The ongoing and rapidly expanding outbreak of #mpox in DRC is concerning for many reasons incl.:
- It’s clade I MPXV (different from clade II causing global outbreak)
- First time sexual transmission has been documented for clade I MPXV
- First time spreading in Kinshasa
https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2023-DON493
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Mpox is an infectious disease caused by monkeypox virus (MPXV), which is endemic in densely forested regions of West, Central and East Africa, particularly in the northern and central regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.www.who.int