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. 2024 Nov;29(48):2400743.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.28.2400743.

Response of the German public health service to the first imported mpox clade Ib case in Germany, October 2024

Rosanne de Jong  1   2   3 , Jennifer Schauer  1   3 , Annelene Kossow  4   5 , Sibylle Scharkus  4 , Annette Jurke  1   5
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Response of the German public health service to the first imported mpox clade Ib case in Germany, October 2024

Rosanne de Jong et al. Euro Surveill. 2024 Nov.

Abstract

In October 2024, the first imported mpox clade Ib case was confirmed in Germany in an individual in their thirties returning from Rwanda. In this report we summarise the response from the public health service in North Rhine-Westphalia related to case management, contact tracing and institutional collaborations. Our findings highlight the importance of a coordinated public health response in the management of imported mpox cases and in preventing the transmission of mpox clade Ib in Germany and beyond.

Keywords: Case Management; Communicable Diseases; Contact Tracing; Imported; Monkeypox virus; Mpox.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclaimer: RdJ is a fellow of the ECDC Fellowship Programme, supported financially by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. The views and opinions expressed herein do not state or reflect those of ECDC. ECDC is not responsible for the data and information collation and analysis and cannot be held liable for conclusions or opinions drawn.

AJ is spokesperson of the Competency Centres of STAKOB.

Conflict of interest: None declared.

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Figure 1
Timeline of disease onset and travel history of the first mpox clade Ib case detected in Germany, September–October 2024
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Figure 2
Timeline of public health responses after detection of first mpox clade Ib case in Germany, October 2024
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Figure 3
Contact tracing outcome with numbers of contacts followed-up for 21-days after their last exposure to the first mpox clade Ib case, as well as their vaccination status, Germany, October 2024 (n = 34 contacts identified)
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