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  • A remarkable assemblage of ticks from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber 
    Chitimia-Dobler, Lidia; Mans, Ben J. (Barend Johannes); Handschuh, Stephan; Dunlop, Jason A. (Cambridge University Press, 2022-05)
    Four fossil ticks (Arachnida: Parasitiformes: Ixodida) are described from mid-Cretaceous (ca. 100 Ma) Burmese amber of Myanmar. Ixodes antiquorum sp. nov. (Ixodidae) is the first Mesozoic record of Ixodes and the oldest ...
  • Repellent effect of organic fatty acids on Culicoides midges as determined with suction light traps in South Africa 
    Venter, Gert Johannes; Labuschagne, Karien; Boikanyo, Solomon N.B.; Morey, Liesl; Snyman, M.G. (Elsevier, 2011-09)
    The efficacy of a 15% (w/w) mixture of octanoic, nonanoic and decanoic acids in light mineral oil to repel Culicoides biting midges (Diptera; Ceratopogonidae) was determined in three replicates of a 4 × 4 Latin square ...
  • The reporting of a Bacillus anthracis B‑clade strain in South Africa after more than 20 years 
    Lekota, Kgaugelo Edward; Hassim, Ayesha; Rogers, P.; Dekker, E.H.; Last, R.; De Klerk-Lorist, Lin-Mari; Van Heerden, Henriette (BioMed Central, 2018-05-02)
    OBJECTIVES : Anthrax is a disease with an age old history in Africa caused by the Gram-positive endospore forming soil bacterium Bacillus anthracis. Epizootics of wild ungulates occur annually in the enzootic region of ...
  • Reservoirs and transmission routes of leprosy : a systematic review 
    Ploemacher, Thomas; Faber, William R.; Menke, Henk; Rutten, Victor P.M.G.; Pieters, Toine (Public Library of Science, 2020-04-27)
    Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae) and the more recently discovered Mycobacterium lepromatosis (M. lepromatosis). The two leprosy bacilli cause similar pathologic conditions. ...
  • Respiratory disease in sheep 1. Differential diagnosis and epidemiology 
    Bell, Suzanna (British Veterinary Association, 2008-04)
    Respiratory disease is commonly encountered in sheep flocks, affecting groups or individuals. It often involves a combination of infectious causes as well as predisposing management factors, potentially leading to significant ...
  • Response to a rabies epidemic, Bali, Indonesia, 2008–2011 
    Putra, Anak Agung Gde; Hampson, Katie; Girardi, Janice; Hiby, Elly F.; Knobel, Darryn Leslie; Mardiana, I. Wayan; Townsend, Sunny E.; Scott-Orr, Helen (Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013-04)
    Emergency vaccinations and culling failed to contain an outbreak of rabies in Bali, Indonesia, during 2008–2009. Subsequent island-wide mass vaccination (reaching 70% coverage, >200,000 dogs) led to substantial declines ...
  • Response to the multi-country monkeypox outbreak : a view from Africa 
    Tomori, Oyewale; Blumberg, Lucille Hellen (Oxford University Press, 2023-07)
    Early in May 2022, the world was stunned by the concurrent emergence of monkeypox (MPX) cases in many countries outside the known endemic zones of the disease in Africa. This attracted global attention and rapid response, ...
  • Response to the multi-country monkeypox outbreak : a view from Africa 
    Tomori, Oyewale; Blumberg, Lucille Hellen (Oxford University Press, 2022-12)
    Early in May 2022, the world was stunned by the concurrent emergence of monkeypox (MPX) cases in many countries outside the known endemic zones of the disease in Africa. This attracted global attention and rapid response, ...
  • A retrospective study (2007–2015) on brucellosis seropositivity in livestock in South Africa 
    Kolo, Francis Babaman; Adesiyun, Abiodun Adewale; Fasina, Folorunso Oludayo; Potts, Andrew; Dogonyaro, B.B. (Banenat); Katsande, Charles T.; Van Heerden, Henriette (Wiley Open Access, 2021-03)
    In South Africa, brucellosis testing and record-keeping are done by several laboratories, thus it is difficult to access any organized data to assess the status of the disease. This study evaluated the seropositivity for ...
  • A retrospective study of anthrax on the Ghaap Plateau, Northern Cape province of South Africa, with special reference to the 2007–2008 outbreaks 
    Hassim, Ayesha; Dekker, Edgar H.; Byaruhanga, Charles; Reardon, Tommy; Van Heerden, Henriette (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2017-09-28)
    Anthrax is a zoonotic disease caused by the gram-positive, endospore-forming and soil-borne bacterium Bacillus anthracis. When in spore form, the organism can survive in dormancy in the environment for decades. It is a ...
