Preliminary report on the molecular epidemiology of mpox, South Africa 2024
Jonathan Featherston, Antoinette A. Grobbelaar, Allison Glass, Dominique Goedhals, Kim G.P. Hoek, Jean Maritz, Kamini Govender, Nevashan Govender, Arshad Ismail, Chantel le Roux, Terry Marshall, Daniel Morobadi, Mishalan Moodley, Naazneen Moolla, Senzo Mtshali, , Jacqueline Weyer
This paper reports on mpox cases in South Africa in 2024, finding that the virus was reintroduced and transmitted locally, clustering with known outbreak variants.
bioRxiv · Nov 7, 2024 · PreprintMicrobiology