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ReviewThe Journal of infectious diseases2025

Emergence and Global Spread of Mpox Clade Ib: Challenges and the Role of Wastewater and Environmental Surveillance.

Ananda Tiwari, Thierry Kalonji, Taru Miller, Tim Van Den Bossche, Adriana Krolicka, Hypolite Muhindo-Mavoko, Patrick Mitashi, Marc Christian Tahita, Rolf Lood, Tarja Pitkänen and 1 more

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Review in The Journal of infectious diseases, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Ananda TiwariDepartment of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-8026-6885
Thierry KalonjiNational Monkeypox and Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers Control Program, Ministry of Health, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.ORCID 0000-0002-5646-1784
Taru MillerMicrobiology Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Kuopio, Finland.ORCID 0009-0005-8379-8509
Tim Van Den BosscheVIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-5916-2587
Adriana KrolickaNorwegian Research Centre, AS, Nygårdstangen, Bergen, Norway.ORCID 0000-0001-7993-4137
Hypolite Muhindo-MavokoDepartment of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.ORCID 0000-0002-3307-3324
Patrick MitashiDepartment of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.ORCID 0000-0002-6589-2869
Marc Christian TahitaUnité de Recherche Clinique de Nanoro, Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, Nanoro, Burkina Faso.ORCID 0000-0003-2158-0182
Rolf LoodDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Division of Infection Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-5974-0674
Tarja PitkänenDepartment of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-7591-9148
Vivi MaketaDepartment of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.ORCID 0000-0002-9007-1376

Funding

European Union 101195186 ODIN-Mpox-HORIZON-JU-GH-EDCTP3-2024-MpoxResearch Foundation Flanders 1286824N
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Several African countries, mainly the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, and Uganda, are facing highly transmissible mpox clade Ib epidemics, prompting the World Health Organization to declare a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. It has spread to key travel hubs like Kinshasa, Bujumbura, and Kampala, increasing international spread risks. Current mitigation efforts focus mainly on medical care, diagnostics, vaccination, and infection prevention, but overlook wastewater and environmental surveillance (WES). WES can be effective in detecting hotspots and enabling rapid response through enhanced data collection and genomic sequencing. This perspective article reviews the latest outbreak situation and advocates integrating WES into response strategies.

Indexed as

Environmental MonitoringMpox, MonkeypoxWastewaterAfricaDisease OutbreaksGlobal HealthHumansMonkeypox virusWastewaterDemocratic Republic of Congoepidemicsmpox clade Ibwastewater-based surveillance

Identifiers

PMID39928044
PMCPMC12128051

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