An emerging disease is set to get a new coat of paint.
Last week, a group of international scientistspublisheda lengthy paper on the open-access site Virological asking for the change.
But the viruss natural hosts are actually thought to be rodents.
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Thus, theyve called for a name and future labeling that is neutral, non-discriminatory and non-stigmatizing.
Currently, for instance, there are two known evolutionary branches of the virus, also known as clades.
The WHOs new labeling of monkeypox will undoubtedly be followed by countries and public health organizations around the world.
And the names chosen by the WHO and ICTV can often differ.
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