Browsing by UP Author "Weyer, Jacqueline"

Browsing by UP Author "Weyer, Jacqueline"

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  • Lack of Marburg virus transmission from experimentally infected to susceptible in-contact Egyptian fruit bats 
    Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz; Jansen van Vuren, Petrus; Fenton, Karla A.; Graves, Kerry; Grobbelaar, Antoinette A.; Moolla, Naazneen; Leman, Patricia; Weyer, Jacqueline; Storm, Nadia; McCulloch, Stewart D.; Scott, Terence Peter; Markotter, Wanda; Odendaal, Lieza; Clift, Sarah Jane; Geisbert, Thomas W.; Hale, Martin J.; Kemp, Alan (Oxford University Press, 2015)
    Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) were inoculated subcutaneously (n = 22) with Marburg virus (MARV). No deaths, overt signs of morbidity, or gross lesions was identified, but microscopic pathological changes ...
  • Mammarenaviruses of rodents, South Africa and Zimbabwe 
    Grobbelaar, Antoinette; Jardine, Jocelyn; Burt, Felicity J.; Shepherd, Alasdair J.; Shepherd, Susan P.; Leman, Patricia A.; Kemp, Alan; Braack, L.E.O.; Weyer, Jacqueline; Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz; Swanepoel, Robert (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2021-12)
    We conducted a survey for group-specific indirect immunofluorescence antibody to mammarenaviruses by using Lassa fever and Mopeia virus antigens on serum specimens of 5,363 rodents of 33 species collected in South Africa ...
  • Molecular epidemiology of Rift Valley fever virus 
    Grobbelaar, Antoinette A.; Weyer, Jacqueline; Leman, Patricia A.; Kemp, Alan; Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz; Swanepoel, Robert (Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011-12)
    Phylogenetic relationships were examined for 198 Rift Valley fever virus isolates and 5 derived strains obtained from various sources in Saudi Arabia and 16 countries in Africa during a 67-year period (1944–2010). A ...
  • Near-complete genome sequence of Ndumu virus from Garissa, Kenya, 1997 
    Moolla, Naazneen; Viljoen, Natalie; Patharoo, Venessa; Grobbelaar, Antoinette A.; Ismail, Arshad; Weyer, Jacqueline (American Society for Microbiology, 2021-08-26)
    We report a nearly complete genome sequence of Ndumu virus (NDUV) identified using a metagenomics approach. The sequence was derived from a viral isolate obtained from a bovine calf following a diagnostic investigation ...
  • Nosocomial outbreak of novel Arenavirus infection, southern Africa 
    Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz; Sewlall, Nivesh H.; Ksiazek, Thomas G.; Blumberg, Lucille Hellen; Hale, Martin J.; Lipkin, Ian W.; Weyer, Jacqueline; Nichol, Stuart T.; Rollin, Pierre E.; McMullan, Laura K.; Paddock, Christopher D.; Briese, Thomas; Mnyaluza, Joy; Dinh, Thu-Ha; Mukonka, Victor; Ching, Pamela; Duse, Adriano; Richards, Guy A.; De Jong, Gillian; Cohen, Cheryl; Ikalafeng, Bridget; Mugero, Charles; Asomugha, Chika; Malotle, Mirriam M.; Nteo, Dorothy M.; Misiani, Eunice; Swanepoel, Robert; Zaki, Sherif R. (Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2009-10)
    A nosocomial outbreak of disease involving 5 patients, 4 of whom died, occurred in South Africa during September–October 2008. The first patient had been transferred from Zambia to South Africa for medical management. Three ...
  • Novel paramyxoviruses in bats from Sub-Saharan Africa, 2007-2012 
    Mortlock, Marinda; Kuzmin, Ivan V.; Weyer, Jacqueline; Gilbert, Amy T.; Agwanda, Bernard; Rupprecht, Charles Edward; Nel, Louis Hendrik; Kearney, Teresa; Malekani, Jean M.; Markotter, Wanda (Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015-10)
    As part of a larger survey for detection of pathogens among wildlife in sub-Saharan Africa conducted during 2007–2012, multiple diverse paramyxovirus sequences were detected in renal tissues of bats. Phylogenetic analysis ...
  • Outbreak of Rift Valley fever affecting veterinarians and farmers in South Africa, 2008 
    Archer, Brett N.; Weyer, Jacqueline; Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz; Nkosi, Deliwe; Leman, Patricia A.; Tint, Khin-San; Blumberg, Lucille Hellen (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2011-04)
    BACKGROUND: During 2008, Rift Valley fever (RVF) virus re-emerged in South Africa as focal outbreaks in several provinces. Aims. To investigate an outbreak affecting cattle farmers and farm workers, and the staff and ...
  • Overview of bat and wildlife coronavirus surveillance in Africa : a framework for global investigations 
    Geldenhuys, Marike; Mortlock, Marinda; Epstein, Jonathan H.; Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz; Weyer, Jacqueline; Markotter, Wanda (MDPI, 2021-05)
    The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had devastating health and socio-economic impacts. Human activities, especially at the wildlife interphase, are at the core of forces driving the emergence of ...
  • Paramyxo- and coronaviruses in Rwandan bats 
    Markotter, Wanda; Geldenhuys, Marike; Jansen van Vuren, Petrus; Kemp, Alan; Mortlock, Marinda; Mudakikwa, Antoine; Nel, Louis Hendrik; Nziza, Julius; Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz; Weyer, Jacqueline (MDPI Publishing, 2019-07-02)
    A high diversity of corona- and paramyxoviruses have been detected in different bat species at study sites worldwide, including Africa, however no biosurveillance studies from Rwanda have been reported. In this study, ...
