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Analysis shows mpox lurked in Nigeria for 8 years before igniting global 2022 outbreak

Summary by University of Minnesota Twin Cities…
Scientists estimate a precurser to the 2022 strain first emerged in Nigeria in August 2014 and spread to 11 Nigerian states before human infections were detected in 2017.
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University of Minnesota Twin Cities… broke the news in on Friday, June 6, 2025.
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