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Case Reports
. 2025 Aug;31(8):1600-1603.
doi: 10.3201/eid3108.250255. Epub 2025 Jun 18.

Case Report of Clade Ib Monkeypox Virus Infection Linked to Travel to Democratic Republic of the Congo, Thailand, 2024

Drunphob Srithammavong, Chanunya Srihawan, Rossaphorn Kittiyaowamarn, Rapeepong Suphanchaimat, Thitipong Yingyong, Wichan Bunyakitikorn
Case Reports

Case Report of Clade Ib Monkeypox Virus Infection Linked to Travel to Democratic Republic of the Congo, Thailand, 2024

Drunphob Srithammavong et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2025 Aug.

Abstract

We report clade Ib monkeypox virus infection in a patient who returned to Thailand from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the subclade epicenter. Improved diagnostic testing, public health response, and surveillance systems for mpox are needed in Thailand, and preexposure mpox vaccination should be considered, especially for high-risk persons.

Keywords: Democratic Republic of the Congo; Thailand; clade Ib; monkeypox virus; mpox; public health; real-time PCR; sexually transmitted infections; viruses; zoonoses.

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Lesions on patient who had clade Ib monkeypox virus infection linked to travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Thailand, 2024. A, B) Necrotic papules with overlying scabs on the patient’s penis (A) and right thigh (B). C) Maculopapular rash and a pustule on left thigh.
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