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Cases of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, have been detected in Sweden and Pakistan, just days after the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency in response to the resurgence of cases in Africa. The current outbreak is centered on the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the disease has…

Mpox, which is now considered a public health emergency, is typically mild but can be fatal

Other examples of neglected diseases include the West Nile, Zika and Chikungunya viruses

Sequencing of confirmed case under way to determine whether virus is same deadly Clade 1 variant discovered by Sweden.

China will monitor people and goods entering the country for mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, for the next six months, its customs administration said on Friday, after the WHO designated the outbreak a global public health emergency earlier this week. Pakistan on Friday confirmed the first case in Asia of…

Researchers say such activities could be important tool in improving public health

Following the WHO's declaration that the mpox outbreak in Africa is a global health emergency, Sweden reported its first case of a deadlier clade of the virus.

The Democratic Republic of Congo said Thursday an mpox outbreak has killed 548 people there this year, as the first case outside Africa of the virus's more dangerous variant was recorded in a traveller in Sweden.

WHO has declared mpox outbreak in parts of Africa a public health emergency

Sweden's public health agency has recorded what it says is the first case of contagious new variant Clade I outside the African continent

The mpox outbreak in Africa is yet another example of how infectious diseases perceived to be “someone else’s problem”, and affecting mainly poor, developing countries, may suddenly pose unexpected global threats.