Co-circulation of Clade Ia and Ib monkeypox virus in Kinshasa Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, July – August 2024

by admin | Sep 4, 2024 | Clinical Manifestations, Epidemiology, Scientific reports, Virology, Pathophysiology

By Tony Wawina-Bokalanga et al.

Source medrxiv

Abstract: Mpox cases have been reported in nearly all provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo as of August 2024. Monkeypox virus positive samples from Kinshasa, collected between July and mid-August 2024, were sequenced using a probe-based enrichment or optimized tiling sequencing protocol. With multiple introductions of both Clade Ia (7/12) and Ib (5/12), marking Kinshasa, and its Limete health zone specifically, as an area with co- circulation of both Clade I, a unique observation illustrating the growing complexity of Clade I mpox outbreaks in DRC.