Genomic accordions may hold the key to Monkeypox Clade IIb's increased transmissibility
Sara Monzón, Sarai Varona, Anabel Negredo, Juan Ángel Patiño-Galindo, Santiago Vidal, Ángel Zaballos, Eva Orviz, Oskar Ayerdi, Ana Muñoz-García, Alberto Delgado‐Iribarren, Vicente Estrada, Cristina García, Francisca Molero, Patricia Sánchez, Montserrat Torres, , María Paz Sánchez‐Seco
The paper identifies increased transmissibility in MPXV clade IIb by analyzing genomic low-complexity regions (LCRs) and suggests they may be more informative than SNPs.
bioRxiv · Sep 30, 2022 · PreprintGenomics