A Phylogeographic Investigation of African Monkeypox

A Phylogeographic Investigation of African Monkeypox

Monkeypox is a zoonotic disease caused by a virus member of the genus Orthopoxvirus and is endemic to Central and Western African countries. Previous work has identified two geographically disjuct clades of monkeypox virus based on the analysis of a few genomes coupled with epidemiological and clini...

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Main Authors: Yoshinori Nakazawa, Matthew R. Mauldin, Ginny L. Emerson, Mary G. Reynolds, R. Ryan Lash, Jinxin Gao, Hui Zhao, Yu Li, Jean-Jacques Muyembe, Placide Mbala Kingebeni, Okito Wemakoy, Jean Malekani, Kevin L. Karem, Inger K. Damon, Darin S. Carroll
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-04-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
monkeypox
orthopoxvirus
Phylogenetics
Pleistocene
ecological niche model
evolution
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/7/4/2168

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