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Notes from the Field: Clade II Mpox Surveillance Update — United States, October 2023–April 2024
23 May 2024
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Two clades of monkeypox virus (MPXV) are known to cause human illness: clade I, which is endemic in Central Africa and is currently increasing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and clade II, which caused a global outbreak starting in 2022.Clade IIassociated disease is considered less severe than that of clade I and is typically self-limiting; however, immunocompromised persons, especially those with...
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