As of February 2025, clade II mpox is still circulating at low levels in the United States. Transmission continues to occur primarily among men who have sex with men (MSM), but any individual who has been in close, personal contact with someone who has mpox – regardless of age, sexual...
As of February 2025, clade II mpox is still circulating at low levels in the United States. Transmission continues to occur primarily among men who have sex with men (MSM), but any individual who has been in close, personal contact with someone who has mpox – regardless of age, sexual...
“At present, we are seeing uncontrolled transmission of clade 1b in eastern DRC and Burundi, but to a lesser extent in other parts of East Africa. While there is some international spread, we do not yet expect a large outbreak outside the epicenter in East Africa. However, this situation...
Europe faces a high likelihood of more imported mpox cases from the clade I virus. Although the risk of sustained transmission within EU/EEA remains very low, it is important to prepare swift diagnosis and effective control measures, the Sweden-based ECDC said. The ECDC advises EU/EEA member ...
The clade 1 mpox variant, responsible for the majority of current infections, has been detected in neighboring DRC countries, and in an increasing number of non-African countries where this variant is not known to be endemic.2,3To date, only one case outside the endemic region has been con...
TransmissionMpox, caused by the Monkeypox virus (MPXV), has emerged as a significant global public health concern, particularly affecting vulnerable populations. The recent outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the largest recorded, driven by the highly...
The mortality rate of the West African clade, clade 2, is less than 1%, and there is no human-to-human transmission. The Central African clade, clade 1, is more frequent, can have a mortality of up to 11%, and has human-to-human transmission (Singh et al., 2021). Beer and Rao ...
The Mpox virus has been running rampant in Africa, though its the surge of the clade 1b strain in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in particular, that appears to have prompted the PHEIC designation, according to a WHO press release. ...
"We are not dealing with one outbreak of one clade — we are dealing with several outbreaks of different clades in different countries with different modes of transmission and different levels of risk," Tedros said in his opening remarks...
Box 1. Commonly Asked Questions 1. Who Is at Risk for Mpox? Anyone can acquire mpox. During the worldwide clade II outbreak, transmission most commonly occurred through sexual contact among individuals who are gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men. With clade Ia MPXV, transm...