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Virus Name: M'poko

Abbreviation: MPOV

Status
Possible Arbovirus

Select Agent
No

SALS Level
2

SALS Basis

Other Information

Antigenic Group
Turlock

Section V - Antigenic Relationship and Lack of Relationship to Other Viruses

CF tests

Homologous titer 256/64

BA 365 gives negative results with the following sera from mice:



Group A:	chickungunya, o'nyong nyong, Semliki Forest virus, Sindbis, Middelburg, Ndumu.
Group B:	Ntaya, Wesselsbron, Usutu, West Nile, Dakar bat, Uganda S, yellow fever, Zika, Spondweni, Bukalasa bat, Entebbe bat.
Group Bunyamwera:	Germiston, Ilesha, Shokwe.
Group Bwamba:	Bwamba, Pongola.
Group Simbu:	Simbu, Ingwavuma.
Others:	Chenuda, Nyamanini, Thogoto, Wad Medani, Bandia, Lebombo, Mossuril Nyando, Olifantsvlei, Tanga, Witwatersrand, Tataguine, Lagos bat, Quaranfil.

However BA 365 is related to Yaba 1 as shown by following cross CF tests [3] :

On further testing, M'Poko was found to be indistinguishable from Yaba-1 by cross CF and NT [5] .

Neutralization data shown on the Lednice virus registration card indicate that Yaba 1 and M'Poko viruses manifest two-way differences [7] .

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