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Volume 29, Number 2—February 2023

Research Letter

Orthopoxvirus Infections in Rodents, Nigeria, 2018–2019

Clement MesekoComments to Author , 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, and Jeffrey B. Doty
Author affiliations: National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Nigeria (C. Meseko, A. Adedeji, I. Shittu, E. Obishakin, M. Nanven); Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Abuja, Nigeria (L. Suleiman, D. Okomah); African Field Epidemiology Network, Abuja (V. Tyakaray); Nigeria Centre for Diseases Control, Abuja (D. Kolade, A. Yinka-Ogunleye); US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Abuja (S. Muhammad); US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (C.N. Morgan, A. Matheny, Y. Nakazawa, A. McCollum, J.B. Doty)

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Table

Samples positive for OPXV in study of OPXV infections in rodents, Nigeria, 2018–2019*

Rodent species
 Animal no.
 Sample type
 OPXV DNA
 OPXV IgG
Mus baoulei NG114 Skin biopsy + Not applicable
M. baoulei NG114 Spleen and kidney + Not applicable
M. baoulei NG114 Dried blood spots + –
Praomys NG112 Tissues, dried blood spots – +
Rattus rattus NG173 Tissues, dried blood spots – +

*By quantitative PCR and ELISA. OPXV, orthopoxvirus.

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