| APOBEC3 | Apolipoprotein B mRNA editing catalytic polypeptide-like 3 |
| CDC | Centres for Diseases Control and Prevention |
| CrmB | Cytokine response-modifying protein B |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| FHI | Family Health International |
| INSP | Institut national de santé publique |
| IPD | Institut Pasteur de Dakar |
| ITR | Inverted terminal repeat |
| MAFFT | Multiple Alignment using Fast Fourier Transform |
| MPXV | Monkeypox virus |
| NCBI | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
| PCR | Polymerase chain reaction |
| PGI | Pathogen genomics initiative |
| TNF | Tumor necrosis factor |
| WHO | World Health Organization |