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Implications of the 2023–2024 MPXV clade I outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo to global public health
30 Apr 2024
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Mpox, a zoonotic disease resulting from infection with monkeypox virus (MPXV), was previously considered endemic to central- and west Africa. However, an ongoing global outbreak of clade IIb (previously known as West African clade) MPXV associated with human-to-human transmission primarily through sexual contact has occurred since May 2022, with introduction of MPXV to regions and countries that had previously...
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