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And Portuguese researchers found in a study, the results of which were published in the journal "Nature Medicine" Medical, 50 genetic mutations in Viruses that they studied, while five to 10 mutations are usually expected.
The researchers reached their results following collecting 10 viruses from monkey poxmostly in Portugal, according to the newspaper "The Independent" British.
The researchers said: "The most one would expect from previous studies of other orthopoxviruses, one of which is monkeypox, would be that the maximum mutation would not exceed 12 times.".
In an interview with the magazine "NEWSWEEK"Joao Paulo Gómez, head of the genomics and bioinformatics unit at the National Institute of Health in Portugal, who co-authored the study, said the number of mutations was "Totally unexpected".
Gomez added: "These results may indicate the accelerating development of the virus mutation. It is most likely that monkeypox, which is currently circulating, is a descendant of the virus that spread in Nigeria in 2017, meaning that the limits of mutations should not exceed 10, but we monitored 50".
Gomez concluded his speech by saying: "We hope that specialist groups will now conduct lab experiments to understand whether the 2022 virus has increased its transmissibility".
More than 3,500 cases of monkeypox have been reported in 44 countries as of Thursday, according to The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
She said World Health OrganizationOn Saturday, monkeypox had not yet reached the status of a global health emergency, although WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was very concerned regarding the outbreak.
Tedros stated that "Very concerned regarding the outbreak of monkeypox, which is clearly an evolving health threat that my colleagues and I in the WHO Secretariat are closely following.".
rating applies "global emergency" Currently only on pandemic Corona Virus Efforts are underway to eradicate polio, and the United Nations World Health Organization has withdrawn from including monkeypox in this classification following advice from a meeting of international experts.
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In a study published in the journal Nature Medicine, Portuguese researchers found 50 genetic mutations in Viruses that they studied, while five to 10 mutations are usually expected.
The researchers reached their results following collecting 10 viruses from monkey poxMost of them are in Portugal, according to the British newspaper, The Independent.
The researchers said: “The most one would expect, given previous studies of other orthopoxviruses, of which monkeypox is one species, that the maximum mutation would not exceed 12 times.”
Speaking to Newsweek, João Paulo Gómez, head of the genomics and bioinformatics unit at the National Institute of Health in Portugal, who co-authored the study, said the number of mutations was “completely unexpected”.
Gomez added: “These results may indicate the accelerated evolution of the virus mutation. It is most likely that monkeypox that is currently circulating as a descendant of the virus that spread in Nigeria in 2017, meaning that the limits of mutations should not exceed 10, but we have detected 50.”
“We hope that specialized groups will now conduct laboratory experiments to understand whether the 2022 virus has increased its transmissibility,” Gomez concluded.
More than 3,500 cases of monkeypox have been reported in 44 countries as of Thursday, according to The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
She said World Health OrganizationOn Saturday, monkeypox had not yet reached the status of a global health emergency, although WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was very concerned regarding the outbreak.
“I am very concerned regarding the outbreak of monkeypox, and it is clearly an evolving health threat that my colleagues and I in the WHO Secretariat are closely following,” Tedros said.
The classification of “global emergency” currently applies only to a pandemic Corona Virus Efforts are underway to eradicate polio, and the United Nations World Health Organization has retracted the inclusion of monkeypox in this classification following advice from a meeting of international experts.
