Mmwr Mpox 2024. Wastewater surveillance sensitivity, positive predictive value (ppv), and negative predictive value (npv) for monkeypox virus were evaluated by comparing wastewater detections. Clade i monkeypox virus (mpxv), which can cause severe illness in more people than clade ii mpxvs, is endemic in the democratic republic of the congo (drc), but the country.

A day after the who’s announcement, sweden detected one case of the new mpox strain, the first known infection of the strain outside of africa. We report a cluster of clade i monkeypox virus infections linked to sexual contact in the democratic republic of the congo.