Aug 26, 2024 · Mpox is an infectious disease that can cause a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes, fever, headache, muscle ache, back pain and low energy. Most people fully recover, but some get very sick.

Oct 16, 2024 · Mpox is an illness caused by the monkeypox virus. It is a viral infection which can spread between people, mainly through close contact, and occasionally from the environment to people via things and surfaces that have been touched by a person with mpox. In settings where the monkeypox virus is present among some wild animals, it can also be transmitted from …

Dec 9, 2024 · Mpox (previously known as monkeypox) is a viral disease caused by an orthopoxvirus called monkeypox virus. It spreads mainly through close contact with someone who has mpox, causing a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes and fever. It can make people very sick and leave scars.

Page providing resources relating to an outbreak of mpox that began in 2022. Resources include general information on the virus, situation reports and materials for health workers.

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Dec 23, 2024 · Overview This is the 44 th situation report for the multi-country outbreak of mpox, and the last situation report to be published in 2024. It provides details on the latest epidemiological trends, including an update on the global mpox epidemiological situation as of 30 November 2024, and the epidemiological situation of mpox in Africa (including countries in the …

Dec 23, 2024 · The epidemiological situation for mpox in Africa (including countries in the WHO African Region and some in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region), with data as of 15 December 2024. The latest mpox updates can also be …

Aug 22, 2024 · Mpox is an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus (MPXV). There are two known clades of MPXV: clade I, previously called the Congo Basin clade, which includes subclades Ia and the recently identified Ib; and clade II, previously called the West African clade, which includes subclades IIa and IIb.

Since early May 2022, cases of mpox (monkeypox) have been reported from countries where the disease is not endemic, and continue to be reported in several endemic countries. Most confirmed cases with travel history reported travel to countries in Europe and North America, rather than West or Central Africa where the mpox virus is endemic. This is the first time that many mpox …

May 16, 2023 · Mpox is a rare viral infection, previously usually found in forested areas of Central and West Africa. The disease originates in animals, but in the last 50 years or so has also been reported sporadically in humans. Previously, no sustained person-to-person transmission was thought possible.