Mpox Risk Rises Globally as Virulent Strain Spreads in Congo
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A more virulent strain of Mpox has been transmitted sexually for the first time in the Democratic Republic of Congo, posing the risk of more serious outbreaks of the disease globally, the World Health Organization warned.
A Belgian resident with connections to the DRC and his sexual contacts tested positive for a strain of Mpox, known as Clade 1, which has a fatality rate of about 10% and is the more serious of the two types of the virus. The outbreak of sexually transmitted Mpox cases that began globally last year are from the less severe Clade 2 type of the virus.