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Mpox in the DRC: residents of the slum at the centre of Kinshasa’s epidemic have little chance of avoiding this major health crisisLong known as a virus confined to rural areas, mpox has reached Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Kinshasa, often called "Kin la Belle", faces a unique crisis in the fight against mpox. Both strains of the virus, clade Ia and ... There are no easy answers to this dilemma.
Feb. 7—A New Hampshire resident has been diagnosed with clade I mpox, one of two types of the virus formerly called monkeypox, following a trip to eastern Africa, state health officials said Friday.
A month before this, the government announced the purchase of additional mpox vaccine doses to strengthen the country’s defences against the virus. “Mpox (previously known as monkeypox ...
There are two subtypes of the mpox virus. Clade II, which is endemic in West Africa, caused the global outbreak that had health authorities on high alert in Europe and North America in 2022.
The person diagnosed with mpox in New Hampshire has clade I mpox, one of two clades, or genetic types, of the virus. The variety at the center of a 2022 outbreak in the U.S. was clade II ...
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