The 2023 – 2024 multi-source mpox outbreaks of Clade I MPXV in sub-Saharan Africa: Alarm bell for Africa and the World

• Muge Cevik,
• Oyewale Tomori,
• Placide Mbala,
• Alessandra Scagliarini,
• Eskild Petersen,
• Nicola Low,
• David Heymann,
• Shui Shan Lee,
• Lucille Blumberg

Affiliations

Muge Cevik

Division of Infection and Global Health Research, School of Medicine, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK; International Society for Infectious Diseases

Oyewale Tomori

African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases, Redeemer's University, Ede, Osun State, Nigeria

Placide Mbala

Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo; Université de Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Alessandra Scagliarini

International Society for Infectious Diseases; Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Italy

Eskild Petersen

International Society for Infectious Diseases; Institute for Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark; PandemiX Center, Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Denmark

Nicola Low

Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, CH-3012, Switzerland

David Heymann

Global Health Security Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK

Shui Shan Lee

International Society for Infectious Diseases; S.H. Ho Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Lucille Blumberg

International Society for Infectious Diseases; Division of Public Health Surveillance and Response, Centre for Emerging Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases a Division of the National Health Laboratory Services, Sandringham, Johannesburg, South Africa; Correspondence: Lucille H. Blumberg, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Private Bag X4, Sandringham, 2131, South Africa