Case series of the first five human infections with monkeypox virus clade Ib and report on the public health response, United Kingdom, October to November 2024.
Muhammad Ibaad Alvi, Merav Kliner, William Welfare, N Claire Gordon, Sherine Thomas, Simon Padfield, Hannah E Emmett, Ellen Heinsbroek, Gareth J Hughes, Natalie Groves, Eileen Gallagher, Steven Pullan, Amy Belfield, Catherine F Houlihan, Tommy Rampling, Geraldine O'Hara, Anne Tunbridge, Jake Dunning, Elizabeth Whittaker, Alejandra Alonso, Mike Beadsworth, Brendan Ai Payne, Meera Chand, Susan Hopkins, Gillian Armstrong
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Abstract
We report two importations of monkeypox virus clade Ib infection to the United Kingdom in 2024. The first was a traveller returning from Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda, the second from Uganda. Both presented with fever and typical skin lesions; 147 contacts were followed up, 19 vaccinated with MVA-BN. Three household contacts of the first individual, including two children, became infected. These are the first reported autochthonous transmissions of clade Ib in Europe, and first paediatric cases outside the African continent.
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Eurosurveillance is a European peer-reviewed journal focusing on the epidemiology, surveillance, prevention, and control of communicable diseases relevant to Europe.It is a weekly online journal, with 50 issues per year published on Thursdays. The journal includes short rapid communications, in-depth research articles, surveillance reports, reviews, and perspective papers. It excels in timely publication of authoritative papers on ongoing outbreaks or other public health events. Under special circumstances when current events need to be urgently communicated to readers for rapid public health action, e-alerts can be released outside of the regular publishing schedule. Additionally, topical compilations and special issues may be provided in PDF format.