Mokola Virus (MOKV) in Southern Africa: A Review of Genetic, Epidemiologic and Surveillance Studies
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Diversity and Epidemiology of Mokola Virus
Mokola virus (MOKV) appears to be exclusive to Africa. Although the first isolates were from Nigeria and other Congo basin countries, all reports over the past 20 years have been from southern Africa. Previous phylogenetic studies analyzed few isolates or used partial gene sequence for analysis since limited sequence information is available for MOKV and the isolates were distributed among vari...
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