{"id":13347,"date":"2025-08-19T17:53:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T17:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/disease-prevention\/?p=13347"},"modified":"2025-08-19T17:53:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T17:53:34","slug":"ddp-e-bulletin-august-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/disease-prevention\/2025\/08\/19\/ddp-e-bulletin-august-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"DDP E-Bulletin: August 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Virginia Mpox Updates<\/h1><\/h3>\n
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\"Mpox<\/p>\n

As of August 19, 2025, 22 mpox cases have been reported to VDH this year. To compare, Virginia had 27 cases in 2024. A concerning increase occurred this July with 13 of the 22 cases being reported. Of 2025 cases, 12 were in the Northern region, five in Central, four in Eastern, and one in Southwest. Among this year\u2019s cases with available information, six of 19 (32%) were in people who recently traveled. This suggests that most infections were locally acquired. Five of 21 (24%) cases were in people with HIV. Thirteen of 19 (68%) were in people who were not vaccinated. As in recent years, most of this year\u2019s cases occurred in adult males.<\/p>\n

To date, all mpox cases in Virginia have been caused by Clade II monkeypox virus. This is the strain responsible for the global outbreak that began in 2022. Large Clade I and Clade II outbreaks<\/a><\/span> are occurring, including in Central and Eastern African and in West Africa.<\/p>\n

While our local health departments received this update and the below recommendations, we ask our valued community partners to continue to:<\/p>\n