Hantavirus in Nigeria

Overview

Nigeria is in the Africa hantavirus context. There is no major endemic hantavirus strain in this curated dataset; the country may still record imported cases.

Novel African hantaviruses (Sangassou virus and related Murinae-associated lineages) have been detected across West African rodents. Nigeria-specific peer-reviewed surveillance is limited; we list Hylomyscus spp. and Mus minutoides as regionally documented potential reservoirs.

Sources for the above: Witkowski et al., Virus Res 2014 (review: hantaviruses in Africa)

Reservoir species

• Hylomyscus spp.
• Mus minutoides

Signal trend (last 30 days)