Clade Ia Monkeypox virus linked to sexual transmission, Democratic Republic of the Congo, August 2024

JC Makangara-Cigolo; KM Kenye; L Lunyanga; D Jansen; E Kinganda-Lusamaki; S Kavira; A Amuri-Aziza; E Malembi; Y Anta; P Akil-Bandali; E Lokilo-Lofiko; EH Vakaniaki; SS Nundu; E Pukuta-Simbu; P Paku-Tshambu; R Ola-Mpumbe; R Lumembe-Numbi; G Kabamba-Lungenyi; G Luakanda; C Kacita; R Shongo-Lushima; D Mwamba; A O'Toole; S Merritt; M Halbrook; D Mukadi-Bamuleka; NA Hoff; N Low; I Bogoch; M Cevik; G Gonsalves; S Shaw; L Subissi; L Liesenborghs; A Ayouba; M Peeters; E Delaporte; S Tessema; AW Rimoin; JJ Muyembe-Tamfum; A Rambaut; K Vercauteren; S Ahuka-Mundeke; J Kindrachuk; T Wawina-Bokalanga; P Mbala-Kingebeni

doi:10.3201/eid3105.241690

Clade Ia Monkeypox virus linked to sexual transmission, Democratic Republic of the Congo, August 2024

JC Makangara-Cigolo
, KM Kenye
, L Lunyanga
, D Jansen
, E Kinganda-Lusamaki
, S Kavira
, A Amuri-Aziza
, E Malembi
, Y Anta
, P Akil-Bandali
, E Lokilo-Lofiko
, EH Vakaniaki
, SS Nundu
, E Pukuta-Simbu
, P Paku-Tshambu
, R Ola-Mpumbe
, R Lumembe-Numbi
, G Kabamba-Lungenyi
, G Luakanda
, C Kacita

R Shongo-Lushima, D Mwamba, A O'Toole, S Merritt, M Halbrook, D Mukadi-Bamuleka, NA Hoff, N Low, I Bogoch, M Cevik, G Gonsalves, S Shaw, L Subissi, L Liesenborghs, A Ayouba, M Peeters, E Delaporte, S Tessema, AW Rimoin, JJ Muyembe-Tamfum, A Rambaut, K Vercauteren, S Ahuka-Mundeke, J Kindrachuk, T Wawina-Bokalanga, P Mbala-Kingebeni

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	31
Issue number	5
Pages (from-to)	1033-1037
Number of pages	5
ISSN	1080-6040
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3105.241690
Publication status	Published - May-2025

Keywords

Adult
Democratic Republic of the Congo/epidemiology
Fatal Outcome
Female
HIV Infections
Humans
Monkeypox virus/genetics
Mpox, Monkeypox/transmission
Phylogeny

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Makangara-Cigolo, JC., Kenye, KM., Lunyanga, L., Jansen, D., Kinganda-Lusamaki, E., Kavira, S., Amuri-Aziza, A., Malembi, E., Anta, Y., Akil-Bandali, P., Lokilo-Lofiko, E., Vakaniaki, EH., Nundu, SS., Pukuta-Simbu, E., Paku-Tshambu, P., Ola-Mpumbe, R., Lumembe-Numbi, R., Kabamba-Lungenyi, G., Luakanda, G., ... Mbala-Kingebeni, P. (2025). Clade Ia Monkeypox virus linked to sexual transmission, Democratic Republic of the Congo, August 2024. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 31(5), 1033-1037. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3105.241690

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