: a group of biological taxa (such as species) that includes all descendants of one common ancestor
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Most infections linked to the strain of bird flu circulating globally in wild birds and U.S. dairy herds — technically known as clade 2.3.4.4b — have been mild.
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Will Stone, NPR, 30 Dec. 2024
Nearly 4% of clade 1b mpox cases are deadly, compared to less than 1% of the 2022 subtype, called clade 2b.
—Erika Edwards, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2024
Some people infected by clade II in the U.S. have described the lesions as exceedingly painful.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 16 Nov. 2024
Sweden confirmed its first case of a more virulent variant (clade I) of mpox, formerly called monkeypox, a viral infection that spreads through close contact with infected people and animals.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
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Will Stone, NPR, 30 Dec. 2024
Nearly 4% of clade 1b mpox cases are deadly, compared to less than 1% of the 2022 subtype, called clade 2b.
—Erika Edwards, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2024
Some people infected by clade II in the U.S. have described the lesions as exceedingly painful.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 16 Nov. 2024
Sweden confirmed its first case of a more virulent variant (clade I) of mpox, formerly called monkeypox, a viral infection that spreads through close contact with infected people and animals.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
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“Clade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clade. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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