Orthopoxvirus Infections in Rodents, Nigeria, 2018–2019
Clement Meseko, Adeyinka Adedeji, Ismaila Shittu, Emmanuel Obishakin, Maurice Nanven, Ladan Suleiman, Daniel Okomah, Visa I. Tyakaray, Damilola Kolade, Adesola Yinka-Ogunleye, Saleh Muhammad, Clint N. Morgan, Audrey Matheny, Yoshinori Nakazawa, Andrea M. McCollum, Jeffrey B. Doty
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.
Topics & Concepts
MonkeypoxOrthopoxvirusVirologySerologyPublic healthZoonosisPoxviridaeBiologyPublic health interventionsMedicineVacciniaImmunologyAntibodyPathologyRecombinant DNABiochemistryGenePoxvirus research and outbreaksBacillus and Francisella bacterial researchHerpesvirus Infections and Treatments