Case Reports of Human Monkeypox Virus Infections, Uganda, 2024
Mpox is a zoonotic disease caused by the monkeypox virus. We report on human mpox cases in Uganda identified by PCR and confirmed by deep sequencing. Phylogenetic analysis revealed clustering with other clade Ib sequences associated with recent outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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| author | Nicholas Bbosa Stella E. Nabirye Hamidah S. Namagembe Ronald Kiiza Alfred Ssekagiri Mary Munyagwa Arafat Bwambale Stephen Bagonza Henry Kyobe Bosa Robert Downing Julius Lutwama Pontiano Kaleebu Deogratius Ssemwanga |
| author_facet | Nicholas Bbosa Stella E. Nabirye Hamidah S. Namagembe Ronald Kiiza Alfred Ssekagiri Mary Munyagwa Arafat Bwambale Stephen Bagonza Henry Kyobe Bosa Robert Downing Julius Lutwama Pontiano Kaleebu Deogratius Ssemwanga |
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Mpox is a zoonotic disease caused by the monkeypox virus. We report on human mpox cases in Uganda identified by PCR and confirmed by deep sequencing. Phylogenetic analysis revealed clustering with other clade Ib sequences associated with recent outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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| spelling | doaj-art-5793b39a6cb14b74bfdcbf724fb9eaff2025-08-20T01:59:52ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592025-01-0131114414810.3201/eid3101.241269Case Reports of Human Monkeypox Virus Infections, Uganda, 2024Nicholas BbosaStella E. NabiryeHamidah S. NamagembeRonald KiizaAlfred SsekagiriMary MunyagwaArafat BwambaleStephen BagonzaHenry Kyobe BosaRobert DowningJulius LutwamaPontiano KaleebuDeogratius Ssemwanga Mpox is a zoonotic disease caused by the monkeypox virus. We report on human mpox cases in Uganda identified by PCR and confirmed by deep sequencing. Phylogenetic analysis revealed clustering with other clade Ib sequences associated with recent outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/31/1/24-1269_articlempoxvirusessexually transmitted infectionsmonkeypox virushumanKasese District |
| spellingShingle | Nicholas Bbosa Stella E. Nabirye Hamidah S. Namagembe Ronald Kiiza Alfred Ssekagiri Mary Munyagwa Arafat Bwambale Stephen Bagonza Henry Kyobe Bosa Robert Downing Julius Lutwama Pontiano Kaleebu Deogratius Ssemwanga Case Reports of Human Monkeypox Virus Infections, Uganda, 2024 Emerging Infectious Diseases mpox viruses sexually transmitted infections monkeypox virus human Kasese District |
| title | Case Reports of Human Monkeypox Virus Infections, Uganda, 2024 |
| title_full | Case Reports of Human Monkeypox Virus Infections, Uganda, 2024 |
| title_fullStr | Case Reports of Human Monkeypox Virus Infections, Uganda, 2024 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Case Reports of Human Monkeypox Virus Infections, Uganda, 2024 |
| title_short | Case Reports of Human Monkeypox Virus Infections, Uganda, 2024 |
| title_sort | case reports of human monkeypox virus infections uganda 2024 |
| topic | mpox viruses sexually transmitted infections monkeypox virus human Kasese District |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/31/1/24-1269_article |
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