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Mpox impacting a broader demographic, warns Lancet report
Updated On: 26 August, 2024 12:25 PM IST | New Delhi | IANS
According to the Lancet report, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where Mpox cases have been reported in all 26 provinces, children younger than 15 years account for 66 per cent of reported cases and more than 82 per cent of deaths
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Monkeypox (Mpox) has once again surged to global attention and unlike the 2022 outbreak, the 2024 outbreak is impacting a broader demographic globally, a latest Lancet report has warned.
The report mentioned that with the Democratic Republic of the Congo at the epicentre of this outbreak, the virus`s spread beyond Africa has raised international alarm, particularly with the "emergence of a new clade, 1b".
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