Volume 30, Number 5—May 2024
Dispatch
Seasonal Patterns of Mpox Index Cases, Africa, 1970–2021
Table
Variable | No. (%) cases, n = 133 |
---|---|
Country | |
Cameroon | 7 (5.3) |
Central African Republic | 44 (33) |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 58 (44) |
Gabon | 2 (1.5) |
Ivory Coast | 1 (0.8) |
Liberia | 5 (3.8) |
Nigeria | 3 (2.3) |
Republic of Congo | 8 (6.0) |
Sierra Leone | 4 (3.0) |
South Sudan |
1 (0.8) |
Timeframe | |
1970–1980 | 35 (26) |
1981–1990 | 8 (6.0) |
1991–2000 | 5 (3.8) |
2001–2010 | 16 (12) |
2011–2021 |
69 (52) |
Strain | |
Clade I | 115 (86) |
Clade II | 17 (13) |
Unknown |
1 (0.8) |
Outbreak month | |
January | 15 (11) |
February | 20 (15) |
March | 12 (9.0) |
April | 6 (4.5) |
May | 7 (5.3) |
June | 5 (3.8) |
July | 3 (2.3) |
August | 14 (11) |
September | 16 (12) |
October | 9 (6.8) |
November | 14 (11) |
December |
12 (9.0) |
Climate or seasonality profile | |
Northern hot, wet-dry | 23 (17) |
Northern cool, wet-dry | 47 (35) |
Equatorial cool | 44 (33) |
Southern hot, wet-dry | 14 (11) |
Other |
5 (3.8) |
Landscape profile | |
Open forest + river or wetlands | 23 (17) |
Evergreen closed forest | 68 (51) |
Deciduous forest, closed or open | 26 (20) |
Grassland + hills | 11 (8.3) |
Other |
5 (3.8) |
Combined environmental profile | |
Evergreen closed forest + warm night | 80 (60) |
Evergreen open forest + high precipitation | 10 (7.5) |
Southern tropical, grassland + hills | 14 (11) |
Deciduous forest + hot month of January | 24 (18) |
Other | 5 (3.8) |
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