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      Clade I–Associated Mpox Cases Associated with Sexual Contact, the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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      Emerging Infectious Diseases
      Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
      mpox, monkeypox virus, MPXV, viruses, sexually transmitted infections, the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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          We report a cluster of clade I monkeypox virus infections linked to sexual contact in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Case investigations resulted in 5 reverse transcription PCR–confirmed infections; genome sequencing suggest they belonged to the same transmission chain. This finding demonstrates that mpox transmission through sexual contact extends beyond clade IIb.

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                Journal
                Emerg Infect Dis
                Emerg Infect Dis
                EID
                Emerging Infectious Diseases
                Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
                1080-6040
                1080-6059
                January 2024
                : 30
                : 1
                : 172-176
                Affiliations
                [1]Ministry of Public Health, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (E.M. Kibungu, T. Kalonji-Mukendi, R.S. Lushima);
                [2]Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa (E.H. Vakaniaki, E. Kinganda-Lusamaki, E. Pukuta, L. Lunyanga, S. Linsuke, J. Madinga, J.-C. Makangara Cigolo, S. Ahuka-Mundeke, J.-J. Muyembe, P. Mbala-Kingebeni);
                [3]Cliniques Universitaires de Kinshasa, Université de Kinshasa, Kinshasa (E. Kinganda-Lusamaki, J.-C. Makangara Cigolo, S. Ahuka-Mundeke, J.-J. Muyembe, P. Mbala-Kingebeni);
                [4]TransVIHMI (Recherches Translationnelles sur le VIH et les Maladies Infectieuses endémiques et émergentes);
                [5]University of Montpellier, French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development, INSERM, Montpellier, France (E. Kinganda-Lusamaki, M. Peeters);
                [6]University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA (N.A. Hoff, A.W. Rimoin);
                [7]Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (I.I. Bogoch);
                [8]University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland, UK (M. Cevik);
                [9]Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (G.S. Gonsalves);
                [10]USDA Agricultural Research Service, Manhattan, Kansas, USA (L.E. Hensley);
                [11]University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland (N. Low);
                [12]University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (S.Y. Shaw, E. Schillberg, M. Hunter, J. Kindrachuk)
                Author notes
                Address for correspondence: Jason Kindrachuk, Department of Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, 523-745 Bannatyne Ave, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0J9, Canada; email: Jason.Kindrachuk@ 123456umanitoba.ca ; Placide Mbala-Kingebeni, Département de Biologie Médicale, Université de Kinshasa, 5345, Ave. de la Democratie, B.P. 1187 Gombe, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo; email: mbalaplacide@ 123456gmail.com
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                23-1164
                10.3201/eid3001.231164
                10756366
                38019211
                3a22c4c1-77c3-4be2-b089-2355d8cbea44
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