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Novel Pathogen Detectionactive

WHO will issue a Disease Outbreak News (DON) specifically addressing Clade Ib community transmission outside Africa (Spain Dec 2025, Singapore Apr 2026, Pakistan unconfirmed Apr 2026) as a distinct non-African Clade Ib spread pattern by June 30, 2026, given that the existing global PHEIC DONs have not yet characterized the non-African Ib pattern as a separate epidemiological entity.

System-generated assessment. This assessment remains under review until the stated horizon or until sufficient evidence allows evaluation.

Moderate confidence

Confidence in this assessment
50%

The evidence is meaningful, but there is still material uncertainty. Based on 9 linked evidence items and assessed against 180D.

Assessed through 180D·9 linked evidence items·Tracking since Apr 14, 2026

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How this assessment will be evaluated

The criteria the system uses to determine whether this assessment is borne out by the stated horizon.

Automated

Method

Evidence Match

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Minimum source quality

T1Primary Institutional

Evidence must meet or exceed this credibility tier to count toward evaluation.

Required terms

epidemiologicalcharacterizedspecificallytransmission

03

Evidence quality mix

Tracking since Apr 14, 2026.

T13
T25
T31
▸Integrity referencesCryptographic hashes for verification

Registration

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Scope synthesis

The current analyst narrative for this scope.

Open synthesis →

Clade Ib multi-modal European spread continues; new research confirms MPXV replication in vaginal/ectocervical tissue, strengthening plausibility of non-sexual transmission routes.

07

Evidence linked to this assessment

9 linked items.

Broader transmission of mpox due to clade Ib MPXV – Global situation. Multiple modes of transmis

Currently interpreted as supporting evidence for 14 tracked assessments.

T1https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2025-DON587supports
Apr 17, 2026
Broader transmission of mpox due to clade Ib MPXV – Global situation. As both MPXV clades I and

Currently interpreted as supporting evidence for 15 tracked assessments.

T1https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2025-DON587
supports
Apr 17, 2026
Broader transmission of mpox due to clade Ib MPXV – Global situation. The second declaration of

Currently interpreted as supporting evidence for 15 tracked assessments.

T1https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2025-DON587supports
Apr 17, 2026
Broader transmission of mpox due to clade Ib MPXV – Global situation. Multiple modes of transmis

Currently interpreted as supporting evidence for 14 tracked assessments.

T2https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2025-DON587supports
Apr 13, 2026
Broader transmission of mpox due to clade Ib MPXV – Global situation. As both MPXV clades I and

Currently interpreted as supporting evidence for 15 tracked assessments.

T2https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2025-DON587supports
Apr 13, 2026
Broader transmission of mpox due to clade Ib MPXV – Global situation. The second declaration of

Currently interpreted as supporting evidence for 15 tracked assessments.

T2https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2025-DON587supports
Apr 13, 2026
California Clade I Mpox — signal expansion Apr 17-19 2026 (Google News RSS aggregation). Multi-o

Currently interpreted as supporting evidence for 2 tracked assessments.

T3https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=mpox%20cases%20in%20Californianeutral
Apr 20, 2026
9 Mpox deaths, 25 cases reported across Sindh province, Pakistan. Dunya News, April 15 2026. The

Currently interpreted as supporting evidence for 11 tracked assessments.

T2https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/mpox-sindh-deaths-casessupports
Apr 16, 2026
Pakistan Sindh Mpox Update — Apr 14 2026 (Sindh Health Department, via The Nation Pakistan, Apr

This report is recorded in the evidence trail but is not yet linked to a tracked assessment.

T2https://www.nation.com.pk/16-Apr-2026/mpox-update-25-confirmed-cases-9-deaths-reported-sindhneutral
Apr 20, 2026

Integrity anchor

Brier 0.202

19 resolved novel pathogen detection predictions.