New Delhi, Dec 13 || Health officials in Spain have documented the first-ever case of human-to-human transmission of mpox clade 1b outside endemic regions in Africa.
Mpox is a viral infectious disease that spreads through close contact, causing fever, swollen lymph nodes, and skin rash. It spreads primarily through skin-to-skin contact.
Mpox clade 1b is a highly transmissible strain that emerged during an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2023.
The case, documented in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases, stated that the 49-year-old patient had received two doses of the Imvanex smallpox/mpox vaccine and had no known travel history.
The man presented himself to a clinic in Madrid on October 10, with a single genital ulcer and swollen, painful lymph nodes in his groin area.