France reports the first case of the MPOX variant from Africa, prompting health measures and investigations into its spread.

Long known as a virus confined to rural areas, mpox has reached Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

There are two clades (natural groups) of the mpox virus and a subdivision of clade II (IIa). Clade I, the Congo Basin clade, is more deadly and transmissible than clade II, the west African clade.

Mpox surged in parts of East, West and Central Africa in 2024 ... The emergency that ended in 2023 was driven by the clade IIb variant of mpox, formerly known as… ...

Due to the alarming surge in cases of mpox (formerly referred ... in several central and west African countries. There are two known clades (types) of monkeypox virus. Clade I is endemic to ...

The person became infected during a stay in an area of Africa where there is currently a major outbreak of mpox Clade 1 ... in the tropical rainforests of West and Central Africa and there ...

France has detected its first clade 1b mpox case, making it the eleventh country outside Africa to identify the virus. The virus originates from Central Africa and poses a severe threat with a ...

A new case of Clade Ib mpox has been detected in England, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said. It was detected in ...

Africa CDC’s support for the MOSA, a pan-African randomized platform adaptive trial for the MpOx Study, adding to the initial EU funding, has ...

A new case of Clade Ib mpox has been detected in England, with the individual recently returning from Uganda. The UK Health Security Agency reports the risk to the wider population remains low, as ...

The World Health Organization last week declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years as a new variant of the virus, known as clade Ib, spread rapidly in Africa.