The Monkeypox Epidemic... In Africa

The Monkeypox Epidemic... In Africa On August 14, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an international public health emergency in response to a surge in cases of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, particularly on the African continent. The cause is a new strain, Clade Ib, which is feared to be highly transmissible. It is a different variant from the one that caused the 2022 epidemic in many previously non-endemic countries (Clade IIb, still present in several parts of the world). While one case of infection (Clade Ib) was reported in...