Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of Human Mpox Outbreak in Equateur Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Part2)

The goal of this observational study is * to better understand the dominant modes of transmission * to estimate the extent of transmission among contacts by determining the secondary infection rate for human-to-human transmission at an individual level and identifying factors associated with secondary infections. * to determine the proportion of asymptomatic or pauci-symptomatic infections. * to characterize the incubation period of mpox and the duration of infectiousness, including reproduction numbers. * to assess serological responses following confirmed infection.