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How is new strain of mpox found in UK different to what we’ve had before?

Sky News on October 30, 2024

Christian Musema, a laboratory nurse, takes a sample from a child declared a suspected case of Mpox - an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus that sparks off a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes and fever; at the treatment centre in Munigi, following Mpox cases in Nyiragongo territory near Goma, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo July 19, 2024. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi

A new, more infectious strain of mpox has been detected in the UK for the first time.

Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/how-is-new-strain-of-mpox-found-in-uk-different-to-what-weve-had-before-13244801

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Publish date : 2024-10-30 15:46:00

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