Mpox in Nigeria | |
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Disease | Mpox |
Virus strain | Monkeypox virus |
First reported | 1971 |
In 2017, mpox reemerged in humans in Nigeria after 39 years.[1] By the end of 2017, there were at least 115 confirmed cases.[2]
When the first cases of human mpox were identified in the DRC, Liberia and Sierre Leone in 1970, there were no detected cases in Nigeria, and surveillance of several non-human primates in Nigeria did not identify any monkeypox virus.[3] Two cases of mpox were first identified in Nigeria in 1971.[4] The first case was a four-year-old female, whose rash began on 9 April.[5]
In 2017, mpox reemerged in humans in Nigeria after 39-years.[1][6]
The first exportations of mpox out of Africa via affected humans occurred in September 2018, when three unrelated affected people from Nigeria travelled to the UK and Israel.[7]
In 2021, cases of mpox were reported in Delta, Lagos, Bayelsa, Rivers, Edo, Federal Capital Territory, Niger, and Ogun.[8]