Co-circulation of monkeypox virus subclades Ia and Ib in Kinshasa Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, July to August 2024.
Journal: Euro Surveillance : Bulletin Europeen Sur Les Maladies Transmissibles = European Communicable Disease Bulletin
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Abstract
Between January and August 2024, mpox cases have been reported in nearly all provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Monkeypox virus genome sequences were obtained from 11 mpox cases' samples, collected in July-August 2024 in several health zones of Kinshasa. Characterisation of the sequences showed subclades Ia and Ib co-circulating in the Limete health zone, while phylogenetic analyses suggested multiple introductions of the two subclades in Kinshasa. This illustrates the growing complexity of Clade I mpox outbreaks in DRC.
Authors
Tony Wawina Bokalanga, Prince Akil Bandali, Eddy Kinganda Lusamaki, Emmanuel Lokilo, Daan Jansen, Adrienne Amuri Aziza, Jean-claude Makangara Cigolo, Elisabeth Pukuta Simbu, Rilia Ola Mpumbe, Mamito Muyembe, Cris Kacita, Princesse Paku Tshambu, Pedro Dantas, Olivier Tshiani Mbaya, Gradi Luakanda, Antoine Nkuba Ndaye, Meris Matondo, Emmanuel Vakaniaki, Sofonias Tessema, Nicaise Ndembi, Áine O'toole, Tessa De Block, Christian Ngandu, Nicole Hoff, Nicola Low, Lorenzo Subissi, Sydney Merritt, Jean-jacques Muyembe Tamfum, Laurens Liesenborghs, Martine Peeters, Eric Delaporte, Jason Kindrachuk, Anne Rimoin, Steve Ahuka Mundeke, Andrew Rambaut, Dieudonné Mwamba, Koen Vercauteren, Placide Mbala Kingebeni
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