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Mpox 1B in Sweden !

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Topic: Mpox 1B in Sweden !

Posted By: Dutch Josh
Subject: Mpox 1B in Sweden !
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2024 at 9:30pm

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 - 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://www.cidrap.umn.edu/mpox - 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 https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/the-public-health-agency-of-sweden/communicable-disease-control/disease-information-about-mpox/one-case-of-mpox-clade-i-reported-in-sweden/ - 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 https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events/ecdc-statement-developments-concerning-mpox-clade-i-outbreak-africa - 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 ?

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Posted By: Dutch Josh
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2024 at 9:37pm

https://www.thelocal.se/20240815/sweden-reports-first-case-of-deadly-mpox-strain-outside-africa - 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 - 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 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/14/what-is-mpox-and-why-has-who-declared-it-global-health-emergency - 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 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/14/who-declares-mpox-a-global-public-health-emergency - 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

@AcrossTheMersey

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...

Posted By: Dutch Josh
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2024 at 9:46pm

https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/mpox-clade-i-debuts-in-sweden-cases-expected-in-uk-next - https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/mpox-clade-i-debuts-in-sweden-cases-expected-in-uk-next or https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/mpox-clade-i-debuts-in-sweden-cases-expected-in-uk-next

Sweden had around 300 cases of Mpox clade 2b...

A link from TMN; https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/the-public-health-agency-of-sweden/communicable-disease-control/disease-information-about-mpox/one-case-of-mpox-clade-i-reported-in-sweden/ - https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/the-public-health-agency-of-sweden/communicable-disease-control/disease-information-about-mpox/one-case-of-mpox-clade-i-reported-in-sweden/ or https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/the-public-health-agency-of-sweden/communicable-disease-control/disease-information-about-mpox/one-case-of-mpox-clade-i-reported-in-sweden/ ;

A person who sought care at Region Stockholm has been diagnosed with mpox caused by the clade I variant. It is the first case caused by clade I to be diagnosed outside the African continent.

– In this case a person has been infected during a stay in the part of Africa where there is a major outbreak of mpox clade I. The person in Sweden who has been confirmed to be infected has received care and rules of conduct, says Magnus Gisslén, state epidemiologist at the Public Health Agency of Sweden.

The World Health Organization WHO has declared the clade I mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and in neighbouring countries a public health emergency of international concern.

Clade I causes the same disease as clade IIb, the variant previously found in Sweden, but is likely to be associated with a higher risk of a more severe course of disease and higher mortality. The previous global outbreak of clade IIb has mainly been spread through sexual contact, while clade I is more commonly spread through other contact routes, mainly close contacts within the household and often to children.

DJ, At least limiting the men-sex-men story....That crazy sensationalism made control much harder !