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Volume 30, Number 10—October 2024
Dispatch

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. Rimoin1Comments to Author , and Placide Mbala-Kingebeni1Comments to Author 
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 2

Possible transmission chain of monkeypox virus from CAR to the DRC and second identified chain at Mbaya General Reference Hospital, Mbaya, DRC. CAR, Central African Republic; DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo; HCW, healthcare workers; HZ, health zone. Created with BioRender.com.

Figure 2. Possible transmission chain of monkeypox virus from CAR to the DRC and second identified chain at Mbaya General Reference Hospital, Mbaya, DRC. CAR, Central African Republic; DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo; HCW, healthcare workers; HZ, health zone. Created with BioRender.com.

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1These authors equally cosupervised this work.

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