Ikoma Lyssavirus, Highly Divergent Novel Lyssavirus in an African Civet1

• DOI: 10.3201/eid1804.111553
• Publication Date: 2012-02-27T19:50:28Z
• Authors: Denise A. Marston; Daniel L. Horton; Chanasa Ngeleja; Katie Hampson; Lorraine M. McElh...; Ashley C. Banyard; Daniel Haydon; Sarah Cleaveland; Charles E. Rupprecht; Machunde Bigambo; Anthony R. Fooks; Tiziana Lembo
• Keywords: Lyssavirus

Evidence in support of a novel lyssavirus was obtained from brain samples an African civet Tanzania. Results phylogenetic analysis nucleoprotein gene sequences representative Lyssavirus species and this provided strong empirical evidence that is new species, designated Ikoma lyssavirus.