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A powerful image of Alingo Likaka Manasse, head nurse at the Yalanga Health Centre, examining lesions on the hands of Lituka Wenda Dety, who is suffering from mpox, immerses us in the situation in Yakusu, Tshopo, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi/File Photo) Acquire Licensing Rights
A grave health alert has been issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding a deadly type of the mpox virus spreading in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Thursday, December 7th, 2023.
The CDC is alerting about the potential spread of a subtype of the mpox virus called Clade I in travelers who have visited DRC.
Clade I is generally more infectious and can lead to more severe infections than the milder subtype called Clade II. The CDC adds that Clade I has not yet been reported in the United States at this time.
Recent evidence has indicated for the first time that Clade I can be transmitted through sexual contact, which has proven to be the main mode of transmission for the less deadly strain of the disease that emerged globally last year, particularly among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men.
It was previously believed that both types of mpox, which causes symptoms similar to the flu and pus-filled skin lesions, were spread primarily through close contact among humans after passing from an infected animal through bites, scratches, hunting, or cooking.
Reporting by Christy Santhosh in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra Eluri
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