On Aug. 14, the WHO declared the clade I mpox virus outbreak in Africa to be a public health emergency of international concern.
The next day, the first case outside Africa, identified as clade Ib, was reported by health authorities in Sweden. Clade I appears to spread more easily from human to human, have a higher fatality rate and more frequently be the cause of mpox-related ophthalmic disorders.
In this interview with Healio | OSN, Vaithilingaraja Arumugaswami, DVM, PhD, professor of molecular and medical pharmacology at UCLA, and Ashok Kumar, PhD, professor of ophthalmology, microbiology