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Sustained Human Outbreak of a New MPXV Clade I Lineage in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

2024-04-14

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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> <h4>Background</h4> Monkeypox virus (MPXV) attracted global attention in 2022 during a widespread outbreak linked primarily to sexual contact. Clade I MPXV is prevalent in Central Africa and characterized by severe disease and high mortality, while Clade II is confined to West Africa and associated with milder illness. A Clade IIb MPXV emerged in Nigeria in 2017, with protracted human-to-human tr...

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Literature Corpus work: 36274446-840c-5267-91af-9c506feb7e08
DOI: 10.1101/2024.04.12.24305195

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