Presumed Transmission of 2 Distinct Monkeypox Virus Variants from Central African Republic to Democratic Republic of the Congo
Emmanuel Hasivirwe Vakaniaki, Eddy Kinganda-Lusamaki, Sydney Merritt, Francois Kasongo, Emile Malembi, Lygie Lunyanga, Sylvie Linsuke, Megan Halbrook, Ernest Kalthan, Elisabeth Pukuta, Adrienne Amuri Aziza, Jean Claude Makangara Cigolo, Raphael Lumembe, Gabriel Kabamba, Yvon Anta, Pierrot Bolunza, Innocent Kanda, Raoul Ngazobo, Thierry Kalonji, Justus Nsio, Patricia Matoka, Dieudonné Mwamba, Christian Ngandu, Souradet Y. Shaw, Robert Shongo, Joule Madinga, Yap Boum, Laurens Liesenborghs, Eric Delaporte, Ahidjo Ayouba, Nicola Low, Steve Ahuka Mundeke, Lisa E. Hensley, Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum, Emmanuel Nakoune, Martine Peeters, Nicole A. Hoff, Jason Kindrachuk, Anne W. Rimoin
1 , and Placide Mbala-Kingebeni
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Author affiliations: Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (E.H. Vakaniaki, E. Kinganda-Lusamaki, F. Kasongo, L. Lunyanga, S. Linsuke, E. Pukuta, A.A. Aziza, J.C. Makangara Cigolo, R. Lumembe, G. Kabamba, Y. Anta, J. Madinga, S.A. Mundeke, J.-J. Muyembe Tamfum, P. Mbala-Kingebeni); Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium (E.H. Vakaniaki, L. Liesenborghs); Cliniques Universitaires de Kinshasa, Kinshasa University, Kinshasa (E. Kinganda-Lusamaki, J.C. Makangara Cigolo, R. Lumembe, G. Kabamba, S.A. Mundeke, J.-J. Muyembe Tamfum, P. Mbala-Kingebeni); Université de Montpellier, French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development, INSERM, Montpellier, France (E. Kinganda-Lusamaki, E. Delaporte, A. Ayouba, M. Peeters); University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA (S. Merritt, M. Halbrook, N.A. Hoff, A.W. Rimoin); Hemorrhagic Fevers and Monkeypox Program, Ministry of Health, Kinshasa (E. Malembi, T. Kalonji, R. Shongo); Ministry of Health and Populations, Bangui, Central African Republic (E. Kalthan); University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland (J.C. Makangara Cigolo, N. Low); Provincial Health Division, South Ubangi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (P. Bolunza, I. Kanda); Mbaya Health Zone, South Ubangi (R. Ngazobo); National Border Hygiene Program, Ministry of Health, Kinshasa (J. Nsio, P. Matoka); National Institute of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Kinshasa (D. Mwamba, C. Ngandu); University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (S.Y. Shaw, J. Kindrachuk); Pasteur Institute of Bangui, Bangui, Central African Republic (Y. Boum, E. Nakoune); USDA Agricultural Research Service, Manhattan, Kansas, USA (L.E. Hensley)
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Figure 1. Possible transmission route of monkeypox virus between Bangui, Central African Republic, and Mbaya Health Zone, South Ubangi Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, January 2023. Inset map shows location of countries and study area within Africa. Created with BioRender.com.
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