2022–2023 monkeypox outbreak
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An ongoing outbreak of monkeypox was confirmed on 6 May 2022 in the United Kingdom, beginning in a British resident who had travelled to Nigeria, where the disease is endemic, and while there, had symptoms of monkeypox on 29 April 2022.[2][3] This person returned to the United Kingdom on 4 May, becoming the index case of the outbreak into the country.[4]
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2022 monkeypox outbreak | |
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Disease | Human monkeypox |
Virus strain | Monkeypox virus (MPV) |
Source | Travel from Nigeria (presumed/hypothesis) |
Location | Worldwide |
First outbreak | Lagos, Nigeria |
Index case | London, United Kingdom |
Arrival date | 29 April 2022 (2022-04-29) – present |
Confirmed cases | 80,064 |
Deaths | 214 |
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