Global participatory wastewater surveillance to understand mpox clade diversity in war and conflict-affected countries
Community-led wastewater surveillance reveals widespread circulation of the mpox virus and clade diversity in conflict-affected countries. This low-cost approach fills critical surveillance gaps, uncovering regional clade variations, including the more severe Clade Ib and highlighting the potential of decentralized genomic monitoring where traditional systems fail.
Authors
- Asuka Nanbo
- Andrew C. Singer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4705-6063)
- Richard Siow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4603-9763)
- Phatthranit Phattharapornjaroen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-2929)
- Sam Trowsdale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8907-6885)
- Mohan Amarasiri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3509-3433)
- Longzhu Cui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8909-3885)
- Kazunari Sei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0684-6002)
- Talerngsak Kanjanabuch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2996-8934)
- Charin Modchang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0739-006X)
- Anthony Kicic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0008-9733)
- Parichart Hongsing (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2031-3472)
- Dhammika Leshan Wannigama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6316-1221)
- Özgür Kurt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5575-588X)
- Cameron Hurst (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4577-8962)
- Aisha Khatib (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6061-4117)
- Stefan Fernandez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8471-6265)
- Tetsuji Aoyagi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6821-9701)
- Nada M. Melhem (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5423-4908)
- Yoshitaka Shimotai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9612-3261)
- Daisuke Sano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8075-6972)
- Hiroshi Hamamoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9315-7442)
- Hirotake Mori (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7988-5758)
- Shuichi Abe
- Yangzhong Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8281-0995)
- Angkana T. Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9857-3506)
- Kazuhiko Miyanaga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3483-9491)
- Juliana Calábria de Araújo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5497-8675)
- Naveen Kumar Devanga Ragupathi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8667-7132)
- Syed Faisal Mahmood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3390-7659)
- Kenji Shibuya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2528-7530)
- Paul G. Higgins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8677-9454)
- L. G. Ndatuwong
Institutions
- Adamawa State University (NG)
- Thammasat University (TH)
- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (BR)
- Yamagata University (JP)
- Aga Khan University (PK)
- University of Nagasaki (JP)
- Jichi Medical University (JP)
- University of Auckland (NZ)
- Chulalongkorn University (TH)
- The Kids Research Institute Australia (AU)
- The University of Western Australia (AU)
- University of Cologne (DE)
- King's College London (GB)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Tohoku University (JP)
- Curtin University (AU)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Mahidol University (TH)
- Princess Margaret Hospital for Children (AU)
- King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital (TH)
- Sri Lanka Law College (LK)
- British Heart Foundation (GB)
- Acıbadem University (TR)
- Juntendo University (JP)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Mater Research (AU)
- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (GB)
- Bridge University (SS)
- American University of Beirut Medical Center (LB)
- Chulabhorn Hospital (TH)
- Thailand Center of Excellence in Physics (TH)
- Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Science (TH)
- German Center for Infection Research (DE)
- Centre of Excellence in Mathematics (TH)
- Nagasaki Medical Center (JP)
- Royal Academy of Fine Arts (SE)
- Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital (JP)
- Fuling Center Hospital of Chongqing (CN)
- Aga Khan University (TZ)
- HealthCare Interactive (US)
- Institute for Health Economics and Policy (JP)
- University Hospital Cologne (DE)
- Perth Children's Hospital
- Kitasato University (JP)
- University of Sheffield (GB)
- Yamagata Prefectural University of Health Sciences (JP)
- American University of Beirut (LB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Travel Medicine
- Published
- 2025-06-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taaf052
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Poxvirus research and outbreaks
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.18
Funders
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science