Complete genome of an mpox clade 1b virus from Kenya

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2025 May 8;14(5):e0005025. doi: 10.1128/mra.00050-25. Epub 2025 Apr 11.

Abstract

We report the genome of a case of mpox detected in Kenya involving a truck driver with travel history to Uganda. Whole genome sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of the mpox virus (MPXV) showed that the genome clustered with clade Ib, which was recently identified in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Keywords: Kenya; MPXV; clade Ib; mpox.