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Analysis-New mpox strain is changing fast; African scientists are ‘working blindly’ to respond

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Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, has been a public health problem in parts of Africa since 1970 .

A new strain of the virus, known as clade Ib , has the world's attention again after the WHO declared a new health emergency.

Scientists studying the new mpox strain that has spread out of Democratic Republic of Congo say the virus is changing faster than expected.

Karim said half of cases in eastern Congo are only being diagnosed by doctors, with no laboratory confirmation.

Getting samples to labs is difficult because the healthcare system is already under pressure.

Around 750,000 people have been displaced amid fighting between the M23 rebel group and the government.

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