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Three genera of African rodent, Graphiurus (African dormice), Cricetomys (giant pouched rat) and Funisciurus (African striped squirrel), have been named as likely reservoirs of the mpox virus.

Mpox is a disease caused by the highly infectious monkeypox virus. It’s quite easily passed on from one person to another.

Mpox, also known as monkeypox, is an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus. It spreads through close contact with ...

Evidence about the virus and the spread of disease indicates animals that may be a reservoir of the mpox virus. In the DRC, 43 species of animals, including primates, have shown positive evidence of ...

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has approved the first locally-made diagnostic test for mpox, as the agency aims to stem outbreaks of the lethal disease on the continent.

KINSHASA, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the epicenter of the ongoing mpox epidemic, will kick off a new round of vaccination, Health Minister Roger Kamba said late ...

Several African and ex-Soviet countries have expressed interest in buying Russia's vaccine against smallpox and mpox viruses, ...

“Mpox is very infectious in households with close contact ... The strain first emerged in the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

The World Health Organisation declared mpox a global health emergency in mid-August, after a new strain began spreading from ...

Addis ABABA. - The African continent is still in the acute phase of the Mpox outbreak as the number of cases reported so far ...

Russia has claimed that there is an increased interest from African and ex-Soviet countries in its mpox vaccine, Orthopoxvac ...