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What is mpox? Symptoms, transmission and vaccines

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Thousands of cases of the disease formerly known as monkeypox have been reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo this year .

Infections have begun to spread to neighbouring countries across East and Central Africa .

A single case of the new mpox clade, called Clade 1b , was detected in the UK on 30 October .

Mpox is a viral infection that spreads through close contact.

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