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A more severe mpox strain has been found in the U.S. (Getty Images) A new, potentially more dangerous strain of mpox , the virus formerly known as monkeypox, has been reported in California.
When U.S. clinics order testing of potential mpox samples from patients with suspected cases, some testing centers directly screen for mpox clade type, while others need to send samples to the CDC ...
The CDC is ramping up surveillance for mpox in the U.S., ... because mpox is especially dangerous to these people, CDC data suggests. Summer, with its densely packed social activities and uptick ...
The current outbreak in Africa stems from a different, more dangerous mpox variant compared to the last outbreak in 2022. There are no confirmed cases of the strain in the U.S. Mpox is again a ...
WHY IS MPOX AN EMERGENCY AGAIN? Two years ago, the WHO declared mpox was an emergency when a form of the disease, clade IIb, began to spread globally, largely among men who have sex with men.
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]
Mpox is a viral infection that manifests a week or two after exposure with fever and other non-specific symptoms, and then produces a rash with lesions that usually last for 2–4 weeks before drying up, crusting and falling off. [10]
Health Experts are Watching a More Dangerous Version of Mpox. Alice Park. May 17, 2024 at 1:30 PM ... Clade I mpox viruses have a higher fatality rate—killing anywhere from 1.4% to more than 10% ...