%0 Journal Article %T Monkeypox virus phylogenetic similarities between a human case detected in Cameroon in 2018 and the 2017-2018 outbreak in Nigeria %+ Centre Pasteur du Cameroun %+ Ministère de la Santé Publique [Yaoundé, Cameroun] %+ Cellule d'Intervention Biologique d'Urgence - Laboratory for Urgent Response to Biological Threats (CIBU) %A Sadeuh-Mba, Serge Alain %A Yonga, Martial Gide %A Els, Mathieu %A Batejat, Christophe %A Eyangoh, Sara %A Caro, Valérie %A Etoundi, Alain %A Carniel, Elisabeth %A Njouom, Richard %Z This work was supported by the Centre Pasteur of Cameroon. %< avec comité de lecture %@ 1567-1348 %J Infection, Genetics and Evolution %I Elsevier %V 69 %P 8-11 %8 2019-04 %D 2019 %R 10.1016/j.meegid.2019.01.006 %M 30634001 %K Cameroon %K Monkeypox virus %K Phylogenetic relationships %K West African clade %Z Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseasesJournal articles %X A monkeypox virus was detected from a human clinical case in 2018 in Cameroon; a country where no human cases were reported since 1989. The virus exhibited close genetic relatedness with another monkeypox virus isolated in Nigeria during the 2017-2018 outbreak. Although our molecular findings argue in favor of an extension of the monkeypox outbreak from Nigeria into Cameroon, the possibility that the monkeypox virus detected could be indigenous to Cameroon cannot be ruled out. %G English %Z We are thankful to the patients or their legal guardians who agreed to be enrolled in this study. We are grateful to Mrs. Gwladys Monamele for English language review. %L pasteur-02921783 %U https://pasteur.hal.science/pasteur-02921783 %~ PASTEUR %~ RIIP %~ RIIP_CAMEROUN