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Children at risk as mpox variant hits Congo displacement camps

Christian Musema, a laboratory nurse, takes a sample from a child declared a suspected case Mpox - an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus that spark-off a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes and fever; at the the treatment centre in Munigi, following Mpox cases in Nyiragongo territory near Goma, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo July 19, 2024. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi

FILE PHOTO: A child suffering from mpox in Democratic Republic

Colorized transmission electron micrograph of mpox virus particles captured at

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