Children at centre of dangerous mpox outbreak ‘accelerating’ in DRC

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Sarah Newey and Ben Farmer
The Telegraph

The Democratic Republic of Congo is struggling to control a far deadlier form of mpox, known as clade one, which is spreading unchecked

Children account for a majority of infections and deaths in the world’s worst mpox outbreak, which is “accelerating” at a far greater rate than previously assumed, new figures show.

Mpox is best known for the outbreak that erupted internationally in 2022, predominantly spreading in gay and bisexual men.

But the Democratic Republic of Congo is struggling to control a much deadlier form of mpox, known as clade one, which has been spreading unchecked in the population for many years.

e one, which is spreading unchecked

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