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INS experts identified a new sublineage of the monkeypox virus in Peru
So far, it has not been proven that B.1.6.1 is a more aggressive and more transmissible version of the virus.
Gestión Editorial
11/14/2024 08:13
Researchers from the Innovation and Development Area of the National Institute of Health (INS) of the Ministry of Health (Minsa) identified, through genomic surveillance, a new lineage of the monkeypox virus (MPXV).
Since June 2022, INS genomic surveillance has followed the evolution of MPXV and has thus constantly identified variations or mutations in the total genetic information of the virus, the causal agent of monkeypox disease.
During the third week of October 2024, the GISAID genomic database has recognized the existence of a new sublineage descendant of B.1.6 (previously also identified by INDE), coined B.1.6.1 and which mainly circulates in Peru.
So far, two large groups (or clades) of the monkeypox virus (MPXV) have been identified in the world, and they are “clade I” and “clade II”, in turn, each clade is divided into “a” and “b”, and therefore the total groups are Ia, Ib, IIa and IIb.
In Peru, the historical circulation of 9 sublineages has been detected, of which only two circulate to this day, they are B.1.6.1 and B.1.20; the first being the one with the greatest circulation.
INS experts identified a new sublineage of the monkeypox virus in Peru
So far, it has not been proven that B.1.6.1 is a more aggressive and more transmissible version of the virus.
Gestión Editorial
11/14/2024 08:13
Researchers from the Innovation and Development Area of the National Institute of Health (INS) of the Ministry of Health (Minsa) identified, through genomic surveillance, a new lineage of the monkeypox virus (MPXV).
Since June 2022, INS genomic surveillance has followed the evolution of MPXV and has thus constantly identified variations or mutations in the total genetic information of the virus, the causal agent of monkeypox disease.
During the third week of October 2024, the GISAID genomic database has recognized the existence of a new sublineage descendant of B.1.6 (previously also identified by INDE), coined B.1.6.1 and which mainly circulates in Peru.
So far, two large groups (or clades) of the monkeypox virus (MPXV) have been identified in the world, and they are “clade I” and “clade II”, in turn, each clade is divided into “a” and “b”, and therefore the total groups are Ia, Ib, IIa and IIb.
In Peru, the historical circulation of 9 sublineages has been detected, of which only two circulate to this day, they are B.1.6.1 and B.1.20; the first being the one with the greatest circulation.