Reemergence of Human Monkeypox in Nigeria, 2017

Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Jun;24(6):1149-1151. doi: 10.3201/eid2406.180017. Epub 2018 Jun 17.

Abstract

In Nigeria, before 2017 the most recent case of human monkeypox had been reported in 1978. By mid-November 2017, a large outbreak caused by the West African clade resulted in 146 suspected cases and 42 laboratory-confirmed cases from 14 states. Although the source is unknown, multiple sources are suspected.

Keywords: Human monkeypox; Nigeria; disease; reemergence; viruses; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Child
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / diagnosis
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / epidemiology*
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / transmission
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / virology*
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Exanthema / pathology
  • Exanthema / virology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Monkeypox virus* / classification
  • Monkeypox virus* / genetics
  • Mpox (monkeypox) / epidemiology*
  • Mpox (monkeypox) / virology*
  • Nigeria / epidemiology
  • Population Surveillance
  • Zoonoses*