Identification of Tecovirimat Resistance-Associated Mutations in Human Monkeypox Virus - Los Angeles County

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2023 Jul 18;67(7):e0056823. doi: 10.1128/aac.00568-23. Epub 2023 Jun 20.

Authors

Jacob M Garrigues¹, Peera Hemarajata¹, Abraar Karan^{1

2}, Naman K Shah¹, Jemma Alarcón^{1

3}, Amy N Marutani¹, Lauren Finn¹, Todd G Smith³, Crystal M Gigante³, Whitni Davidson³, Nhien T Wynn³, Christina L Hutson³, Moon Kim¹, Dawn Terashita¹, Sharon E Balter¹, Nicole M Green¹

Affiliations

¹ Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Downey, California, USA.
² Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
³ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: drug resistance; mpox; tecovirimat.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Humans
Los Angeles
Monkeypox virus*
Mpox (monkeypox)*
Mutation

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