2022–2023 mpox outbreak in Peru
The 2022–2023 mpox outbreak in Peru is a part of the outbreak of human mpox caused by the West African clade of the monkeypox virus. The outbreak reached Peru on 26 June 2022.
2022–2023 mpox outbreak in Peru | |
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Confirmed cases by province. | |
Disease | Mpox |
Virus strain | Monkeypox virus (West African clade) |
Location | Peru |
Index case | Lima |
Arrival date | June 26, 2022 –present (1 year, 9 months, 3 weeks and 1 day) |
Date | As of 19 September 2022 |
Confirmed cases | 3,812 (MINSA) 2,884 (DIRESAs/GERESAs/Press sources) |
Suspected cases‡ | 41 (DIRESAs/GERESAs/Press sources) |
Recovered | 3,762 (MINSA) 809 (DIRESAs/GERESAs/Press sources) |
Deaths | 20 (MINSA) 10 (DIRESAs/GERESAs/Press sources) |
Government website | |
What is monkeypox? Mpox Situation Room (Both websites 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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