Post Reply - Mpox 1B in Sweden !

   https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/local-regional-communities-and-organizations/cidrap/995271-cidrap-sweden-reports-first-clade-1-mpox-case-outside-of-africa-as-nih-shares-disappointing-tpoxx-results  or 
https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/local-regional-communities-and-organizations/cidrap/995271-cidrap-sweden-reports-first-clade-1-mpox-case-outside-of-africa-as-nih-shares-disappointing-tpoxx-results ;

Mpox Sweden is the first country outside of Africa to report a case of mpox caused by the novel clade 1, the variant fueling a massive outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and neighboring nations, while US officials report disappointing DRC trial results for a key drug—Tpoxx, or tecovirimat—against the more lethal strain.

Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi and Kenya, are the other African countries with clade 1b detections.

Swedish patient had recently visited Africa

According to a press release from the Public Health Agency of Sweden, the case-patient sought medical attention in Stockholm but had recently visited Africa. In 2022 and 2023, Sweden saw an outbreak of clade 2 cases linked primarily to sexual transmission among men who have sex with men, eventually recording about 300 cases.

This is the first clade 1 case identified in the country. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said today it will soon update its risk assessment for the clade 1 mpox outbreak in Africa.

"This case does not require any additional infection control measures in itself, but we take the outbreak of clade I mpox very seriously," said Magnus Gisslen, MD, PhD, chief epidemiologist at the Public Health Agency of Sweden. "We are closely monitoring the outbreak and we are continuously assessing whether new measures are needed."

DJ, "recent visit" was in 2023...the patient him/herself did seek care in a Stockholm hospital...So did the patient spread Mpox in Sweden ? 