Table 1.

Clinical manifestation of camel contagious ecthyma and polymerase chain reaction results from samples collected in Nigeria.

No.	Location (State)	History/Clinical signs observed	Samples collected	PCR Results
1	Bauchi (Bauchi)	Camel farm: the clinical signs observed were proliferative skin lesions, papules and scab lesions on the lips and nares. A morbidity of 53.3% (8/15) was recorded without mortality.	Scab	NA
2	Jos (Plateau)	8 months-old male camel calf, brought to the market/slaughter slab. Scab lesions around the mouth.	Scab (1)	CPPV was detected in the scab sample.
3	Gusau (Zamfara)	Two camels with proliferative scab lesions around the mouth, nares and neck. The camels were brought to the abattoir to be slaughtered. The initial suspicion was camel pox by the field veterinarian.	Skin (1), Intestine (1), Lungs (1), Liver (1)	CPPV was detected in skin, intestine and lungs samples. The liver sample was negative.

(NA): Sample not suitable for laboratory diagnosis.