Urgent need for a non-discriminatory and non-stigmatizing nomenclature for monkeypox virus.
Christian HappiIfedayo AdetifaPlacide MbalaRichard NjouomEmmanuel NakouneAnise HappiNnaemeka NdodoOyeronke AyansolaGerald MboowaTrevor BedfordRichard A NeherCornelius RoemerEmma HodcroftHouriiyah TegallyÁine O'TooleAndrew RambautOliver PybusMoritz U G KraemerEduan WilkinsonJoana IsidroVítor BorgesMiguel PintoJoão Paulo GomesLucas FreitasPaola C ResendeRaphael T C LeeSebastian Maurer-StrohCheryl BaxterRichard LessellsAhmed E OgwellYenew KebedeSofonias K TessemaTulio de OliveiraPublished in: PLoS biology (2022)
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.