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Volume 32, Number 5—May 2026

Dispatch

Orthopoxvirus Antibodies in Feral Mammals in Mpox Outbreak Areas, Nigeria, 2021–2022

Adeyinka Jeremy AdedejiComments to Author , Clement Adebajo Meseko, Ismaila Ademola Shittu, Nanven Maurice, Suleiman Ladan, Emmanuel Obishakin, Dennis Kabantiyok, Rimfa Amos Gambo, Masdooq Aliyu, Odianosen Ehiakhamen, Ifeanyi Abali, Kwada Asunduwa Chagwa, Bitrus Vandi, Seyi Oyetunde, Nicodemus Mkpuma, Dorcas Gado, Besong Mathias Ayuk, Obadua Adegboyega, Akinbamidele Akinsorotan, Saleh Muhammad, Audrey Matheny, Clint N. Morgan, Yoshinori Nakazawa, and Jeffrey B. Doty
Author affiliation: National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Nigeria (A.J. Adedeji, C.A. Meseko, I.A. Shittu, N. Maurice, E. Obishakin, D. Kabantiyok, R.A. Gambo, M. Aliyu, S. Oyetunde, N. Mkpuma, D. Gado); Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Abuja, Nigeria (S. Ladan, B.M. Ayuk); Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Abuja (O. Ehiakhamen, I. Abali); Adamawa State Ministry of Livestock and Aquaculture, Yola, Nigeria (K.A. Chagwa); Adamawa State Ministry of Environment, Yola (B. Vandi); Ondo State Ministry of Agriculture, Akure, Nigeria (O. Adegboyega, A. Akinsorotan); Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Abuja (S. Muhammad); US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (A. Matheny, C.N. Morgan, Y. Nakazawa, J.B. Doty)

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Sites of mpox animal surveillance activities for investigation of Orthopoxvirus antibodies in feral mammals in mpox outbreak areas, Adamawa and Ondo states, Nigeria, 2021–2022. LGA, Local Government Area.

Figure 1. Sites of mpox animal surveillance activities for investigation of Orthopoxvirus antibodies in feral mammals in mpox outbreak areas, Adamawa and Ondo states, Nigeria, 2021–2022. LGA, Local Government Area.

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