TY - JOUR
T1 - Monkeypox Clade Ib virus introduction into Burundi
T2 - first findings, July to mid-August 2024
AU - Nzoyikorera, Néhémie
AU - Nduwimana, Cassien
AU - Schuele, Leonard
AU - Nieuwenhuijse, David F.
AU - Koopmans, Marion
AU - Otani, Saria
AU - Aarestrup, Frank M.
AU - Ihorimbere, Théogène
AU - Niyomwungere, Denis
AU - Ndihokubwayo, Armstrong
AU - Diawara, Idrissa
AU - Niyomwungere, Alexis
AU - Nizigiyimana, Dionis
AU - Uwineza, Marie Noelle
AU - Oude Munnink, Bas B.
AU - Nyandwi, Joseph
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - We describe cases with monkeypox virus (MPXV) Clade Ib in Burundi from their first detection in July until 20 August 2024. Testing 442 people with vesicular lesions confirmed 170 cases (98 male; 72 female), 82 (48%) being < 15 years old. Differential diagnosis of the first 30 individuals testing MPXV negative revealed chickenpox in 20. Cases occurred in 26 of 49 Burundi health districts, but mostly in Bujumbura Nord (88/170; 67%). Case-derived MPXV genetic sequences from Burundi and South-Kivu (Democratic Republic of the Congo), clustered together in phylogenetic analysis.
AB - We describe cases with monkeypox virus (MPXV) Clade Ib in Burundi from their first detection in July until 20 August 2024. Testing 442 people with vesicular lesions confirmed 170 cases (98 male; 72 female), 82 (48%) being < 15 years old. Differential diagnosis of the first 30 individuals testing MPXV negative revealed chickenpox in 20. Cases occurred in 26 of 49 Burundi health districts, but mostly in Bujumbura Nord (88/170; 67%). Case-derived MPXV genetic sequences from Burundi and South-Kivu (Democratic Republic of the Congo), clustered together in phylogenetic analysis.
U2 - 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.42.2400666
DO - 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.42.2400666
M3 - Letter
C2 - 39421956
AN - SCOPUS:85206817560
SN - 1560-7917
VL - 29
JO - Eurosurveillance
JF - Eurosurveillance
IS - 42
ER -