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 2
Nucleotide differences and distances between genome sequences (189,830 nt) of monkeypox virus isolates, 1958–2005*
Isolate |
Copenhagen 1958 |
Liberia 1970 |
Sierra Leone 1970 |
Walter Reed 1961 |
USA/ Ghana 039 2003 |
Sankuru Zaire 1996 |
Impfondo RoC 2003 |
Mindembo Zaire 1979 |
Yandongi DRC 1986 |
Sudan 2005 |
Copenhagen 1958 |
– |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liberia 1970 |
74 |
– |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sierra Leone 1970 |
81 |
67 |
– |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Walter Reed 1961 |
7 |
73 |
80 |
– |
|
|
|
|
|
|
USA/Ghana 039 2003 |
130 |
138 |
143 |
129 |
– |
|
|
|
|
|
Sankuru Zaire 1996 |
1,000 |
1,007 |
1,017 |
1,001 |
1,029 |
– |
|
|
|
|
Impfondo RoC 2003 |
1,005 |
1,012 |
1,022 |
1,006 |
1,034 |
59 |
– |
|
|
|
Mindembo Zaire 1979 |
998 |
1,005 |
1,015 |
999 |
1,027 |
56 |
43 |
– |
|
|
Yandongi DRC 1986 |
1,003 |
1,009 |
1,020 |
1,004 |
1,032 |
55 |
44 |
34 |
– |
|
Sudan 2005 |
1,012 |
1,018 |
1,029 |
1,013 |
1,041 |
66 |
55 |
34 |
21 |
– |
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