Deadlier and more transmissible than previous forms, the mpox strain surging in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since September, known as the Clade Ib subclade, is spread person-to-person.
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Illustration of a man with a rash caused by infection with a pox virus (family Poxviridae) and a close-up of one such virus particle. (Photo by KATERYNA KON / Science Photo Library via AFP)
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Two years after a global outbreak, fears are rife that a new strain of mpox — previously known as monkeypox — identified in DR Congo and now also
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