2022–2023 mpox outbreak in Brazil
| 2022–2023 mpox outbreak in Brazil | |
|---|---|
Confirmed cases by state. | |
| Disease | Mpox |
| Virus strain | Monkeypox virus (West African clade) |
| Location | Brazil |
| Index case | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Date | 20 May 2022 – ongoing (3 years and 29 days) |
| Confirmed cases | 5,525 (as of 10 September 2022) |
| Suspected cases‡ | 6 |
Deaths | 2 |
| Government website | |
| (Brazil) | |
| ‡Suspected cases have not been confirmed by laboratory tests as being due to this strain, although some other strains may have been ruled out. | |
The 2022–2023 mpox outbreak in Brazil is a part of the ongoing outbreak of human mpox caused by the West African clade of the monkeypox virus. The outbreak was first reported in Brazil on 9 June 2022 when a man in São Paulo was registered as the country's index case.