Post Reply - New emerging Monkeypox strain in Congo

the city of Kamituga · Monkeypox virus

   https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2024/06/coca-call-today-mpox-clinical.html or https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2024/06/coca-call-today-mpox-clinical.html ;
Later today (2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET) the CDC will hold a COCA call for clinicians on the continually evolving Mpox threat. The clade IIb outbreak which was declared a global health emergency in 2022 ended after only 10 months,  but we continue to see sporadic infections around the globe. 
At the same time a far more dangerous clade I mpox virus continues to rage in the DRC.
Last March a study was published Eurosurveillance: Ongoing Mpox Outbreak in South Kivu Province, DRC Associated With a Novel Clade I Sub-lineage, which contained the first genomic analysis of samples from a previously unaffected region of the DRC (the city of Kamituga). 
That study revealed a novel clade I sub-linage had emerged - most likely from a zoonotic introduction - with changes that may render current CDC tests unreliable.
In April, in Preprint: Sustained Human Outbreak of a New MPXV Clade I Lineage in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, we saw a further analysis, which called for this new lineage to be named Clade Ib, and warned of its potential to spread globally. 
While that doesn't appear to have happened (yet), doctors are being asked to be particularly alert for cases with recent travel history to the DRC. 

DJ, for more (link)info see above link. 

A march 15 link;
https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/mpox/veterinarian/mpox-in-animals.html or https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/mpox/veterinarian/mpox-in-animals.html ;

Mpox is a zoonotic disease, which means it can spread between animals and people. The exact source of mpox in nature is not known, but it is believed that small mammals, such as rope and sun squirrels, giant-pouched rats, and African dormice may carry the virus in parts of West and Central Africa.
People can get infected with the virus through direct contact with infected animals, often while hunting, trapping, and processing infected animals or their body parts and fluids. Small mammals can carry the virus without symptoms, while non-human primates like monkeys can get sick with mpox and have signs of disease like humans.
What We Know About Mpox in Animals
Monkeypox virus can infect a wide range of mammal species, including monkeys, anteaters, hedgehogs, prairie dogs, squirrels, and shrews.
We are still learning which species of animals can get infected with Monkeypox virus. While we do not know if reptiles, amphibians, or birds can get mpox, it is unlikely since these animals have not been found to be infected with other orthopoxviruses.
Not all animals have a rash when they have mpox.
Infected animals can spread Monkeypox virus to people and other animals, and it is possible that people who are infected can spread Monkeypox virus to animals through close contact.
Monkeypox virus can be found in the rash caused by mpox (scabs, crusts, fluids) and infected body fluids, including respiratory secretions, and potentially in urine (pee) and feces (poop).
What We Know About Mpox in Pets
We don’t know for sure if pets like dogs and cats can be infected with Monkeypox virus, but it may be possible.
People with mpox could possibly spread the virus to pets through close contact, including petting, cuddling, hugging, kissing, licking, sharing sleeping areas, and sharing food.
No pets or other animals were confirmed to have mpox during the global mpox outbreak that began in 2022.

Both CoViD and H5/flu is widespread in mammals and because of that hard (if not impossible) to control.  Mpox may spread in new animal hosts. 

https://www.britannica.com/science/pox-disease or https://www.britannica.com/science/pox-disease ;
Examples of pox diseases include sheep pox, horse pox, fowl pox, cowpox, goat pox, and swine pox.

DJ, now it may not all be the same type(s) of pox viruses...it is very likely a more agressive Mpox-virus will find spread in non-human hosts. (Animals eating infected animals-or "droppings" of it...). 

We have to be on top of this NOW !