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Title: Clade I-associated MPXV cases associated with sexual contact in Kwango Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Author
item MALEMBI, EMILE - Ministry Of Public Health
item HASIVIRWE, EMMANUEL - Institute National Research Biomedical
item LUSAMAKI, EDDY - Institute National Research Biomedical
item KALONJI, THIERRY - Ministry Of Public Health
item PUKUTA, ELISABETH - Institute National Research Biomedical
item HOFF, NICOLE - University Of California (UCLA)
item BOGOCH, ISAAC - Toronto General Hospital
item CEVIK, MUGE - University Of St Andrews
item GONSALVES, GREGG - Yale University
item Hensley, Lisa
item LOW, NICOLA - University Of Bern
item SHAW, SOURADET - University Of Manitoba
item SCHILLBERG, ERIN - University Of Manitoba
item HUNTER, MIKAYLA - University Of Manitoba
item LUNYANGA, LYGIE - Institute National Research Biomedical
item LINSUKE, SYLVIE - Institute National Research Biomedical
item MADINGA, JOULE - Institute National Research Biomedical
item KOLOLO, TSHOSHO - Institute National Research Biomedical
item RIMOIN, ANNE - University Of California (UCLA)
item KINDRACHUK, JASON - University Of Manitoba
item MBALA-KINGEBENI, PLACIDE - University Of Kinshasa
item SHONGO, ROBERT - Ministry Of Public Health

Submitted to: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 11/28/2023
Publication Date: 11/28/2023
Citation: Malembi, E., Hasivirwe, E., Lusamaki, E., Kalonji, T., Pukuta, E., Hoff, N.A., Bogoch, I., Cevik, M., Gonsalves, G., Hensley, L.E., Low, N., Shaw, S., Schillberg, E., Hunter, M., Lunyanga, L., Linsuke, S., Madinga, J., Kololo, T., Rimoin, A.W., Kindrachuk, J., Mbala-Kingebeni, P., Shongo, R. 2023. Clade I-associated MPXV cases associated with sexual contact in Kwango Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 30(1):172-176. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3001.231164.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3001.231164

Interpretive Summary: This report demonstrates the potential for multiple types of mpox virus to spread through sexual transmission.

Technical Abstract: We report the first identified cases of clade I-associated MPXV infections linked to sexual contact in Kwango Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Case investigation and sample sequencing confirmed four MPXV infections within the same transmission chain. This demonstrates that MPXV transmission via sexual contact extends beyond clade IIb MPXV.