{"id":18693,"date":"2024-08-13T15:35:47","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T12:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africacdc.org\/?page_id=18693"},"modified":"2025-10-07T12:34:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T09:34:00","slug":"mpox","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/africacdc.org\/mpox\/","title":{"rendered":"Mpox"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Monkeypox is a rare viral zoonotic disease caused by a double stranded DNA virus that belongs to the Orthopoxvirus genus of the Poxviridae family. The disease presents with symptoms similar to smallpox but with a lesser severity. <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Monkeypox was first discovered in 1958 when two outbreaks of a pox-like disease occurred in colonies of monkeys kept for research, hence the name \u2018monkeypox.\u2019 The first human case of monkeypox was recorded in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has subsequently spread to other central and western African countries. There are two known clades of the virus: clade I and clade II. The clade I, which is most frequently reported from countries in central Africa, tends to be more severe than clade II. Cameroon is the only country known to harbour both clades.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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