June 2 2022

Ofir Israeli1, Yehoudit Guedj-Dana1, Shirley Lazar1, Ohad Shifman1, Noam Erez2, Shay Weiss2, Nir Paran2, Tomer Israely2, Ofir Schuster2, Anat Zvi1, Adi Beth-Din1 and Inbar Cohen Gihon1

Here we report the whole-genome sequence of a monkeypox virus strain isolated from a male patient on May 20, 2022. After traveling back from Belgium and Germany to Israel, he was hospitalized with pox-like lesions. Pustule swab samples were analyzed by PCR, according to the method described by Shchelkunov et al. [1] and were positive for MPXV (West African clade). ...

First Israeli whole-genome sequence of Monkeypox virus associated with the May 2022 multi country outbreak
https://virological.org/t/first-israeli-whole-genome-sequence-of-monkeypox-virus-associated-with-the-may-2022-multi-country-outbreak/843#post_1
Ofir Israeli1, Yehoudit Guedj-Dana1, Shirley Lazar1, Ohad Shifman1, Noam Erez2, Shay Weiss2, Nir Paran2, Tomer Israely2, Ofir Schuster2, Anat Zvi1, Adi Beth-Din1 and Inbar Cohen Gihon1 1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness Ziona, Israel 2Department of Infectious Diseases, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness Ziona, Israel. Here we report the whole-genome sequence of a monkeypox virus strain isolated from a male patient on ...