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monkeypox

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpox#Nomenclature or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpox#Nomenclature ;The name monkeypox was originally coined because the disease was first identified in laboratory monkeys.^[3] This was subsequently criticised as a misnomer, because monkeys are not the main host or reservoir. It was also criticized because the name reinforced stigma about African countries as a source of disease.^[16]
After requests by a number of public health organisations and scientists, who argued that these issues were harming the fight to contain the disease outbreak,^[17] the subtypes of monkeypox virus were renamed clade I and clade II in August 2022. The World Health Organization announced in November 2022 that it "will adopt the term mpox in its communications, and encourages others to follow these recommendations".^[6]

The DRC=clade 1;
During 2023, a clade I outbreak of mpox disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) resulted in 14,626 suspected cases being reported, with 654 associated deaths, making for a case-fatality rate of 4.5%. The outbreak continued into 2024 with an additional 3,576 suspected mpox cases and 265 deaths being reported in the DRC through the first 9 weeks of the year, making for an estimated CFR of 7.4%.^[88]

The https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022%E2%80%932023_mpox_outbreak# or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022%E2%80%932023_mpox_outbreak# ;
2022–23 mpox outbreak
Spread of disease as of 14 October 2022
  Endemic clade I
(formerly Congo Basin or Central African clade)^[1]
  Endemic clade II
(formerly West African clade)^[1]
  Both clades recorded
  Clade II^[1] outbreak in 2022
  Suspected cases

DJ, Congo clade was #I...West Africa clade #1

CFR for clade #II is higher...