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Standardized Phylogenetic Classification of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus b...
Goya, Stephanie; Ruis, Christopher; Neher, Richard A.; Meijer, Adam; Aziz, Ammar; Hinrichs, Angie S.; von Gottberg, Anne; Roemer, CorneliusA globally implemented unified phylogenetic classification for human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) below the subgroup level remains elusive. We formulated global consensus of HRSV classification on the basis of the challenges and limitations of our previous proposals and the future of genomic surveillance. From a high-quality curated dataset of 1,480 HRSV-A and 1,385 HRSV-B genomes submitted to GenBank and...
Viral genetic clustering and transmission dynamics of the 2022 mpox outbreak in...
Borges, Vítor; Duque, Mariana Perez; Martins, João Vieira; Vasconcelos, Paula; Ferreira, Rita; Sobral, Daniel; Pelerito, Ana; de Carvalho, Isabel LopesPathogen genome sequencing during epidemics enhances our ability to identify and understand suspected clusters and investigate their relationships. Here, we combine genomic and epidemiological data of the 2022 mpox outbreak to better understand early viral spread, diversification and transmission dynamics. By sequencing 52% of the confirmed cases in Portugal, we identified the mpox virus sublineages with the hi...
Viral genetic clustering and transmission dynamics of the 2022 mpox outbreak in...
Borges, Vítor; Duque, Mariana Perez; Martins, João Vieira; Vasconcelos, Paula; Ferreira, Rita; Sobral, Daniel; Pelerito, Ana; de Carvalho, Isabel LopesPathogen genome sequencing during epidemics enhances our ability to identify and understand suspected clusters and investigate their relationships. Here, we combine genomic and epidemiological data of the 2022 mpox outbreak to better understand early viral spread, diversification and transmission dynamics. By sequencing 52% of the confirmed cases in Portugal, we identified the mpox virus sublineages with the hi...
APOBEC3 deaminase editing in mpox virus as evidence for sustained human transmi...
O’Toole, Áine; Neher, Richard A.; Ndodo, Nnaemeka; Borges, Vitor; Gannon, Ben; Gomes, João Paulo; Groves, Natalie; King, David J.; Maloney, DanielHistorically, mpox has been characterized as an endemic zoonotic disease that transmits through contact with the reservoir rodent host in West and Central Africa. However, in May 2022, human cases of mpox were detected spreading internationally beyond countries with known endemic reservoirs. When the first cases from 2022 were sequenced, they shared 42 nucleotide differences from the closest mpox virus (MPXV) p...
Urgent need for a non-discriminatory and non-stigmatizing nomenclature for monk...
Happi, Christian; Adetifa, Ifedayo; Mbala, Placide; Njouom, Richard; Nakoune, Emmanuel; Happi, Anise; Ndodo, Nnaemeka; Ayansola, OyeronkeWe 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.