Helsinki: Swedish health authorities have confirmed that they have identified the first case of the more infectious Clade I variant of mpox in the
Helsinki: Swedish health authorities have confirmed that they have identified the first case of the more infectious Clade I variant of mpox in the country.
The Public Health Agency of Sweden said on Thursday that this is also the first confirmed case of this variant outside Africa, Xinhua news agency reported.
Magnus Gisslen, the state epidemiologist at the health agency, said in a press statement that the patient contracted the infection during a visit to the region in Africa where mpox Clade I is spreading.
