Monkeypox Cases 2024. While clade i monkeypox virus (mpxv) is endemic, or naturally. Since 2023, an epidemic of a new variant of mpox, known as clade 1b, began in central africa.
Burundi, rwanda, and uganda, which sit on the eastern border of drc,. In late july 2024, the disease spread to countries that are not known to be endemic for the virus that causes mpox: