Mpox is a disease caused by the highly infectious monkeypox virus. It's quite easily passed on from one person to another.

The UK has seen cases of mpox since then, mainly caused by clade 2, a strain that spreads through close skin-to-skin contact ...

Since the current outbreak of mpox clade I began in eastern DR Congo in 2023, there has been a rapid increase in cases, primarily in DR Congo, and spread of the monkeypox virus to other countries in ...

In recent months, the Clade 1b strain has reached ... contact with someone who has or might have mpox and have not recently visited west or central Africa. “The NHS advises that you stay ...

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A case of a deadly new mpox strain has been detected ... person recently travelled to countries in Africa that have experienced higher levels of Clade 1b. This year, hundreds of cases have ...

Mpox Cases on African Continent Show 500% Increase Year ... Its new strain, known as clade Ib, is also spreading to Europe and was detected in Sweden, in Germany and in Britain.

The deadly new strain of mpox which has ripped through several African nations has officially reached the UK, health officials revealed yesterday. The clade ... confined to west and central ...

The first case of a new infectious and potentially deadly strain of mpox has been reported in the UK. The strain, known as Clade Ib ... had been on holiday in Africa and travelled back to the ...

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said the risk to the UK population from the clade 1b mpox strain “remains low”. The person involved had been on holiday in Africa and travelled back to ...

The African ... has two main subtypes -- clade 1 and clade 2. The United Kingdom announced on Wednesday that it had detected the country's first case with the latest mpox variant, clade 1b.