Case Reports of Human Monkeypox Virus Infections, Uganda, 2024
Nicholas Bbosa, Stella Nabirye, Hamidah Namagembe, Ronald Kiiza, Alfred Ssekagiri, Mary Munyagwa, Arafat Bwambale, Stephen Bagonza, Henry Kyobe Bosa, Robert Downing, Julius J. Lutwama, Pontiano Kaleebu, Deogratius Ssemwanga
Abstract
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.
Topics & Concepts
MonkeypoxCladeOutbreakVirologyPhylogenetic treeBiologyPhylogeneticsVirusZoonotic diseaseDiseaseMedicineGeneGeneticsPathologyVacciniaRecombinant DNAPoxvirus research and outbreaksBacillus and Francisella bacterial researchHerpesvirus Infections and Treatments