Mokola virus
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| name = ''Mokola virus''
| virus_group = v
| ordo = ''[[Mononegavirales]]''
| familia = ''[[Rhabdoviridae]]''
| genus = ''[[Lyssavirus]]''
| species = '''''Mokola virus'''''
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'''Mokola virus''' is one of four members of the [[lyssavirus]] genus found in [[Africa]], the others being [[Duvenhage virus]], [[Lagos bat virus]] and classic [[rabies|rabies virus]]. Mokola virus was first isolated from [[shrew]]s (''[[Crocidura]]'' species) from Mokola forest, [[Nigeria]] in 1968. It has caused two human deaths in Nigeria, in 1969<ref>Familusi, JB and Moore, DL. (1972). Isolation of a rabies related virus from the cerebrospinal fluid of a child with 'asceptic meningitis.' ''African Journal of Medical Science.'' '''3''':93–96.</ref> and 1971<ref>Familusi, JB, Osunkoya, BO, Moore, DL, Kemp, GE, Fabiyi, A. (1972). A fatal human infection with Mokola virus. ''American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.'' '''21''':959–963.</ref>. It causes lethal encephalitis, and does not manifest the features of classic [[rabies]].
Mokola virus has also been found in numerous other mammalian species in sub-Saharan Africa, including rodents, domestic cats in [[Zimbabwe]] and [[South Africa]] and a dog. Some of these cats had received [[rabies]] vaccine but remained susceptible to Mokola virus infection.
The reservoir for Mokola virus is unknown. Unlike other lyssaviruses, Mokola virus is able to infect and replicate in [[mosquito]] cells and so may be harboured by [[insect]]s<ref>Aitken, TH, Kowalski, RW ''et al''. (1984). Arthropod studies with rabies-related Mokola virus. ''American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.'' '''33(5)''':945–952. PMID 6385743</ref>.
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