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Volume 31, Number 5—May 2025
Dispatch

Clade Ia Monkeypox Virus Linked to Sexual Transmission, Democratic Republic of the Congo, August 2024

Jean-Claude Makangara-Cigolo1, Kelly-Michel Kenye1, Lygie Lunyanga, Daan Jansen, Eddy Kinganda-Lusamaki, Sifa Kavira, Adrienne Amuri-Aziza, Emile Malembi, Yvon Anta, Prince Akil-Bandali, Emmanuel Lokilo-Lofiko, Emmanuel Hasivirwe Vakaniaki, Sabin Sabiti Nundu, Elisabeth Pukuta-Simbu, Princesse Paku-Tshambu, Rilia Ola-Mpumbe, Raphael Lumembe-Numbi, Gabriel Kabamba-Lungenyi, Gradi Luakanda, Cris Kacita, Robert Shongo-Lushima, Dieudonné Mwamba, Áine O’Toole, Sydney Merritt, Megan Halbrook, Daniel Mukadi-Bamuleka, Nicole A. Hoff, Nicola Low, Isaac Bogoch, Muge Cevik, Gregg Gonsalves, Souradet Shaw, Lorenzo Subissi, Laurens Liesenborghs, Ahidjo Ayouba, Martine Peeters, Eric Delaporte, Sofonias Tessema, Anne W. Rimoin, Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, Andrew Rambaut, Koen Vercauteren, Steve Ahuka-Mundeke, Jason Kindrachuk2Comments to Author , Tony Wawina-Bokalanga2, and Placide Mbala-Kingebeni2Comments to Author 
Author affiliation: Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (J.-C. Makangara-Cigolo, K.-M. Kenye, L. Lunyanga, E. Kinganda-Lusamaki, S. Kavira, A. Amuri-Aziza, Y. Anta, P. Akil-Bandali, E. Lokilo-Lofiko, E. Hasivirwe Vakaniaki, S. Sabiti Nundu, E. Pukuta-Simbu, P. Paku-Tshambu, R. Ola-Mpumbe, R. Lumembe-Numbi, G. Kabamba-Lungenyi, G. Luakanda, D. Mukadi-Bamuleka, J.-J. Muyembe-Tamfum, S. Ahuka-Mundeke, T. Wawina-Bokalanga, P. Mbala-Kingebeni); Cliniques Universitaires de Kinshasa, Université de Kinshasa, Kinshasa (J.-C. Makangara-Cigolo, K.-M. Kenye, E. Kinganda-Lusamaki, R. Lumembe-Numbi, G. Kabamba-Lungenyi, D. Mukadi-Bamuleka, J.-J. Muyembe-Tamfum, S. Ahuka-Mundeke, T. Wawina-Bokalanga, P. Mbala-Kingebeni); University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland (J.-C. Makangara-Cigolo, N. Low); Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium (D. Jansen, E. Hasivirwe Vakaniaki, L. Liesenborghs, K. Vercauteren, T. Wawina-Bokalanga); TransVIHMI, Université de Montpellier, INSERM, IRD, Montpellier, France (E. Kinganda-Lusamaki, A. Ayouba, M. Peeters, E. Delaporte); Hemorrhagic Fever and Monkeypox Program, Ministry of Health, Kinshasa (E. Malembi, R. Shongo-Lushima); Institut National de Santé Publique (INSP), Kinshasa (C. Kacita, D. Mwamba); Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK (A. O’Toole, A. Rambaut); Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA (S. Merritt, M. Halbrook, N.A. Hoff, A.W. Rimoin); Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (I. Bogoch); University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland, UK (M. Cevik); Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (G. Gonsalves); University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (S. Shaw, J. Kindrachuk); World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland (L. Subissi); KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (L. Liesenborghs); Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (S. Tessema)

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Phylogenetic tree of mpox virus sequences from patient with clade Ia mpox virus linked to sexual transmission and reference sequences, Democratic Republic of the Congo, August 2024.

Figure. Phylogenetic tree of mpox virus sequences from patient with clade Ia mpox virus linked to sexual transmission and reference sequences, Democratic Republic of the Congo, August 2024.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

2These authors jointly supervised this study.

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