Though the surge in Sierra Leone has received much of the attention, cases are also rising in two other countries in West Africa: Ghana and Liberia.
The test the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention uses to identify clade I mpox cases is 'most likely not reliable' for detection of the substrain identified in the study, the authors say.
Another mpox study today showed that dose-sparing vaccine administration of the Jynneos vaccine appeared to have worked.
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Another study reveals that some monkeypox patients develop significant neurological problems, including encephalitis, seizures, and confusion.
"So one of the questions right now is if vaccination will be the optimal tool to curb the outbreak."
New research from Europe also provides more evidence for a sexual transmission route.
Also, a new study shows that, in two thirds of proctitis patients, there was no typical rash on presentation.
A new study from Germany shows no major differences in the clinical picture in those with or without HIV who contract monkeypox. The study, in HIV Medicine, was based on 546 monkeypox cases in Germany, which has one of the highest monkeypox case counts in Europe. The study is published in HIV Medicine.
A handful of college campuses, as well as high schools and middle schools, are dealing with monkeypox cases.
Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, of the World Health Organization (WHO) today said many European countries, including Germany and the Netherlands, were showing continued slowing of new monkeypox cases, while countries in the Americas (save for Canada) are still seeing increased case counts.
The patient who died was described as being severely immune-compromised.
The funds will support the first US-based fill-and-finish effort of Bavarian Nordic's Jynneos vaccine.
Half of men who have MSM are changing their sexual behaviors because of the monkeypox outbreak.
