Clade I–Associated Mpox Cases Associated with Sexual Contact, the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Emile M. Kibungu, Emmanuel H. Vakaniaki, Eddy Kinganda-Lusamaki, Thierry Kalonji-Mukendi, Elisabeth Pukuta, Nicole A. Hoff, Isaac I. Bogoch, Muge Cevik, Gregg S. Gonsalves, Lisa E. Hensley, Nicola Low, Souradet Y. Shaw, Erin Schillberg, Mikayla Hunter, Lygie Lunyanga, Sylvie Linsuke, Joule Madinga, Martine Peeters, Jean-Claude Makangara Cigolo, Steve Ahuka-Mundeke, Jean-Jacques Muyembe, Anne W. Rimoin
1, Jason Kindrachuk
1 , Placide Mbala-Kingebeni
1 , Robert S. Lushima
1, and
International Mpox Research Consortium
Author affiliations: Ministry of Public Health, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (E.M. Kibungu, T. Kalonji-Mukendi, R.S. Lushima); Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa (E.H. Vakaniaki, E. Kinganda-Lusamaki, E. Pukuta, L. Lunyanga, S. Linsuke, J. Madinga, J.-C. Makangara Cigolo, S. Ahuka-Mundeke, J.-J. Muyembe, P. Mbala-Kingebeni); Cliniques Universitaires de Kinshasa, Université de Kinshasa, Kinshasa (E. Kinganda-Lusamaki, J.-C. Makangara Cigolo, S. Ahuka-Mundeke, J.-J. Muyembe, P. Mbala-Kingebeni); TransVIHMI (Recherches Translationnelles sur le VIH et les Maladies Infectieuses endémiques et émergentes); University of Montpellier, French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development, INSERM, Montpellier, France (E. Kinganda-Lusamaki, M. Peeters); University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA (N.A. Hoff, A.W. Rimoin); Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (I.I. Bogoch); University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland, UK (M. Cevik); Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (G.S. Gonsalves); USDA Agricultural Research Service, Manhattan, Kansas, USA (L.E. Hensley); University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland (N. Low); University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (S.Y. Shaw, E. Schillberg, M. Hunter, J. Kindrachuk)
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Figure 1. Penile lesions and papules associated with clade I monkeypox virus infection in a man in his late 20s who reported having 2 sexual encounters with a man in Europe 1 week before arriving in Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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