Am 08. August 2022 hat die Expertengruppe von WHO kam zu einem Konsens über die Nomenklatur von Bekanntem und Neuem Affenpocken Virus (MPXV) Varianten or clades. Accordingly, the former Congo Basin (Central African) clade will be known as Clade one(I) and the former West African clade will be called Clade two (II). Further, the Clade II consists of two subclades Clade IIa and Clade IIb.
Clade IIb refer primarily to the group of Varianten largely circulating in the 2022 global outbreak.
Die Benennung der Abstammungslinien wird wie vorgeschlagen von erfolgen, wenn sich der Ausbruch entwickelt.
The idea behind new nomenclature policy is to avoid stigmatising. Hence, WHO finds a name that does not refer to a geographical location, an animal, an individual or group of people, and which is also pronounceable and related to the disease. The most significant implementation of this guideline was seen in February 2020 when the disease caused by the novel Coronavirus detected in Wuhan, China was officially named COVID-19 und der Roman Coronavirus hieß SARS-CoV-2. Both names made no reference to any of the people, places or animals associated with this Virus.
It is noteworthy that neither monkeypox Virus (MPXV) itself nor the disease caused by it has been given new names yet.
Internationales Komitee zur Taxonomie von Viren (ICTV) is responsible for naming of Virus species. A process is currently underway with ICTV for the new name of the monkeypox Virus.
In ähnlicher Weise führt die WHO derzeit eine offene Konsultation für einen neuen Namen für die Affenpockenkrankheit durch. Die Vergabe neuer Namen für bestehende Krankheiten liegt in der Verantwortung der WHO gemäß der Internationalen Klassifikation der Krankheiten und der WHO-Familie internationaler gesundheitsbezogener Klassifikationen (WHO-FIC).
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Quellen:
- WHO 2022. News release – Monkeypox: experts give Virus Varianten new names. Posted 12 August 2022. Available online at https://www.who.int/news/item/12-08-2022-monkeypox–experts-give-virus-variants-new-names
- Prasad U. und Soni R. 2022. Werden Affenpocken den Corona-Weg gehen? Wissenschaftlicher Europäer. Gepostet am 23. Juni 2022. Verfügbar unter http://scientificeuropean.co.uk/medicine/will-monkeypox-go-corona-way/
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