WHO renamed monkey acne virus branch: numbers and English letters composition

The World Health Organization announced on the 12th that the branches of monkey acne virus were renamed, and the new name will consist of Roman numerals and lowercase English letters.

In a statement, the WHO said that a global expert group convened by the organization has reached an agreement on the new name of monkey acne virus branches. The new name will use Roman numerals to represent the virus branch, and use a lowercase letter to represent the sub -branch. For example, experts now refer to the previous branch of the Congo Basin as a branch i, and the previous branch of West Africa as a branch II. The branch II also includes two sub -branches, namely IIA and IIB. Among them, IIB is a group of virus variants that mainly spread in the epidemic of monkey acne in 2022.

WHO said that it will continue to carry out naming of monkey acne diseases and viruses, and the new name of each branch will take effect immediately.目前在命名新识别的病毒及其分支、相关疾病时的惯例是，应避免因这些名称对任何文化、社会、国家、区域、专业或民族群体等造成伤害，并尽量减少此类命名对贸易、 The negative impact of travel, travel or animal welfare.

Monkey acne virus was first named when it was discovered in 1958. At that time, it was not used to use the currently used diseases and viruses.

The WHO announced on July 23 that the multi -country monkey acne epidemic constitutes "international concerns of emergencies." This is the highest -level public health alert currently released by WHO.

According to the Monkey Acne epidemic report released by the WHO on August 10, 89 countries and regions reported to the WHO 27814 laboratory confirmed cases and 11 deaths, of which most cases came from Europe and America.

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