Placide Mbala at mpox 2025 symposium
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Now, Placide Mbala give the genomic history taking us from zoonosis to human-human transmission. No significant change in mpox virus between 1979 and 2010
Isabel Brosius talking about reasons for Clade Ib mpox outbreak at mpox2025 in Kinshasa
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Epidemics waiting to happen… Isabel Brosius describes context and circumstances of mpox virus Clade Ib emergence in South Kivu - and notes conditions for continuing new outbreaks with changing characteristics @labgenpath.bsky.social
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New #Mpox preprint: detailed cohort of 431 #CladeIb patients. Mainly heterosexual transmission among adults, with mild disease & genital lesions (0.5% mortality), but pregnancy complications. Also 15% children infected in households, more severe disease. #MBOTE #ITM
medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
