Case Reports of Human Monkeypox Virus Infections, Uganda, 2024

Bbosa, Nicholas;; Nabirye, Stella E.;; Namagembe, Hamidah S. ;; Kiiza, Ronald;; Ssekagiri, Alfred;; Munyagwa, Mary;; Bwambale, Arafat;; Bagonza, Stephen;; Bosa, Henry Kyobe;; Downing, Robert;; Lutwama, Julius;; Kaleebu, Pontiano;; Ssemwanga, Deogratius

Case Reports of Human Monkeypox Virus Infections, Uganda, 2024

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Date

2025-01-01

Authors

Bbosa, Nicholas;

Nabirye, Stella E.;

Namagembe, Hamidah S. ;

Kiiza, Ronald;

Ssekagiri, Alfred;

Munyagwa, Mary;

Bwambale, Arafat;

Bagonza, Stephen;

Bosa, Henry Kyobe;

Downing, Robert;

Publisher

U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases

Abstract

Mpox is a zoonotic disease caused by the monkeypox virus. We report on human mpox cases in Uganda identified by PCR and confirmed by deep sequencing. Phylogenetic analysis revealed clustering with other clade Ib sequences associated with recent outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. MEDLINE

Citation

Bbosa, Nicholas, Stella E. Nabirye, Hamidah S. Namagembe, et al. 'Case Reports of Human Monkeypox Virus Infections, Uganda, 2024', Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 31/no. 1, (2025), pp. 144-148.