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Located in East Sussex, it is the sixth case of ‘clade 1’ mpox detected in the UK since October 2024. ... Since 2022, cases of mpox have been reported to WHO from 127 countries across the ...
A new case of severe mpox variant Clade Ib has been detected in England, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has warned. It was detected in East Sussex after a person recently returned from ...
The first UK case of a potentially deadly strain of the mpox virus has been detected in London.. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said the risk to the UK population from the clade 1b mpox ...
Mpox infection was immediately suspected, and the patient was hospitalised at Guy's Hospital [15] and isolated, then tested positive for the virus on 6 May. In late May, cases started to be reported in the other constituent countries, with Public Health Scotland reporting its first case on 23 May.
Further cases in multiple countries outside the endemic area were reported through the second half of May 2022. On 18 May, Portugal reported 14 cases of mpox. [76] In Spain, there were seven confirmed cases as of 18 May. [77] On the same day, the United States confirmed its first 2022 case of mpox and Canada reported 13 suspected cases. [78] [79]
All four patients belong to the same household, the UK Health Security Agency said.
An epidemic of a new variant of clade I mpox (formerly known as monkeypox), called clade 1b, [2] began in Central Africa at least as early as September 2023. [3] [4] As of September 2024, more than 29,000 cases have been reported, with over 800 fatalities (~3% fatality rate), [1] nearly all in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [5]
While the new clade 1 strain of mpox has appeared in parts of Africa, other types have been recorded around the world this year, including in the UK