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

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 13085 - 11
• Main Authors: Berthet, Nicolas, Descorps-Declère, Stéphane, Besombes, Camille, Curaudeau, Manon, Nkili Meyong, Andriniaina Andy, Selekon, Benjamin, Labouba, Ingrid, Gonofio, Ella Cyrielle, Ouilibona, Rita Sem, Simo Tchetgna, Huguette Dorine, Feher, Maxence, Fontanet, Arnaud, Kazanji, Mirdad, Manuguerra, Jean-Claude, Hassanin, Alexandre, Gessain, Antoine, Nakoune, Emmanuel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 22.06.2021; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/181/757; 631/326/596/1746; 631/326/596/2554; Animals; Biological Evolution; Central African Republic - epidemiology; Ecosystem disturbance; Evolution, Molecular; Genomes; Genomics; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Infectious diseases; Life Sciences; Monkeypox virus - genetics; Monkeypox virus - isolation & purification; Monkeypox virus - pathogenicity; Mpox; Mpox (monkeypox) - epidemiology; Mpox (monkeypox) - genetics; multidisciplinary; Nucleotide sequence; Orthopoxvirus; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Poverty; Rainforests; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Smallpox; Central African Republic; Central Africa

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 cases, with many monkeypox virus (MPXV) isolates detected in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Central Afr...