It’s not yet certain which animals are the natural carriers. But, based on the available evidence, it is thought to be ...

Mpox strains are still mutating, further raising the risk of spread both in Africa and globally, Africa Centres for Disease ...

Over 99% of people infected with clade II mpox survive, per the CDC. Clade II mpox is endemic in West Africa. However, a new ...

A case of a new strain of mpox ... Clade 1b has been detected in the UK. Germany reported its first Clade 1b case earlier this month. At least 1,000 deaths from the strain had been reported across ...

Two types of the virus that causes mpox have been identified. Clade I is endemic in Central Africa and can cause severe illness. Clade II, endemic in West Africa, caused the global mpox outbreak ...

Infections from clade II mpox are less severe. More than 99.9% of people survive. Clade II is endemic to West Africa. The disease is most often spread through close, skin-to-skin contact with ...

UK Health Security Agency is tracking people who have been in contact with patient infected with clade 1b mpox strain ...

It's the second case of this variant to be recorded in Europe after a severe outbreak in Africa earlier this year raised alarm. An infection with the new mpox variant clade 1b has been detected in ...

Clade 2a of the mpox virus strain is mostly found in West Africa compared to clade 1, which is highly visible in Central Africa with the Democratic Republic of Congo recording more cases.

A deadly strain of mpox has been detected in the UK for the first time. The case of Clade Ib mpox was confirmed in London ... Until recently, most human cases were seen in people in central and West ...

Two more cases of a potentially deadly and more transmissible strain of mpox have been detected in the UK. It comes nearly one week after the country's first case of Clade Ib mpox was ... in people in ...

Two types of the virus that causes mpox have been identified. Clade I is endemic in Central Africa and can cause severe illness. Clade II, endemic in West Africa, caused the global mpox outbreak ...