Medical Xpress September 5, 2024
Mpox clade I, one of two types of the virus formerly called monkeypox, is spreading quickly in Africa. Mpox clade I causes more severe illness and death than the other type—mpox clade 2. More than 18,000 cases have been reported this year, many of them children, according to an article published in Nature. At least 600 deaths have been reported.
The World Health Organization declared a public health emergency of international concern last month, due to the rapid spread of mpox clade 1.
Mpox clade 1 is believed to be more infectious and more deadly than mpox clade 2, which caused the global outbreak in 2022 and 2023.
We asked Dean Blumberg, chief of pediatric infectious diseases at UC Davis...
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