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)
Signal volume = mentions in monitored sources (CDC, WHO, ECDC, news in 17 languages), not confirmed clinical case counts. Buckets are UTC days.