Kobe Woman in Her 20s Infected with Mpox "Clade Ib" Virus, First Confirmed in Japan

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[NHK] The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and Kobe City announced that a woman in her 20s who visited a medical institution in the city was infected with the "clade Ib (One B...

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Tokyo, Japan A 20-year-old woman with a recent history of travel to Africa was diagnosed with mpox (sympic smallpox) in the Japanese city of Kobe, reported Tuesday by the Ministry of Health. Genetic tests showed that she was infected with the Clade 1b strain, marking the first detection of this type of virus in Japan. It is known that this strain circulates in some parts of Central Africa. The patient developed fever and skin rashes and went to …