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  • Ehrlichia ruminantium antigens and peptides induce cytotoxic T cell responses in vitro 
    Thema, Nontobeko; Tshilwane, Selaelo Ivy; Son, L.; Smith, R.M.; Faber, Frederika E.; Steyn, Helena C.; Van Kleef, Mirinda; Liebenberg, Junita; Pretorius, Alri (Elsevier, 2019-01)
    Since CD8+ T cells play an important role in resistance to infection with heartwater, effective vaccines against this disease will likely require identification of antigens that contain CD8+ T cell epitopes responsible for ...
  • Ehrlichia ruminantium variants which do not cause heartwater found in South Africa 
    Allsopp, M.T.E.P.; Van Strijp, M.F.; Faber, F.E.; Josemans, A.I.; Allsopp, Basil A. (Elsevier, 2007-02)
    In 1994 a batch of apparently healthy goats was selected for intended export to the USA from a heartwater-free and vector tick-free region of South Africa. The animals were tested serologically for heartwater, using either ...
  • Elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus is omnipresent in elephants in European zoos and an Asian elephant range country 
    Hoornweg, Tabitha E.; Schaftenaar, Willem; Maurer, Gilles; Van den Doel, Petra B.; Molenaar, Fieke M.; Chamouard-Galante, Alexandre; Vercammen, Francis; De Haan, Cornelis A. M.; Rutten, Victor P.M.G.; De Haan, Cornelis A.M. (MDPI, 2021-02)
    Elephant endotheliotropic herpesviruses (EEHVs) may cause acute, often lethal, hemorrhagic disease (EEHV-HD) in young elephants. Prevalence of EEHV in different elephant populations is still largely unknown. In order to ...
  • The elephant interferon gamma assay : a contribution to diagnosis of tuberculosis in elephants 
    Angkawanish, Taweepoke; Morar, Darshana; Van Kooten, Peter; Bontekoning, Ilona; Schreuder, Janneke; Maas, Miriam; Wajjwalku, Worawidh; Sirimalaisuwan, Anucha; Michel, Anita Luise; Tijhaar, Edwin; Rutten, Victor P.M.G. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013-11)
    Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) has been shown to be the main causative agent of tuberculosis in elephants worldwide. M. tb may be transmitted from infected humans to other species including elephants and vice versa, ...
  • Emergence and phenotypic characterization of the global SARS-CoV-2 C.1.2 lineage 
    Scheepers, Cathrine; Everatt, Josie; Amoako, Daniel G.; Tegally, Houriiyah; Wibmer, Constantinos Kurt; Mnguni, Anele; Ismail, Arshad; Mahlangu, Boitshoko; Lambson, Bronwen E.; Martin, Darren P.; Wilkinson, Eduan; San, James Emmanuel; Giandhari, Jennifer; Manamela, Nelia; Ntuli, Noxolo; Kgagudi, Prudence; Cele, Sandile; Richardson, Simone I.; Pillay, Sureshnee; Mohale, Thabo; Ramphal, Upasana; Naidoo, Yeshnee; Khumalo, Zamantungwa Thobeka Happiness; Kwatra, Gaurav; Gray, Glenda; Bekker, Linda‑Gail; Madhi, Shabir A.; Baillie, Vicky; Van Voorhis, Wesley C.; Treurnicht, Florette K.; Venter, Marietjie; Mlisana, Koleka; Wolter, Nicole; Sigal, Alex; Williamson, Carolyn; Hsiao, Nei-yuan; Msomi, Nokukhanya; Maponga, Tongai; Preiser, Wolfgang; Makatini, Zinhle; Lessells, Richard; Moore, Penny L.; De Oliveira, Tulio; Von Gottberg, Anne; Bhiman, Jinal N. (Nature Research, 2022-04-08)
    Global genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 has identified variants associated with increased transmissibility, neutralization resistance and disease severity. Here we report the emergence of the PANGO lineage C.1.2, ...
