Monkeypox: Experts Give Virus Variants New Names

A group of global experts convened by WHO has agreed on new names for monkeypox virus variants, as part of ongoing efforts to align the names of the monkeypox disease, virus and variants—or clades—with current best practices. The experts agreed to name the clades using Roman numerals. The monkeypox virus was named upon first discovery in 1958, before current best practices in naming diseases and… Read more on https://who.africa-newsroom.com/press/monkeypox-experts-give-virus-variants-new-names?lang=en