Volume 13, Number 9—September 2007
Dispatch
Mokola Virus in Domestic Mammals, South Africa
Table 1
Moloka virus isolates identified in Africa
Location | Year of isolation | Species of origin | Reference |
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Ibadan, Nigeria | 1968 | Shrew (Crocidura sp.) (3 isolates) | (2) |
Ibadan, Nigeria | 1968 | Human | (3,4) |
Ibadan, Nigeria | 1969 | Shrew (Crocidura sp.) | (3) |
Umhlanga Rocks, Kwazulu Natal Province, South Africa | 1970 (identified in the 1980s) | Cat | (12) |
Ibadan, Nigeria | 1971 | Human | (3) |
Yaounde, Cameroon | 1974 | Shrew (Crocidura sp.) | (5) |
Bangui, Central African Republic | 1981 | Rodent (Lophuromys sikapusi) | (6) |
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | 1981 | Dog (vaccinated) and cat (4 isolates) | (7) |
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | 1982 | Cat (2 isolates) | (7) |
Addis Adaba, Ethiopia | 1989−1990 | Cat | (8) |
Selous, Zimbabwe | 1993 | Cat | (11) |
Mdantsane, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa | 1995 | Cat | (9) |
East London, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa | 1996 | Cat | (10) |
Yellow Sands, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa | 1996 | Cat (vaccinated) | (10) |
Pinetown, Kwazulu Natal Province, South Africa | 1997 | Cat (vaccinated) (2 isolates) | (10,12) |
Pietermaritzburg, Kwazulu Natal Province, South Africa | 1998 | Cat (vaccinated) | (10,12) |
Nkomazi, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa | 2005 | Dog | This study |
East London, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa | 2006 | Cat (vaccinated) | This study |
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