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Volume 32, Number 5—May 2026

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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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Animals collected for an investigation of Orthopoxvirus antibodies in feral mammals in mpox outbreak areas, Nigeria, 2021–2022. A) Freshly hunted giant pouched rat and stripped ground squirrel at bushmeat market in Ondo State. B) Trapped giant pouched rat in Yola in northern Adamawa state. C) Feral cats that inadvertently entered a Tomahawk live trap. D) Marsh mongoose bought at a wildlife market in Idanre Ondo state.

Figure 2. Animals collected for an investigation of Orthopoxvirus antibodies in feral mammals in mpox outbreak areas, Nigeria, 2021–2022. A) Freshly hunted giant pouched rat and stripped ground squirrel at bushmeat market in Ondo State. B) Trapped giant pouched rat in Yola in northern Adamawa state. C) Feral cats that inadvertently entered a Tomahawk live trap. D) Marsh mongoose bought at a wildlife market in Idanre Ondo state.

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