  • Emerging tuberculosis pathogen hijacks social communication behavior in the group-living banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) 
    Alexander, Kathleen A.; Sanderson, Claire E.; Larsen, Michelle H.; Robbe-Austerman, Suelee; Williams, Mark C.; Palmer, Mitchell V. (American Society for Microbiology, 2016-05-10)
    An emerging Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC) pathogen, M. mungi, infects wild banded mongooses (Mungos mungo) in Northern Botswana, causing significant mortality. This MTC pathogen did not appear to be ...
  • Endemic persistence of a highly contagious pathogen : foot-and-mouth disease in its wildlife host 
    Jolles, Anna; Gorsich, Erin; Gubbins, Simon; Beechler, Brianna; Buss, Peter Erik; Juleff, Nick; De Klerk-Lorist, Lin-Mari; Maree, Francois Frederick; Perez-Martin, Eva; Van Schalkwyk, Ockert Louis; Scott, Katherine; Zhang, Fuquan; Medlock, Jan; Charleston, Bryan (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2021-09)
    Extremely contagious pathogens are a global biosecurity threat because of their high burden of morbidity and mortality, as well as their capacity for fast-moving epidemics that are difficult to quell. Understanding the ...
  • Endemic type of animal trypanosomiasis is not associated with lower genotype variability of Trypanosoma congolense isolates circulating in livestock 
    Masumu, Justin; Geysen, Dirk; Van den Bossche, Peter (Elsevier, 2009-04)
    In order to verify whether the low impact on livestock production in endemic areas is related to a low number of trypanosome strains circulating in livestock, 37 Trypanosoma congolense isolates collected from cattle in 11 ...
  • An entry risk assessment of African horse sickness virus into the controlled area of South Africa through the legal movement of equids 
    Grewar, John Duncan; Kotze, Johann L.; Parker, Beverly J.; Van Helden, Lesley S.; Weyer, Camilla Theresa (Public Library of Science, 2021-05)
    South Africa is endemic for African horse sickness (AHS), an important health and tradesensitive disease of equids. The country is zoned with movement control measures facilitating an AHS-free controlled area in the ...
  • Epidemiology and genomic analysis of equine encephalosis virus detected in horses with clinical signs in South Africa, 2010-2017 
    Snyman, Jumari; Koekemoer, Otto; Van Schalkwyk, Antoinette; Van Vuren, Petrus Jansen; Snyman, Louwtjie P.; Williams, June Heather; Venter, Marietjie (MDPI, 2021-03)
    Equine encephalosis virus (EEV) is a neglected virus endemic to South Africa and is considered to generally result in mild disease in equines. Specimens were analyzed from live horses that presented with undefined ...
  • Epidemiology of human rabies in South Africa, 2008-2018 
    Weyer, Jacqueline; Dermaux-Msimang, V.; Grobbelaar, A.; Le Roux, C.; Moolla, Naazneen; Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz; Blumberg, Lucille Hellen (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2020-09)
    BACKGROUND. Human rabies cases continue to be reported annually in South Africa (SA). Previous investigations have shown the association between the occurrence of human rabies cases and dog rabies cases in the ...
  • The epidemiology of lion lentivirus infection among a population of free-ranging lions (Panthera leo) in the Kruger National Park, South Africa 
    Adams, Hayley R.; Van Vuuren, Moritz; Bosman, Anna-Mari; Keet, D.F.; New, John; Kennedy, Melissa A. (South African Veterinary Association, 2009-09)
    Feline immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus of domestic cats that causes significant lifelong infection. Infection with this or similar lentiviruses has been detected in several nondomestic feline species, including ...
