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Patient zero: How one doctor helped uncover the origin of the DRC’s mpox outbreak

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mpox was rampant in Kamituga 's bars especially among sex workers and their clients.

Some suggested the outbreak might be clade 2 , a less deadly strain which erupted across the globe in 2022 .

But this mainly affected gay and bisexual men, causing fairly mild symptoms.

Initial sequencing proved him correct: Kamitugu ’s already overstretched hospitals were inundated with patients.

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