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Africa mpox resurgence fuels alarm
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.
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)
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision
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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