Mokola lyssavirus
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Mokola lyssavirus, commonly called Mokola virus (MOKV), is an RNA virus related to rabies virus that has been sporadically isolated from mammals across sub-Saharan Africa. The majority of isolates have come from domestic cats exhibiting symptoms characteristically associated to rabies virus infection.[1]
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Mokola lyssavirus | |
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Virus classification | |
(unranked): | Virus |
Realm: | Riboviria |
Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
Phylum: | Negarnaviricota |
Class: | Monjiviricetes |
Order: | Mononegavirales |
Family: | Rhabdoviridae |
Genus: | Lyssavirus |
Species: | Mokola lyssavirus |
Synonyms | |
Mokola virus |
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As of 2021, there have been two confirmed cases of Mokola virus infection in humans, of which one was fatal.[2][3] The rabies vaccine does not confer cross-protective immunity to Mokola virus, and no other known treatment for MOKV exists.