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This study compares the hospital-based incidence and distribution of AFI-causing pathogens in Nigeria, utilizing polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based surveillance.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Patients presenting with AFI at tertiary hospitals in Federal Capital Territory (north-central) and Edo (south) were enrolled from August 2023 to September 2024. Patients were screened for 25 pathogens using the TaqMan Array Card multi-pathogen PCR. The analysis compared the occurrence and distribution of pathogens, alongside environmental and demographic factors.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>One thousand two hundred febrile patients were enrolled, 600 (50%) from each site with 37.5% children. Twenty pathogens were detected in 694 (57.8%) enrollees. The three most commonly detected pathogens in this AFI population were Rickettsia spp. (n = 312, 26.0%), Plasmodium spp. (n = 293, 24.4%), and Lassa fever virus (n = 184. 15.3%). Other pathogens include Brucella spp. (n = 14), Neisseria meningitidis (n = 12), dengue virus (n = 10), o\u2019nyong\u2019nyong virus (n = 7), chikungunya virus (n = 6), Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (n = 4), and 11 additional pathogens. No statistically significant differences were shown between the regions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This epidemiologic study screening for the presence of 25 pathogens was instrumental in identifying pathogens of public health significance, including the first detection of four pathogens in humans in Nigeria. 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