Preliminary analysis of 98 genomic sequences of MPXV clade Ib cases from Burundi, July to September 2024 Introduction A large mpox clade Ib virus outbreak started in the province of South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and is rapidly geographically expanding to other areas within the DRC as well as to other countries surrounding the DRC. Especially Burundi is severely affected with close to 1531 confirmed cases of mpox Clade Ib virus infections since the first detection at...
