Emerging Infectious Diseases (May 2025)

Clade Ia Monkeypox Virus Linked to Sexual Transmission, Democratic Republic of the Congo, August 2024

  • Jean-Claude Makangara-Cigolo,
  • Kelly-Michel Kenye,
  • Lygie Lunyanga,
  • Daan Jansen,
  • Eddy Kinganda-Lusamaki,
  • Sifa Kavira,
  • Adrienne Amuri-Aziza,
  • Emile Malembi,
  • Yvon Anta,
  • Prince Akil-Bandali,
  • Emmanuel Lokilo-Lofiko,
  • Emmanuel Hasivirwe Vakaniaki,
  • Sabin Sabiti Nundu,
  • Elisabeth Pukuta-Simbu,
  • Princesse Paku-Tshambu,
  • Rilia Ola-Mpumbe,
  • Raphael Lumembe-Numbi,
  • Gabriel Kabamba-Lungenyi,
  • Gradi Luakanda,
  • Cris Kacita,
  • Robert Shongo-Lushima,
  • Dieudonné Mwamba,
  • Áine O’Toole,
  • Sydney Merritt,
  • Megan Halbrook,
  • Daniel Mukadi-Bamuleka,
  • Nicole A. Hoff,
  • Nicola Low,
  • Isaac Bogoch,
  • Muge Cevik,
  • Gregg Gonsalves,
  • Souradet Shaw,
  • Lorenzo Subissi,
  • Laurens Liesenborghs,
  • Ahidjo Ayouba,
  • Martine Peeters,
  • Eric Delaporte,
  • Sofonias Tessema,
  • Anne W. Rimoin,
  • Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum,
  • Andrew Rambaut,
  • Koen Vercauteren,
  • Steve Ahuka-Mundeke,
  • Jason Kindrachuk,
  • Tony Wawina-Bokalanga,
  • Placide Mbala-Kingebeni

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3105.241690
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 31, no. 5
pp. 1033 – 1037

Abstract

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Several concurrent mpox outbreaks are ongoing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We report a case of severe clade Ia mpox in an adult woman with indeterminate HIV status who died 16 days after symptom onset. She self-identified as a sex worker and had spent time in the capital city, Kinshasa.

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