Mpox clade Ib: an inescapable global threat

Authors

  • David Alejandro Cabrera-Gaytán <p>Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social. Coordinaci&oacute;n de Calidad de Insumos y Laboratorios Especializados.&nbsp;Ciudad de M&eacute;xico, M&eacute;xico.</p> http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5314-4786
  • Alfonso Vallejos-Parás <p>Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Coordinaci&oacute;n de Vigilancia Epidemiol&oacute;gica, Divisi&oacute;n de Vigilancia Epidemiol&oacute;gica de Enfermedades Transmisibles. Ciudad de M&eacute;xico, M&eacute;xico.</p> http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0972-8295
  • Lumumba Arriaga-Nieto <p>Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Coordinaci&oacute;n de Vigilancia Epidemiol&oacute;gica, Divisi&oacute;n de Vigilancia Epidemiol&oacute;gica de Enfermedades Transmisibles. Ciudad de M&eacute;xico, M&eacute;xico.</p> http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0243-768X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14199959

Keywords:

Disease Outbreaks, Mpox

Abstract

In 2024 it was reported that 92% of mpox cases from Africa were from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and 66% of people diagnosed were juveniles under 15 years of age. In this outbreak, it is the clade I, in its variant Ib, and the transmission is more of heterosexual nature. In this editorial article some questions concerning this new mpox outbreak are made.

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Author Biography

  • David Alejandro Cabrera-Gaytán, <p>Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social. Coordinaci&oacute;n de Calidad de Insumos y Laboratorios Especializados.&nbsp;Ciudad de M&eacute;xico, M&eacute;xico.</p>

    2008 a 2009. Jefe de Departamento de Zoonosis. CENAVECE. Secretaría de Salud Federal.

    2009 a 2011. Epidemiólogo operativo en unidades médicas del IMSS.

    De 2011 a 2013. Coordinador de Programas Médicos. Coordinación de Vigilancia Epidemiológica

    De 2013 a 2020. Jefe de Área Médica de Vigilancia Epidemiológica de Enfermedades Respiratorias / Coordinación de Vigilancia Epidemiológica

    2020-2021. Coordinador de Programas Médicos. Coordinación de Investigación en Salud.

    2021-2022. Coordinador de Programas Médicos. Coordinación de Calidad de Insumos y Laboratorios Especializados.

    2022. Jefe de Área Médica. Coordinación de Calidad de Insumos y Laboratorios Especializados.

     

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2024-12-17 — Updated on 2025-06-16

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Vol. 63 No. 1 (2025): January-February

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