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- Title
Orthopoxvirus Infections in Rodents, Nigeria, 2018-2019.
- Authors
Meseko, Clement; Adedeji, Adeyinka; Shittu, Ismaila; Obishakin, Emmanuel; Nanven, Maurice; Suleiman, Ladan; Okomah, Daniel; Tyakaray, Visa; Kolade, Damilola; Yinka-Ogunleye, Adesola; Muhammad, Saleh; Morgan, Clint N.; Matheny, Audrey; Nakazawa, Yoshinori; McCollum, Andrea; Doty, Jeffrey B.
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
NIGERIA; MONKEYPOX; RODENTS; INFECTION; ORTHOPOXVIRUSES
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023, Vol 29, Issue 2, p433
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2902.221411