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40 yearsMpox re-emerged in Nigeria after 40 years in 2017.

Nigeriampoxobserved 2017Africa CDCdocument of 47 observations

In the study conducted in Paris, MPXV was undetectable in urine from more than half of patients at diagnosis.

NigeriampoxHAL · Unilimdocument of 102 observations

100 %At day 14 after diagnosis, MPXV tests were negative or weakly positive in 21 (100%) of 21 throat samples.

NigeriampoxHAL · Unilimdocument of 102 observations

83 %MPXV was detected in semen from 83% of men with confirmed monkeypox at diagnosis.

NigeriampoxHAL · Unilimdocument of 102 observations

35.9 adjusted_odds_ratioAdvanced HIV disease was an independent risk factor for severe mpox disease (adjusted odds ratio 35.9, 95% CI 4.1–252.9).

Nigeriampox · VIH/sidapublished 2023The Lancet. Infectious diseasesPubMeddocument of 11 observations

5 R0The basic reproduction number R₀ of mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is 5.0, and as high as 0.85 in Nigeria.

NigeriampoxHAL · Unilimdocument of 70 observations

5 deathsFive deaths were reported among 40 human monkeypox cases in Nigeria.

Nigeriampoxpublished 2020Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society PubMeddocument of 2 observations

22.5 %During the 2017/2018 Nigerian mpox outbreak, the proportion of hospitalized mpox patients with known HIV status who were people living with HIV was 22.5%.

Nigeriampoxobserved 2017/2018published 2023AIDS research and human retrovirusesPubMeddocument of 4 observations

91 %At D14, MPXV tests were negative or weakly positive for 20 (91%) of 22 anal samples.

NigeriampoxHAL · Unilimdocument of 102 observations

A 36-year-old, previously healthy, HIV-negative male healthcare worker developed two episodes of laboratory-confirmed Mpox in 2017 and 2018, 9 months apart.

Nigeriampoxobserved 2017 and 2018published 2023The American journal of tropical medicine and hygienePubMeddocument of 2 observations

91 %At day 14 after diagnosis, MPXV tests were negative or weakly positive in 20 (91%) of 22 anal samples.

NigeriampoxHAL · Unilimdocument of 102 observations

82 %At day 14 after diagnosis, MPXV tests were negative or weakly positive in nine (82%) of 11 semen samples.

NigeriampoxHAL · Unilimdocument of 102 observations

88 %At day 0, MPXV detection was observed in 44 (88%) of 50 skin samples.

NigeriampoxHAL · Unilimdocument of 102 observations

HIV type 1-coinfected monkeypox cases had more prolonged illness, larger lesions, and higher rates of both secondary bacterial skin infections and genital ulcers compared to HIV-negative cases.

NigeriaHIV type 1 · mpoxpublished 2020Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society PubMeddocument of 2 observations

44 %Among 50 men with confirmed monkeypox virus infection, 22 (44%) were living with HIV.

Nigeriampox · VIH/sidaHAL · Unilimdocument of 102 observations

3 %Among 153 participants with follow-up samples, 5/153 (3%) showed evidence of mpox exposure without reported clinical illness.

Nigeriampoxpublished 2026Nature communicationseurope_pmcdocument of 3 observations

24 menFollow-up sampling at day 14 was performed for 24 of the 50 men in the case series.

NigeriampoxHAL · Unilimdocument of 102 observations

27 %Children under 5 years make up 27% of the confirmed mpox cases in Nigeria.

NigeriampoxAfrica CDCdocument of 147 observations