Mpox 2024

Mpox 2024. In august 2024, the africa centres for disease control and prevention (africa cdc) declared a public health emergency over a new variant of mpox that is behind a growing. The monkeypox virus is an orthopoxvirus that causes mpox (monkeypox), a disease with symptoms similar to smallpox, although less severe.

Mpox has killed at least 450 people in the drc in recent months, linked to a new type or clade called 1b. Mpox is a viral disease that can be spread between people or between people and certain animals.