Monkeypox DNA sequencing hints virus circulating since 2017: Report - Business Standard

The virus is known to be endemic in western and central Africa and this is the first time that the outbreak is most geographically widespread outside Africa

The monkeypox virus outbreak, that has seen more than 780 laboratory confirmed cases in 27 countries, may be circulating outside Africa since 2017, according to scientists who analysed its DNA. The … [+4609 chars]

full article...