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Coding-Complete Genome Sequences for Two Confirmed Monkeypox Cases in South Africa 2022
Wai Yin Chan1,2, Phillip Senzo Mtshali1, Antoinette Grobbelaar1
1National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Abstract:
The coding-complete genome sequences of monkeypox virus (MPXV) were obtained from skin lesion swabs from two human cases detected in South Africa in June 2022. Sequence analyses indicated that the genetic sequences of the viruses associated with these two cases were related most closely to the genetic sequences of other MPXVs reported during the 2022 multicountry outbreak and belong to the monkeypox hMPXV-1 clade (previously West Africa clade) and B.1 lineage.

