Monkeypox Clade Ib virus introduction into Burundi: first findings, July to mid-August 2024

Néhémie Nzoyikorera; Cassien Nduwimana; Leonard Schuele; David F. Nieuwenhuijse; Marion Koopmans; Saria Otani; Frank M. Aarestrup; Théogène Ihorimbere; Denis Niyomwungere; Armstrong Ndihokubwayo; Idrissa Diawara; Alexis Niyomwungere; Dionis Nizigiyimana; Marie Noelle Uwineza; Bas B. Oude Munnink; Joseph Nyandwi

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.42.2400666

Monkeypox Clade Ib virus introduction into Burundi: first findings, July to mid-August 2024

Néhémie Nzoyikorera
, Cassien Nduwimana
, Leonard Schuele
, David F. Nieuwenhuijse
, Marion Koopmans
, Saria Otani
, Frank M. Aarestrup
, Théogène Ihorimbere
, Denis Niyomwungere
, Armstrong Ndihokubwayo
, Idrissa Diawara
, Alexis Niyomwungere
, Dionis Nizigiyimana
, Marie Noelle Uwineza
, Bas B. Oude Munnink^*
, Joseph Nyandwi^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

National Institute Of Public Health Burundi
Erasmus University Rotterdam
University of Hassan II Casablanca
Mohammed VI University of Sciences and Health
World Health Organization
Université du Burundi

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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.

Original language	English
Journal	Eurosurveillance
Volume	29
Issue number	42
Number of pages	6
ISSN	1560-7917
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.42.2400666
Publication status	Published - 2024

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Nzoyikorera, N., Nduwimana, C., Schuele, L., Nieuwenhuijse, D. F., Koopmans, M., Otani, S., Aarestrup, F. M., Ihorimbere, T., Niyomwungere, D., Ndihokubwayo, A., Diawara, I., Niyomwungere, A., Nizigiyimana, D., Uwineza, M. N., Oude Munnink, B. B., & Nyandwi, J. (2024). Monkeypox Clade Ib virus introduction into Burundi: first findings, July to mid-August 2024. Eurosurveillance, 29(42). https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.42.2400666

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Monkeypox Clade Ib virus introduction into Burundi: first findings, July to mid-August 2024

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