Emerging Infectious Diseases (Feb 2023)

Orthopoxvirus Infections in Rodents, Nigeria, 2018–2019

  • Clement Meseko,
  • Adeyinka Adedeji,
  • Ismaila Shittu,
  • Emmanuel Obishakin,
  • Maurice Nanven,
  • Ladan Suleiman,
  • Daniel Okomah,
  • Visa Tyakaray,
  • Damilola Kolade,
  • Adesola Yinka-Ogunleye,
  • Saleh Muhammad,
  • Clint N. Morgan,
  • Audrey Matheny,
  • Yoshinori Nakazawa,
  • Andrea McCollum,
  • Jeffrey B. Doty

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2902.221411
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 2
pp. 433 – 434

Abstract

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To investigate animal reservoirs of monkeypox virus in Nigeria, we sampled 240 rodents during 2018–2019. Molecular (real-time PCR) and serologic (IgM) evidence indicated orthopoxvirus infections, but presence of monkeypox virus was not confirmed. These results can be used to develop public health interventions to reduce human infection with orthopoxviruses.

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