  • A rabies-related lyssavirus from a Nycticeinops schlieffeni bat with neurological signs, South Africa 
    Viljoen, Natalie; Ismail, Arshad; Weyer, Jacqueline; Markotter, Wanda (American Society for Microbiology, 2023-11)
    We report the coding-complete sequence of a lyssavirus, provisionally designated Phala bat lyssavirus (PBLV), characterized using a metagenomics approach. PBLV was identified in a Nycticeinops schlieffeni bat that exhibited ...
  • A retrospective review of rabies post-exposure prophylaxis queries, South Africa, 2016–2019 
    Whitbread, Trisha A.; Kabuya, Kathleen J.; Naran, Nimesh; Juggernath, Amilcar M.; Mathews, Moushumi A.; Blumberg, Lucille Hellen; Weyer, Jacqueline; Essel, Vivien (AOSIS, 2022-09-13)
    BACKGROUND: The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICDs) of South Africa (SA) provides technical support to healthcare workers (HCWs) with regard to infectious diseases through the NICD clinician hotline. Queries ...
  • Reverse transcription recombinase polymerase amplification assay for rapid detection of canine associated rabies virus in Africa 
    Coertse, Jessica; Weyer, Jacqueline; Nel, Louis Hendrik; Markotter, Wanda (Public Library of Science, 2019-07)
    Rabies is a neglected disease mostly affecting the developing world. Accurate and reliable diagnostic and surveillance data forms the foundation for the formulation and monitoring of control strategies. Although various ...
  • Rift Valley fever virus seroprevalence among humans, Northern KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, 2018-2019 
    Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz; Msimang, Veerle; Kgaladi, Joe; Hellferscee, Orienka; Weyer, Jacqueline; Van Vuren, Petrus Jansen (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2021-12)
    We detected Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) IgM and IgG in human serum samples collected during 2018–2019 in northern KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. Our results show recent RVFV circulation and likely RVFV endemicity ...
  • Risk factors associated with exposure to Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus in animal workers and cattle, and molecular detection in ticks, South Africa 
    Msimang, Veerle; Weyer, Jacqueline; Le Roux, Chantel; Kemp, Alan; Burt, Felicity J.; Tempia, Stefano; Grobbelaar, Antoinette A.; Moolla, Naazneen; Rostal, Melinda K.; Bagge, Whitney; Cordel, Claudia; Karesh, William B.; Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz; Thompson, P.N. (Peter N.) (Public Library of Science, 2021-05)
    Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a severe tick-borne viral zoonosis endemic to parts of Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia. Human cases are reported annually in South Africa, with a 25% case ...
  • Seasonal shedding patterns of diverse henipavirus-related paramyxoviruses in Egyptian rousette bats 
    Mortlock, Marinda; Geldenhuys, Marike; Muriel Dietrich; Epstein, Jonathan H.; Weyer, Jacqueline; Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz; Markotter, Wanda (Nature Research, 2021)
    Bat-borne viruses in the Henipavirus genus have been associated with zoonotic diseases of high morbidity and mortality in Asia and Australia. In Africa, the Egyptian rousette bat species (Rousettus aegyptiacus) is an ...
  • Spotted fever rickettsiosis in South Africa : evaluation of laboratory diagnostic capacity and inter-laboratory comparison of serological testing 
    Trataris-Rebisz, A.N.; Rossouw, J.; Markotter, Wanda; Frean, J.A.; Weyer, Jacqueline (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2019-04)
    BACKGROUND. Spotted fever rickettsiosis, also known as tick bite fever (TBF), is a common infectious disease in South Africa (SA). Although the diagnosis of TBF is often based on clinical grounds only, laboratory testing ...
  • Tanapox, South Africa, 2022 
    Birkhead, Monica; Grayson, Wayne; Grobbelaar, Antoinette; Msimang, Veerle; Moolla, Naazneen; Mathee, Angela; Blumberg, Lucille; Marshall, Terry; Morobadi, Daniel; Popara, Mirjana; Weyer, Jacqueline (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2023-06)
    Tanapox is a rarely diagnosed zoonosis known to be endemic to equatorial Africa. All previously reported human cases were acquired within 10° north or south of the Equator, most recently 19 years ago. We describe a ...
  • Transmission of West Nile virus during horse autopsy 
    Venter, Marietjie; Steyl, Johan Christian Abraham; Weyer, Jacqueline; Zaayman, Dewald; Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz; Swanepoel, Robert; Human, Stacey; Blumberg, Lucille Hellen; Leman, Patricia A. (Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2010-03)
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  • Use of a molecular epidemiological database to track human rabies case histories in South Africa 
    Coetzee, Peter; Weyer, Jacqueline; Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz; Burt, F.J.; Markotter, Wanda; Nel, Louis Hendrik (Cambridge University Press, 2008-10)
    The KwaZulu Natal and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa have experienced a serious dog rabies epidemic over the past three decades. Towards a better understanding of this epidemic, we have previously analysed nucleotide ...
  • Utility of forensic detection of rabies virus in decomposed exhumed dog carcasses 
    Markotter, Wanda; Coertse, Jessica; Le Roux, Kevin; Peens, Joey; Weyer, Jacqueline; Blumberg, Lucille Hellen; Nel, Louis Hendrik (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2015-05-18)
    This report describes four suspected rabies cases in domestic dogs that were involved in human exposures. In all these cases, the animals were buried for substantial times before rabies testing was performed. Animal ...