2022–2023 mpox outbreak

In May 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) made an emergency announcement of the existence of a multi-country outbreak of mpox, a viral disease then commonly known as "monkeypox".

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Which happened first?

• 2022–2023 mpox outbreak began 4 years after 2018–2020 Kivu Ebola epidemic
• 2022–2023 mpox outbreak began 7 years after 2015–16 Zika virus epidemic
• 2022–2023 mpox outbreak began 9 years after Western African Ebola virus epidemic
• 2022–2023 mpox outbreak began 11 years after 2011 Germany E. coli O104:H4 outbreak
• 2022–2023 mpox outbreak began 13 years after 2009 swine flu pandemic

Timeline

1. 2009 swine flu pandemicMarch 2009 – August 10, 2010
2. 2011 Germany E. coli O104:H4 outbreakMay 2011 – June 2011
3. Western African Ebola virus epidemicDecember 2013 – June 2016
4. 2015–16 Zika virus epidemicApril 2015 – November 2016
5. 2018–2020 Kivu Ebola epidemicAugust 1, 2018
6. 2022–2023 mpox outbreak (this page)May 4, 2022 – May 11, 2023

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