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Volume 32, Number 7—July 2026

Dispatch

Cluster of Human Tanapox Cases in Wildlife Reserve, South Africa, 2024

Monica BirkheadComments to Author , Antoinette A. Grobbelaar, Daniel Morobadi, Hlupi D. Mpangani, Julia Dabrowski, Kamini Govender, Lucille H. Blumberg, Mandla Zwane, Naazneen Moolla, Naume D. Tebeila, Nevashan Govender, Terry Marshall, Veerle Dermaux-Msimang, Wayne Grayson, and Jacqueline Weyer
Author affiliation: National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa (M. Birkhead, A.A. Grobbelaar, K. Govender, L.H. Blumberg, N. Moolla, N.D. Tebeila, N. Govender, V. Dermaux-Msimang, J. Weyer); Ampath Laboratories Ltd., Centurion, South Africa (D. Morobadi, T. Marshall, W. Grayson); Mpumalanga Department of Health, Mbombela, South Africa (H.D. Mpangani, M. Zwane); Hoedspruit Family Practice, Hoedspruit, South Africa (J. Dabrowski); Right to Care, Johannesburg (L.H. Blumberg); University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa (L.H. Blumberg); University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa (L.H. Blumberg, N. Moolla, J. Weyer); University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (N. Moolla, W. Grayson, J. Weyer)

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Figure 1

Locations of cases in a cluster of human tanapox cases in wildlife reserve, South Africa, 2024. Of 11 cases in 2024, nine were laboratory confirmed by PCR and sequencing, and 2 were suspected on the basis of clinical symptoms and epidemiologic links. In addition, one case was laboratory-confirmed in 2022. We also retrospectively identified 2 suspected cases from 2021 on the basis of lesion features, clinical symptoms, and suitable environmental parameters. Insets show location of KNP within South Africa and the continent. KNP, Kruger National Park.

Figure 1. Locations of cases in a cluster of human tanapox cases in wildlife reserve, South Africa, 2024. Of 11 cases in 2024, nine were laboratory confirmed by PCR and sequencing, and 2 were suspected on the basis of clinical symptoms and epidemiologic links. In addition, one case was laboratory-confirmed in 2022. We also retrospectively identified 2 suspected cases from 2021 on the basis of lesion features, clinical symptoms, and suitable environmental parameters. Insets show location of KNP within South Africa and the continent. KNP, Kruger National Park.

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