Epidemiologi

• 1970-1990
- The first human MPX case was reported in August 1970 in
Bokenda, a remote village in the Equatorial province of the
Democratic Republic Of Congo (called Zaire at the time).
• 1990-1999
- Four cases of suspected monkeypox (1 confirmed case) were
reported from Cameroon in 1990.
• 2000-2009
- Four cases of human monkeypox were reported
from Central African Region, Mbomou region in 2001.
- The first outbreak outside Africa happened in
the USA in 2003 following the import of infected animals
from Ghana.
- The Republic Of Congo reported a MPX outbreak in April
2003 from the town Impfondo in the remote and heavily
forested district of Likouala.
• During September-December 2005, 10 confirmed, 9 probable,
and 30 suspected MPX cases were reported from 5 villages (2
in Bentiu, 3 in Modin, 5 in Nuria, 5 in Rubkona, and 4 in Wang
Kay) in Unity State, Sudan.
• 2010-2018
- In 2010, an outbreak in the Republic Of Congo (Likouala
region) accounted for 10 cases (2 confirmed, 8 suspected).
- In June of the same year (2010), two cases of MPX were
confirmed in the Central African Region.
- 6 cases of suspected MPX were reported from the forested
areas of North (4 cases) and South Kivu (2 cases)
provinces from 2011 till August 2014.
- In 2014, a MPX outbreak was reported in Sierra Leone (Bo
City) after more than 40 years.
• From December 2015 till February 2016, at least 12 people
(out of which 3 died) got infected with MPXV in Bangassou,
Mbomou province.
• Between September 2014 and February 2016, 587 suspected
MPX cases were reported through a passive surveillance
program of the Democratic Republic Congo. The majority of
reported cases were located in the Equateur province (363
cases) and the Tshuapa province (135 cases).
• Between 17 March and 24 April 2018, 20 cases of monkeypox
were reported in CAR, including 9 cases confirmed by the
laboratory (6 cases from Ippy, 3 cases from Bangassou).