2022–2023 mpox outbreak in Chile
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The 2022–2023 mpox outbreak in Chile is a part of the outbreak of human mpox caused by the West African clade of the monkeypox virus. The outbreak reached Chile on 17 June 2022.[2]
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2022–2023 mpox outbreak in Chile | |
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Disease | Mpox |
Virus strain | Monkeypox virus (West African clade) |
Location | Chile |
Index case | Santiago de Chile |
Arrival date | June 17, 2022 (2022-06-17)–present (1 year, 11 months and 6 days) |
Confirmed cases | 1,442[1] |
Suspected cases‡ | 26[1] |
Hospitalized cases | 400[1] |
Recovered | 1,442[1] |
Deaths | 3[1] |
Government website | |
Monkeypox Epidemiological Situation Report (in Spanish) | |
‡Suspected cases have not been confirmed by laboratory tests as being due to this strain, although some other strains may have been ruled out. |
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