Three Cases of Vertical Transmission of Clade Ib Mpox Virus

Affiliations

¹ Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
² Japan Institute for Health Security, Tokyo.
³ Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
⁴ Rodolphe Mérieux Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo.
⁵ Kamituga General Hospital, Kamituga, Democratic Republic of Congo.
⁶ Kamituga Health Zone, Kamituga, Democratic Republic of Congo.
⁷ Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD.
⁸ National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD.
⁹ University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
¹⁰ Catholic University of Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo.
¹¹ University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
¹² University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
¹³ University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
¹⁴ University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles.
¹⁵ Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.

Emmanuel Hasivirwe Vakaniaki et al. N Engl J Med. 2025.

. 2025 Jun 19;392(23):2385-2387.

doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2503347.

¹ Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
² Japan Institute for Health Security, Tokyo.
³ Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
⁴ Rodolphe Mérieux Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo.
⁵ Kamituga General Hospital, Kamituga, Democratic Republic of Congo.
⁶ Kamituga Health Zone, Kamituga, Democratic Republic of Congo.
⁷ Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD.
⁸ National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD.
⁹ University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
¹⁰ Catholic University of Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo.
¹¹ University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
¹² University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
¹³ University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
¹⁴ University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles.
¹⁵ Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.

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