Characteristics and Transmission Dynamics of Global Travel-Related Mpox Cases Caused by Clade Ib Monkeypox Virus
Year: 2026
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: We examined 89 travel-related clade Ib monkeypox virus cases detected in 33 countries during August 2024-July 2025. Most cases were approximately men; about one third led to secondary transmission. Secondary transmission risk was highest among sexual, then household, contacts. Those groups should be the focus of response strategies and interventions.
Source: Emerging infectious diseases
Authors: Henry Laurenson-Schafer, Martina McMenamin, Lennox Kesington Ebbarnezh, Ioannis Karagiannis, Viema Biaukula, Rosamund Lewis, Masaya Kato, Michel Muteba, Jeremias D. Naiene, Felix Sanni, Tshewang Dorji, Lorenzo Subissi, Marc-Alain Widdowson, Ana Hoxha, Olivier le Polain de Waroux, WHO Mpox Collaborative Surveillance Group
Language: English
Subfield: Virology
Field: Immunology and Microbiology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7128517701