Mokola Virus: a Brief Review of the Status Quo

Mokola Virus (MOKV) in Southern Africa: A Review of Genetic, Epidemiologic and Surveillance Studies

Mokola virus infection: description of recent South African cases and a review of the virus epidemiology.

Five cases of Mokola virus, a lyssavirus related to rabies, are described. The cases occurred in cats from the East London, Pinetown and Pietermaritzburg areas of South Africa from February 1996 to February 1998. Each of the cats was suspected of being rabid and their brains were submitted for laboratory confirmation. Four of the cases were positive, but with atypical fluorescence, and 1 was ne...

New isolations of the rabies-related Mokola virus from South Africa

BACKGROUND Mokola virus (MOKV) is a rabies-related lyssavirus and appears to be exclusive to the African continent. Only 24 cases of MOKV, which includes two human cases, have been reported since its identification in 1968. MOKV has an unknown reservoir host and current commercial vaccines do not confer protection against MOKV. RESULTS We describe three new isolations of MOKV from domestic ca...

A brief review of the latest pharmacological treatments of COVID-19

New Coronavirus which is called 2019-Novel-Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) or Severe acute respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2) causes deadly pneumonia that first appeared in December 2019 in Wuhan city in China. This virus spreads over the world quickly and made several problems to the community and health care system. Several drugs have been tried to manage COVID-19; however, our knowledge...

Mokola Virus Antibodies in Humans, Dogs, Cats, Cattle, Sheep, and Goats in Nigeria

Using the ELISA method, a survey of Mokola virus antibodies was carried out in human and selected animal population in Nigeria. A total of 10 sheep (2%), 15 goats (3%), and 59 dogs (10.54%) tested positive for Mokola virus antibodies. However, none of the humans, cats, or cattle tested was positive.