phloydius
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Continuation of thread: HEALTH - Monkeypox - more bad news
From that thread:
In General --
Mpox clade 2 is the less deadly harder to transmit version of Monkeypox (and the one from the 2022 outbreak).
Mpox clade 1 is the more deadly easier to transmit version of Monkeypox from the Congo (DRC).
Mpox clade 1b is a new variant (discovered in Apr 2024) that is reported to be even easier to transmit via air and more casual touch than clade 1 that is currently spreading.
Because Mpox clade 2 was harder to transmit, it stayed primarily focused in the homosexual communities because that is where it first spread internationally. Mpox clade 1b spreads easier and is hitting children hard in the DRC because they play together. Children under the age of 15 represent 70% of the Mpox clade 1b cases and 85% of deaths in the Congo.
In Africa clade 2 had a mortality rate of around 1% (which fell to 0.2% outside of Africa in 2022); whereas in the past clade 1 has often been quoted with a mortality rate of 10%. In the most recent outbreak in Congo, which is a mixture of clade 1 and clade 1b, the mortality rate is just above 5% and about 10% require hospitalization.
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[Please note that I started the thread for helen, but this is HER thread. Not mine.]
From that thread:
- Sweden detects first case of Mpox clade 1 (Post #900)
- Pakistan Detects 3 Mpox cases from UAE arrivals (Post #1004)
- China to screen arrivals for Mpox (Post #1009)
- Found in the Congo (DRC), Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, CAR, Cote d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, South Africa, and Kenya.
In General --
Mpox clade 2 is the less deadly harder to transmit version of Monkeypox (and the one from the 2022 outbreak).
Mpox clade 1 is the more deadly easier to transmit version of Monkeypox from the Congo (DRC).
Mpox clade 1b is a new variant (discovered in Apr 2024) that is reported to be even easier to transmit via air and more casual touch than clade 1 that is currently spreading.
Because Mpox clade 2 was harder to transmit, it stayed primarily focused in the homosexual communities because that is where it first spread internationally. Mpox clade 1b spreads easier and is hitting children hard in the DRC because they play together. Children under the age of 15 represent 70% of the Mpox clade 1b cases and 85% of deaths in the Congo.
In Africa clade 2 had a mortality rate of around 1% (which fell to 0.2% outside of Africa in 2022); whereas in the past clade 1 has often been quoted with a mortality rate of 10%. In the most recent outbreak in Congo, which is a mixture of clade 1 and clade 1b, the mortality rate is just above 5% and about 10% require hospitalization.
- Please keep this thread to serious news, preparation & discussion.
- Please no memes. Here is the meme thread:
PLAY - The Monkeypox (Mpox) Meme Thread
Since Helen suggested somebody make a Monkeypox meme thread so her Monkeypox- more bad news thread remains easier to peruse, I am creating this one. Post your memes here. Some may be graphic or obscene. Mods feel free to move this to the Infectious Diseases room, or other appropriate. This...
[Please note that I started the thread for helen, but this is HER thread. Not mine.]
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