Urgent need for a non-discriminatory and non-stigmatizing nomenclature for monkeypox virus

Christian Happi(Harvard University), Túlio de Oliveira(Stellenbosch University), Gerald Mboowa(African Union Commission), Sebastian Maurer‐Stroh(Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Emma B. Hodcroft(SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics), Trevor Bedford(Cape Town HVTN Immunology Laboratory / Hutchinson Centre Research Institute of South Africa), Richard Njouom(Centre Pasteur du Cameroun), Richard A. Neher(University of Basel), Cornelius Roemer(SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics), Vítor Borges(National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge), Houriiyah Tegally(Stellenbosch University), Emmanuel Nakouné(Inserm), Paola Cristina Resende(Fundação Oswaldo Cruz), João Paulo Gomes(National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge), Moritz U. G. Kraemer(University of Oxford), Raphael Tze Chuen Lee(Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Sofonías K. Tessema(Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention), Nnaemeka Ndodo(Nigeria Centre for Disease Control), Oyeronke Ayansola(Nigeria Centre for Disease Control), Oliver G. Pybus(Royal Veterinary College), Richard Lessells(Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa), Miguel Pinto(National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge), Áine O’Toole(University of Edinburgh), Lucas Freitas(Fundação Oswaldo Cruz), Ahmed E. Ogwell(Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention), Cheryl Baxter(Stellenbosch University), Andrew Rambaut(University of Edinburgh), Ifedayo Adetifa(London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine), Eduan Wilkinson(Stellenbosch University), Yenew Kebede(Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention), Joana Isidro(National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge), Placide Mbala(University of Kinshasa), Anise Happi(Redeemer's University)
PLoS Biology
August 23, 2022
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