What we know (and don't know) about the new Mpox outbreak
Update: 2024-08-29
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The first human cases of MPox were detected in 1970. But a new strain detected in Congo in 2023 has got scientists confused. How worried should we be and are we prepared for it?
Dr Jonas Albarnaz, a Research Fellow specialising in pox viruses at The Pirbright Institute
Dr Lilith Whittles, lecturer and Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellow in the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis
Dr Josie Golding, head of epidemiology at The Wellcome Trust
Trudie Lang, Professor of Global Health Research at the University of Oxford
Presenter: David Aaronovitch
Producers: Ben Carter, Kirsteen Knight and Drew Hyndman
Sound engineers: Jonathan Glover and James Beard
Editor: Richard Vadon
Production Co-ordinator: Gemma Ashman
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