Newer Mpox Strain Poses Bigger Risk to Young Women -- Study

Mpox Outbreak: Girls May Be More Susceptible to Newer Strain, Study Shows Girls and young women may be more susceptible to an infectious subvariant of the virus that causes mpox that has spread from Democratic Republic of Congo to neighboring countries, a study showed. Antony Sguazzin Bloomberg

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The subvariant, clade Ib, appears to spread more rapidly than an earlier variant, with hundreds of children having died of the disease in eastern Congo. The newer strain has been spreading through close physical contact as well as sexual activity of all kinds.

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