A systematic nomenclature for mpox viruses causing outbreaks with sustained human-to-human transmission

C Ruis; E Lusamaki; A O'Toole; JR Otieno; R Colquhoun; C Roemer; T Wawina-Bokalanga; O Tshiani-Mbaya; D Jansen; JC Makangara; A Agrawal; LJ Abu-Raddad; S Ahuka-Mundeke; A Ayouba; EI Azhar; L Caly; C Drosten; NR Faria; A Fowotade; A Hoxha; BY Huang; B Korber; OL de Waroux; RF Lewis; L Liesenborghs; NM Melhem; VJ Munster; D Ogoina; BBO Munnink; JSM Peiris; G Palacios; M Peeters; P Resende; AW Rimoin; S Saha; YS Leo; T Suzuki; K Vercauteren; P Yadav; MD Van Kerkhove; R Neher; T de Oliveira; D Ulaeto; P Mbala-Kingebeni; J Kindrachuk; MPG Koopmans; M Chand; A von Gottberg; L Subissi; A Rambaut

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A systematic nomenclature for mpox viruses causing outbreaks with sustained human-to-human transmission

C Ruis
, E Lusamaki
, A O'Toole
, JR Otieno
, R Colquhoun
, C Roemer
, T Wawina-Bokalanga
, O Tshiani-Mbaya
, D Jansen
, JC Makangara
, A Agrawal
, LJ Abu-Raddad
, S Ahuka-Mundeke
, A Ayouba
, EI Azhar
, L Caly
, C Drosten
, NR Faria
, A Fowotade
, A Hoxha

BY Huang, B Korber, OL de Waroux, RF Lewis, L Liesenborghs, NM Melhem, VJ Munster, D Ogoina, BBO Munnink, JSM Peiris, G Palacios, M Peeters, P Resende, AW Rimoin, S Saha, YS Leo, T Suzuki, K Vercauteren, P Yadav, MD Van Kerkhove, R Neher, T de Oliveira, D Ulaeto, P Mbala-Kingebeni, J Kindrachuk, MPG Koopmans, M Chand, A von Gottberg, L Subissi, A Rambaut

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We propose a new nomenclature for mpox virus lineages with sustained human-to-human transmission to improve tracking, communication and public health response.

Original language	English
Journal	Nature Medicine
Volume	31
Issue number	9
Pages (from-to)	2854-2858
Number of pages	5
ISSN	1078-8956
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-03820-6
Publication status	Published - Sept-2025

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Ruis, C., Lusamaki, E., O'Toole, A., Otieno, JR., Colquhoun, R., Roemer, C., Wawina-Bokalanga, T., Tshiani-Mbaya, O., Jansen, D., Makangara, JC., Agrawal, A., Abu-Raddad, LJ., Ahuka-Mundeke, S., Ayouba, A., Azhar, EI., Caly, L., Drosten, C., Faria, NR., Fowotade, A., ... Rambaut, A. (2025). A systematic nomenclature for mpox viruses causing outbreaks with sustained human-to-human transmission. Nature Medicine, 31(9), 2854-2858. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-03820-6

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