformatics Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health (INSA), Lisbon, Portugal.
Lucas FreitasGISAID at Laboratorio de vírus respiratórios-IOC/FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Paola C ResendeGISAID at Laboratorio de vírus respiratórios-IOC/FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Raphael T C LeeGISAID at Bioinformatics Institute and ID labs A*STAR, Singapore, Singapore.
Sebastian Maurer-StrohDepartment of Biological Sciences and YLL School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Cheryl BaxterCentre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI), School of Data Science and Computational Thinking, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-6033-7655
Richard LessellsKwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP), Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Ahmed E OgwellAfrica Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Yenew KebedeAfrica Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Sofonias K TessemaAfrica Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Tulio de OliveiraKwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP), Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-3027-5254
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Wellcome Trust 206298/Z/17/Z
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.
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