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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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Table

Geographic distribution of animals trapped or purchased from bushmeat markets in states of Ondo and Adamawa in study of Orthopoxvirus antibodies in feral mammals in mpox outbreak areas, Nigeria, 2021–2022

Scientific name Common name Adamawa Ondo Total
Animals trapped
Feral cat Cat 6 0 6
Crocidura spp. Shrew 19 12 31
Rattus rattus Black rat 21 0 21
Mus spp. House mouse 6 5 11
Cricetomys Giant pouched rat 50 5 55
Subtotal
102
 22
 124
Animals harvested from bushmeat markets
Dendrohyrax Tree hyrax 0 1 1
Xerus erythropus Stripped ground squirrel 0 13 12
Atilax paludinosus Marsh mongoose 0 1 1
Atherurus africanus Brush-tailed porcupine 0 6 6
Thryonomys swinderianus Marsh cane rat; grasscutter 0 30 30
Subtotal
0
 50
 50
Total 102 72 174

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