Community spread of a human monkeypox virus variant with a tecovirimat resistance-associated mutation

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2023 Nov 15;67(11):e0097223. doi: 10.1128/aac.00972-23. Epub 2023 Oct 12.

Authors

Jacob M Garrigues¹, Peera Hemarajata¹, Alex Espinosa², Jill K Hacker², Nhien T Wynn³, Todd G Smith³, Crystal M Gigante³, Whitni Davidson³, Jonte Vega⁴, Hannah Edmondson⁴, Abraar Karan^{1

5}, Amy N Marutani¹, Moon Kim¹, Dawn Terashita¹, Sharon E Balter¹, Christina L Hutson³, Nicole M Green¹

Affiliations

¹ Los Angeles County Department of Public Health , Downey, California, USA.
² California Department of Public Health , Richmond, California, USA.
³ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁴ Ventura County Public Health , Oxnard, California, USA.
⁵ Stanford University , Stanford, California, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: drug resistance; genomic surveillance; human monkeypox virus; mpox; tecovirimat.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Humans
Monkeypox virus* / genetics
Mutation

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