Clade IIb A.3 monkeypox virus: an imported lineage during a large global outbreak

Affiliations

• ¹ Tropical and Infectious Diseases Unit, Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, UK; Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK. Electronic address: stephen.woolley@lstmed.ac.uk.
• ² Tropical and Infectious Diseases Unit, Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
• ³ Department of Infectious Diseases, North Manchester District Hospital, Manchester, UK.
• ⁴ Rare and Imported Pathogens Laboratory, UK Health Security Agency, Salisbury, UK.
• ⁵ Genomics Public Health Analysis, UK Health Security Agency, London, UK.