2022–2023 mpox outbreak in Portugal
The 2022–2023 mpox outbreak in Portugal is part of the larger outbreak of human mpox caused by the West African clade of the monkeypox virus. Portugal was the third country, outside of the African countries with endemic mpox, to experience an outbreak in 2022.
2022–2023 mpox outbreak in Portugal | |
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Disease | Mpox |
Virus strain | Monkeypox virus (West African clade) |
Location | Portugal |
Index case | Lisbon, Portugal |
Arrival date | 18 May 2022 (1 year, 10 months, 4 weeks and 1 day ago) |
Date | As of 7 July 2022 |
Confirmed cases | 433 |
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