Added 'Introduction of new routine mpox and 4CMenB for gonorrhoea vaccination programmes letter' and updated 'Mpox: guidance for people who are isolating at home.'
Added updated prisons and places of detention guidance, removed outdated version.
Removed reference to HCID mpox.
Information for healthcare practitioners added to section on 'Vaccination against mpox'.
Added "Biological principles for control of mpox in the UK: 4 nations consensus statement", "Mpox: information for contacts of cases of mpox" and "Contact tracing guidance for mpox".
Added the Mpox routine vaccination programme for the protection of GBMSM training slide set for health professionals.
Link to 'Confirmed cases of mpox clade Ib in United Kingdom' added.
Added link to Clade I mpox contact tracing guidance.
Added new version of incident response vaccination slide set.
Added link to 'Mpox: guidance for environmental cleaning and decontamination in non-healthcare settings'.
Updated collections to separate different mpox clades.
Added 'Clade I mpox: affected countries' to guidance for the general public.
Added the link to the intradermal video.
Added "Operational mpox (monkeypox) HCID case definition to Guidance for health professionals and service providers" and "HCID Mpox: Guidance for managers and staff working in health and adult social care settings".
Added Mpox classification and appropriate infection prevention and control (IPC) pathways.
Added technical, epidemiological overview, monitoring and surveillance section.
Updated 'Vaccination against monkeypox using the MVA-BN vaccine training slide set for healthcare practitioners'.
Updated training slide set for vaccination against monkeypox using the MVA-BN vaccine.
Added HCID status of monkeypox.
Updated vaccination against monkeypox using the MVA-BN vaccine training slide set.
Updated vaccination against monkeypox using the MVA-BN vaccine training slide set.
Added monkeypox UKHSA laboratory assessments of inactivation methods to Guidance for health professionals.
Updated the vaccination against monkeypox using the MVA-BN vaccine training slide set.
Added Smallpox vaccine PGD template.
Added "Monkeypox: semen testing for viral DNA"
Added 'Smallpox (MVA) vaccination against monkeypox checklist and consent form'.
Added 'Monkeypox: planning events and mass gatherings'.
Added link to monkeypox vaccination training slide set.
Added Monkeypox: reducing risk of transmission at vaccination clinics.
Added 'Smallpox and monkeypox: the green book, chapter 29', 'Monkeypox outbreak: vaccination strategy' and 'Monkeypox vaccination resources'.
Added guidance for people with monkeypox infection who are isolating at home.
Added advice for cleaning sex-on-premises venues.
Added guidance for secure and detained settings.
Added 'De-isolation and discharge of monkeypox-infected patients: interim guidance' and 'Principles for monkeypox control in the UK: 4 nations consensus statement'.
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There are 2 main types (clades) of mpox, clade I and clade II. This page provides further information and guidance for the public, professionals and service providers on clade I and clade II mpox.