Post Reply - Mpox 1B in Sweden !

   https://www.thelocal.se/20240815/sweden-reports-first-case-of-deadly-mpox-strain-outside-africa or https://www.thelocal.se/20240815/sweden-reports-first-case-of-deadly-mpox-strain-outside-africa ; paywalled...
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/15/sweden-confirms-first-case-of-mpox-strain-outside-africa or https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/15/sweden-confirms-first-case-of-mpox-strain-outside-africa ;

Sweden says it has confirmed a first case of mpox clade I, a viral infection that spreads through close contact and is a more dangerous variant of the mpox disease.
The Swedish government made the announcement on Thursday, marking the first case of the variant outside of Africa, adding that more cases are expected in the region in the coming days.
“We have now also during the afternoon had confirmation that we have one case in Sweden of the more grave type of mpox, the one called clade I,” Health and Social Affairs Minister Jakob Forssmed told a news conference on Thursday.
The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years, following an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has spread to other countries.
Neither the US nor Canada have identified any cases thus far. Sweden’s public health agency said in its statement on Thursday that “occasional imported cases like the current one may continue to occur” in coming days and weeks.
DJ, Clade is called 1b very likely...(clase 1 is the "older" central African variant of Mpox) 
If the patient visited central Africa in 2023 there may be spread in Sweden/patient area...

(And via travelroutes...)
Jammer
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3 new cases of Mpox in New York in addition to NJ and California. 

It’s almost as if The WHO knew what was happening longer than they let on.

DJ, This is the older WEST Africa clade 2b variant that became a global problem in 2022...No doubt "stupid media" will mix the different clades...