The World Health Organization (WHO) announced today a group of global experts has agreed on new names for monkeypox virus variants using Roman numerals.
These classifications are part of ongoing efforts to align the names of the monkeypox disease, virus, and variants—or clades—with current best practices.
Monkeypox Variants Gain New Names
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