Phylogenetic and Ecologic Perspectives of a Monkeypox Outbreak, Southern Sudan, 2005
Yoshinori Nakazawa

, Ginny L. Emerson, Darin S. Carroll, Hui Zhao, Yu Li, Mary G. Reynolds, Kevin L. Karem, Victoria A. Olson, R. Ryan Lash, Whitni B. Davidson, Scott K. Smith, Rebecca S. Levine, Russell L. Regnery, Scott A. Sammons, Michael A. Frace, Elmangory M. Mutasim, Mubarak E. M. Karsani, Mohammed O. Muntasir, Alimagboul A. Babiker, Langova Opoka, Vipul Chowdhary, and Inger K. Damon
Author affiliations: Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (Y. Nakazawa, G. L. Emerson, D.S. Carroll, H. Zhao, Y. Li, M.G. Reynolds, K. L. Karem, V. A. Olson, R. R. Lash, W. B. Davidson, S. K. Smith, R. S. Levine, R. L. Regnery, S. A. Sammons, M.A. Frace, I.K. Damon); National Public Health Laboratory, Khartoum, Sudan (E.M. Mutasim, M.E.M. Karsani); Federal Ministry of Health, Khartoum (M.O. Muntasir, A.A. Babiker); World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt (M.L. Opoka); Médecins Sans Frontières, Khartoum (V. Chowdhary)
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Table 1
Virus isolates included in the phylogenetic analysis.of monkeypox outbreak, southern Sudan, 2005*
Isolate |
Isolate no. |
Source |
GenBank accession no. |
Clade |
Copenhagen 1958 |
1 |
Cynomolgus monkey/laboratory |
AY753185 |
West African |
Walter Reed 1961 |
2 |
Cynomolgus monkey/laboratory |
AY603973 |
West African |
Liberia 1970 |
3 |
Human/wild |
DQ011156 |
West African |
Sierra Leone 1970 |
4 |
Human/wild |
AY741551 |
West African |
USA/Ghana 2003_039 |
5 |
Human/wild |
DQ011157 |
West African |
USA/Ghana 2003_044 |
6 |
Prairie dog/wild |
DQ011153 |
West African |
Impfondo RoC 2003 |
7 |
Human/wild |
DQ011154 |
Congo Basin |
Mindembo Zaire 1979 |
8 |
Human/wild |
DQ011155 |
Congo Basin |
Nuria Sudan 2005 |
9 |
Human/wild |
KC257459 |
Congo Basin |
Yandongi DRC 1986 |
10 |
Human/wild |
KC257460 |
Congo Basin |
Sankuru Zaire 1996 |
11 |
Human/wild |
NC_003310 |
Congo Basin |
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