ArticleNature health2026
Role of community and sexual contacts as drivers of MPXV clade I.
Article in Nature health, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Dynamics of global mpox epidemics, 1970-2025: a systematic review and meta-analysis of evolving transmissibility and intervention effects.BMJ global health · 2026Pooled it
- Assessing the impact of vaccination and behavioural change on Mpox transmission in high-risk groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo using an age-structured mathematical model.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2026Article
- Dynamic shift in the dominant transmission route of clade Ib monkeypox virus across networks with sexual and nonsexual contacts.Science advances · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of different border control strategies for reducing mpox importation risk: a modelling study.The Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia · 2025Article
- Modelling the potential spread of Clade Ib MPXV in Asian cities.BMJ public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
Initial investigation into the emerging mpox outbreak caused by novel monkeypox virus (MPXV) clade Ib in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has identified signs of sustained human-to-human transmission and epidemiological links to sexual contacts involving female sex workers (FSWs), which have not been observed in previous clade Ia outbreaks. Using mathematical models incorporating age-dependent contact patterns, we quantified the role of frequent sexual interactions as opposed to community contacts in clade Ib's dynamics and found that this additional mode of transmission could explain its increased outbreak potential compared with clade Ia. As with the globally circulating clade IIb, which is transmitted predominantly among men who have sex with men, our findings reinforce the importance of protecting key population groups-specifically FSWs for clade Ib-in controlling ongoing mpox outbreaks.
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