  • The epidemiology of tick-borne haemoparasites as determined by the reverse line blot hybridization assay in an intensively studied cohort of calves in western Kenya 
    Njiiri, Evalyne Nyawira; Bronsvoort, Barend Mark de Clare; Collins, Nicola E.; Steyn, Helena C.; Troskie, Milana; Vorster, Ilse; Mwangi, Thumbi S.; Sibeko-Matjila, Kgomotso Penelope; Jennings, Amy; Van Wyk, Ilana; Mbole-Kariuki, Mary Ndila; Kiara, Henry; Poole, Jane; Hanotte, Olivier; Coetzer, Jacobus A.W.; Oosthuizen, Marinda C.; Woolhouse, Mark E.J.; Toye, Philip G. (Elsevier, 2015-05)
    The development of sensitive surveillance technologies using PCR-based detection ofmicrobial DNA, such as the reverse line blot assay, can facilitate the gathering of epidemi-ological information on tick-borne diseases, ...
  • Epizootic haemorrhagic disease 
    MacLachlan, N.J. (James); Zientara, S.; Savini, G.; Daniels, P,W. (International Office of Epizootics, 2015)
    Epizootic haemorrhagic disease (EHD) is an arthropod-transmitted viral disease of certain wild ungulates, notably North American white-tailed deer and, more rarely, cattle. The disease in white-tailed deer results from ...
  • Epoxyscillirosidine induced cytotoxicity and ultrastructural changes in a rat embryonic cardiomyocyte (H9c2) cell line 
    Isa, Hamza Ibrahim; Ferreira, Gezina Catharina Helena; Crafford, Jan Ernst; Botha, C.J. (Christoffel Jacobus) (MDPI, 2019-05)
    Moraea pallida Bak. (yellow tulp) poisoning is the most important cardiac glycoside-induced intoxication in ruminants in South Africa. The toxic principle, 1α, 2α-epoxyscillirosidine, is a bufadienolide. To replace the use ...
  • Equine leptospirosis in tropical Northern Queensland 
    Wangdi, C.; Picard, J.; Tan, R.; Condon, F.; Dowling, B.; Gummow, Bruce (Wiley, 2013-05)
    OBJECTIVE : Determine leptospiral serodiversity, serodominant serovars and prevalence in the horse population of Northern Queensland (NQ), Australia, with special focus on the Atherton Tableland and Townsville–Burdekin ...
  • Eradication of transboundary animal diseases : can the rinderpest success story be repeated? 
    Thomson, G.R. (Gavin); Fosgate, Geoffrey Theodore; Penrith, Mary-Louise (Wiley, 2015)
    A matrix system was developed to aid in the evaluation of the technical amenability to eradication, through mass vaccination, of transboundary animal diseases (TADs). The system involved evaluation of three basic criteria ...
  • Erythrocyte morphology and haemoglobin types of neonatal roan antelopes (Hippotragus equinus) with hypochromic poikilocytic anaemia 
    Parsons, S.D.C.; Penzhorn, Barend Louis; Reyers, Fred; Steyl, Johan Christian Abraham; Becker, Piet J. (Elsevier, 2006)
    Neonatal, poikilocytic anaemia in some members of the Hippotragini has previously been documented but not fully investigated. This study was undertaken to describe the erythrocyte morphology of roan antelopes (Hippotragus ...
  • Establishment of selected baseline blood chemistry and hematologic parameters in captive and wild-caught African white-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) 
    Naidoo, Vinny; Diekmann, M.; Wolter, Kerri; Swan, Gerry E. (Wildlife Disease Association, 2008-07)
    Despite the devastating collapse of three vulture populations on the Asian subcontinent as a result of their exposure to diclofenac, there is little available information on the normal physiology of many vulture species, ...
  • Estimating the basic reproductive number (R0) for African swine fever virus (ASFV) transmission between pig herds in Uganda 
    Barongo, Mike B.; Stahl, Karl; Bett, Bernard; Bishop, Richard P.; Fevre, Eric M.; Aliro, Tony; Okoth, Edward; Masembe, Charles; Knobel, Darryn Leslie; Ssematimba, Amos; Elankumaran, Subbiah (Public Library of Science, 2015-05-04)
    African swine fever (ASF) is a highly contagious, lethal and economically devastating haemorrhagic disease of domestic pigs. Insights into the dynamics and scale of virus transmission can be obtained from estimates of ...