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Mpox

Close-contact virus

Transmitted by direct skin-to-skin or mucosal contact with lesions, body fluids, or contaminated materials (bedding, clothing).

Risk to travelers

Moderate

Vaccine

JYNNEOS / Imvanex

Where it occurs

Endemic in Central and West Africa with historical clade I (more severe) and clade II (less severe) circulation. Since 2022, clade IIb has caused a sustained global outbreak primarily affecting men who have sex with men. Since 2024, clade Ib has emerged with sustained transmission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and surrounding countries (Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya), with travel-related cases reported worldwide.

🧬Transmission

Close skin & sexual contact

⏱️Incubation

5–21 days

📅Seasonality

Outbreak-driven

💉Vaccine

JYNNEOS / Imvanex · 2 doses

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