Zambia's first Mpox case: An emerging challenge in Southern Africa amid a global health crisis

New Microbes New Infect. 2024 Nov 14:62:101536. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2024.101536. eCollection 2024 Dec.

Rodrigue Ndabashinze¹, Benjamin Wafula Simiyu², Sanjit Sah^{3

4

5}, Rachana Mehta^{6

7}, Ganesh Bushi⁸, Ashok Kumar Balaraman⁹, Sakshi Pandey¹⁰, Manvinder Brar¹¹, Amogh Verma^{12

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¹ University of Burundi, Bujumbura, Burundi.
² Uzima University, College of Health Sciences, School of Medicine Kisumu, Kenya.
³ SR Sanjeevani Hospital, Kalyanpur, Siraha, 56517, Nepal.
⁴ Department of Paediatrics, Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune, 411018, Maharashtra, India.
⁵ Department of Public Health Dentistry, Dr. D.Y. Patil Dental College and Hospital, Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune, 411018, Maharashtra, India.
⁶ Clinical Microbiology, RDC, Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, Faridabad, Haryana, 121004, India.
⁷ Dr. Lal PathLabs - Nepal, Chandol-4, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, 44600, Nepal.
⁸ Center for Global Health Research, Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, India.
⁹ Research and Enterprise, University of Cyberjaya, Persiaran Bestari, Cyber 11, 63000, Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia.
¹⁰ Centre of Research Impact and Outcome, Chitkara University, Rajpura, 140417, Punjab, India.
¹¹ Chitkara Centre for Research and Development, Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh, 174103, India.
¹² Department of Internal Medicine, Rama Medical College Hospital and Research Center, Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
¹³ Medicos In Research, Nautanwa, UP 273164, India.

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Keywords: Africa; Emergency; Mpox; WHO; Zambia.