A 38-year-old Kerala man, who was last week confirmed to have contracted the monkeypox virus following his return to India from the UAE, is said to be infected with the MPOX clade 1 strain. Significantly, there are two distinct clades of the virus, including clade I (with subclades Ia and Ib) and clade II (with subclades IIa and IIb). However, the WHO earlier in August declared the mpox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern after the surge in the cases were reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other countries due to clades Ia and Ib.
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