Three Cases of Vertical Transmission of Clade Ib Mpox Virus
N Engl J Med
.
2025 Jun 19;392(23):2385-2387.
doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2503347.
Authors
Emmanuel Hasivirwe Vakaniaki
1
,
Nono-Raymond Swar Kuispond
1
,
Yuichiro Hirata
2
,
Eugene Bangwen
3
,
Isabel Brosius
3
,
Eddy Kinganda-Lusamaki
1
,
Seiya Ozono
2
,
Harutaka Katano
2
,
Laurent Gabanga Ndunge
1
,
Noella Mulopo-Mukanya
4
,
Jean-Claude Tshomba
4
,
Elise De Vos
3
,
Christophe Van Dijck
3
,
Papy Munganga
1
,
Guy Mukari
1
,
Yves Mujula
1
,
Divin Mazambi Mambo
5
,
Steeven Bilembo Kitwanda
5
,
Nadine Maliyamungu-Bubala
5
,
Léandre Mutimbwa-Mambo
6
,
Ian Crozier
7
,
Lori E Dodd
8
,
Olivier Tshiani-Mbaya
7
,
Bienvenu Massamba Lebwaze
9
,
Espoir Bwenge Malembaka
10
,
Isaac Barhishindi
10
,
Susanne Krasemann
11
,
Robert Colebunders
12
,
Patrick D M C Katoto
10
,
Sheila Makiala-Mandanda
1
,
Jason Kindrachuk
13
,
Anne W Rimoin
14
,
Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum
1
,
Daniel Mukadi-Bamuleka
4
,
Tony Wawina-Bokalanga
1
,
Sabin Sabiti Nundu
1
,
Tadaki Suzuki
15
,
Raphaël Bulakali Chirimwami
9
,
Laurens Liesenborghs
3
,
Placide Mbala-Kingebeni
1
Affiliations
1
Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
2
Japan Institute for Health Security, Tokyo.
3
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
4
Rodolphe Mérieux Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo.
5
Kamituga General Hospital, Kamituga, Democratic Republic of Congo.
6
Kamituga Health Zone, Kamituga, Democratic Republic of Congo.
7
Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD.
8
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD.
9
University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
10
Catholic University of Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo.
11
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
12
University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
13
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
14
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles.
15
Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
PMID:
40532158
PMCID:
PMC12180470
DOI:
10.1056/NEJMc2503347
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
Grants and funding
12B1M24N/Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
RIA2016E-1612/European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership
JP24fk0108637/Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
MRR-184813/CAPMC/ CIHR/Canada
101195465/European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership
JP24fk0108660/Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
75N91019D00024/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States
101195146/European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership
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