Monkeypox 2022 outbreak: An update

Thirumalaisamy P Velavan, Christian G Meyer, Thirumalaisamy P Velavan, Christian G Meyer

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Keywords: 2022 outbreak; Genetic relatedness; Human to Human; MPXV; West African clade; Zoonotic; monkeypox.

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