  • Retrospective study of bacterial and fungal causes of abortion in domestic ruminants in northern regions of South Africa (2006–2016) 
    Jonker, Annelize; Michel, Anita Luise (Wiley, 2021-03)
    This initial retrospective study presents information on bacterial and fungal causes of abortion in domestic ruminants in South Africa over 10 years (2006–2016). A complete set of data was collected at the Faculty of ...
  • Retrospective study on the incidence of Salmonella isolations in animals in South Africa, 1996 to 2006 
    Kidanemariam, Awoke; Engelbrecht, M.; Picard, J.A. (South African Veterinary Association, 2010-03)
    A retrospective study that involves the analysis of laboratory diagnostic data collected during the period 1996–2006 was conducted. A total of 3417 Salmonella isolations involving 183 different serotypes was recorded ...
  • Review of African swine fever : transmission, spread and control 
    Penrith, Mary-Louise; Vosloo, Wilna (South African Veterinary Association, 2009-06)
    African swine fever is one of the most important and serious diseases of domestic pigs. Its highly contagious nature and ability to spread over long distances make it one of the most feared diseases, since its devastating ...
  • Review of bovine tuberculosis at the wildlife/livestock/human interface in sub-Saharan Africa 
    De Garine-Wichatitsky, Michel; Caron, Alexandre; Kock, Richard A.; Tschopp, R.; Munyeme, Musso; Hofmeyr, Markus; Michel, Anita Luise (Cambridge University Press, 2013-07)
    Infection of wild animals by bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is raising concern worldwide. This article reviews the current epidemiological situation, risk of emergence and control options at the wildlife-livestock-human ...
  • A review of experimental infections with bluetongue virus in the mammalian host 
    Coetzee, Peter; Van Vuuren, Moritz; Venter, Estelle Hildegard; Stokstad, Maria (Elsevier, 2014-03)
    Experimental infection studies with bluetongue virus (BTV) in the mammalian host have a his-tory that stretches back to the late 18th century. Studies in a wide range of ruminant and camelidspecies as well as mice have ...
  • Review of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Afrotropical region using herpetofauna as hosts: conservation and epidemiological consequences of knowing little about many species 
    Snyman, Louwrens Pieter (Wiley, 2021-02)
    Mosquitoes are effective vectors of disease‐causing organisms, and some species are duly very well‐studied organisms. Little fundamental biology is known for a large proportion of mosquito taxa, especially in the Afrotropics, ...
  • A review of the biology and biogeography of Mantispidae (Neuroptera) 
    Snyman, Louwrens Pieter; Ohl, Michael; Pirk, Christian Walter Werner; Sole, Catherine L. (Brill Academic Publishers, 2020-04)
    Adult Mantispidae are general predators of arthropods equipped with raptorial forelegs. The three larval instars display varying degrees of hypermetamorphic ontogeny. The larval stages exhibit a remarkable life history ...
  • Review of the pig-adapted African swine fever viruses in and outside Africa 
    Penrith, Mary-Louise; Van Heerden, Juanita; Heath, Livio; Abworo, Edward Okoth; Bastos, Armanda (MDPI, 2022-10-16)
    The region in eastern, central and southern Africa (ECSA) where African swine fever (ASF) originated in a sylvatic cycle is home to all the p72 genotypes of ASF virus identified so far. While 20 of the 24 genotypes have ...
  • Rickettsia fells infection in febrile patients, Western Kenya, 2007-2010 
    Maina, Alice N.; Knobel, Darryn Leslie; Jiang, Ju; Halliday, Jo E.B.; Feikin, Daniel R.; Cleaveland, Sarah; Ng’ang’a, Zipporah; Junghae, Muthoni; Breiman, Robert F.; Richards, Allen L.; Njenga, M. Kariuki (Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012-02)
    To determine previous exposure and incidence of rickettsial infections in western Kenya during 2007–2010, we conducted hospital-based surveillance. Antibodies against rickettsiae were detected in 57.4% of previously collected ...
  • Rift Valley fever 
    Kimble, J. Brian; Noronha, Leela; Trujillo, Jessie D.; Mitzel, Dana; Richt, Juergen A.; Wilson, William C. (Elsevier, 2024-07)
    Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a viral disease of domestic ruminants and wild hooved animals of Africa and the Middle East but can also infect humans. RVF virus is spread by several species of mosquitoes and causes intermittent ...