Link between Monkeypox Virus Genomes from Museum Specimens and 1965 Zoo Outbreak

Michelle Hämmerle; Aigerim Rymbekova; Pere Gelabert; Susanna Sawyer; Olivia Cheronet; Paolo Bernardi; Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer; Martin Kuhlwilm; Meriam Guellil; Ron Pinhasi

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Link between Monkeypox Virus Genomes from Museum Specimens and 1965 Zoo Outbreak

Michelle Hämmerle (Corresponding author), Aigerim Rymbekova, Pere Gelabert, Susanna Sawyer, Olivia Cheronet, Paolo Bernardi, Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer, Martin Kuhlwilm, Meriam Guellil, Ron Pinhasi

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We used pathogen genomics to test orangutan specimens from a museum in Bonn, Germany, to identify the origin of the animals and the circumstances of their death. We found monkeypox virus genomes in the samples and determined that they represent cases from a 1965 outbreak at Rotterdam Zoo in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	815-817
Number of pages	3
Journal	Emerging infectious diseases
Volume	30
Issue number	4
Early online date	6 Mar 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3004.231546
Publication status	Published - Apr 2024

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

106012 Evolutionary research
106059 Microbiome research

Keywords

Animals
Monkeypox virus
Museums
Genomics
Disease Outbreaks
Germany/epidemiology
viruses
orangutan
Phylogeny
Zoonosis
Pongo
the Netherlands
Rotterdam
Austria
Germany
mpox

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Link between Monkeypox Virus Genomes from Museum Specimens and 1965 Zoo Outbreak

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