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  • 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 ...
  • Rift Valley fever outbreak in livestock, Mozambique, 2014 
    Fafetine, Jose M.; Coetzee, Peter; Mubemba, Benjamin; Nhambirre, Ofelia; Neves, L.C.B.G.D. (Luís); Coetzer, Jacobus A.W.; Venter, Estelle Hildegard (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, 2016-12)
    In early 2014, abortions and death of ruminants were reported on farms in Maputo and Gaza Provinces, Mozambique. Serologic analysis and quantitative and conventional reverse transcription PCR confirmed the presence of Rift ...
  • Rift Valley Fever virus M and L genome segment detection : a comparison of field-deployable reverse transcription insulated isothermal PCR (RT-iiPCR) and laboratory-based multiplex reverse transcription real-time PCR 
    Trujillo, Jessie D.; Wilson, William C.; Craig, Anthony Francis; Van den Berg, Carien; Wang, Thomas; Thompson, P.N. (Peter N.); Swanepoel, Robert; Morozov, Igor; Richt, Juergen A. (American Society for Microbiology, 2024-03)
    Rift Valley Fever phlebovirus (RVFV) is a mosquito-borne zoonotic pathogen that causes major agricultural and public health problems in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. It is considered a potential agro-bioterrorism agent ...
  • Risk factors associated with the occurrence of Brucella canis seropositivity in dogs within selected provinces of South Africa 
    Oosthuizen, Johan; Oguttu, James Wabwire; Etsebeth, Charne; Gouws, Werner F.; Fasina, Folorunso Oludayo (AOSIS Open Journals, 2019-09)
    The growing population of free-roaming dogs in informal communities in South Africa may increasingly place humans at risk of possible zoonotic infections including, but not limited to, Brucella canis. Worldwide, the ...
  • Risk factors for bacterial zoonotic pathogens in acutely febrile patients in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa 
    Berrian, Amanda M.; Martínez-Lopez, Beatriz; Quan, Vanessa; Conrad, Patricia A.; Van Rooyen, Jacques; Simpson, Gregory J.G.; Frean, John; Weyer, Jacqueline; Rossouw, Jennifer; Knobel, Darryn Leslie; Blumberg, Lucille Hellen (Wiley, 2019-08)
    Endemic zoonoses, such as Q fever and spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsiosis, are prevalent in South Africa, yet often undiagnosed. In this study, we reviewed the demographics and animal exposure history of patients ...
  • Risk factors for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) death in a population cohort study from the Western Cape Province, South Africa 
    Boulle, Andrew; Davies, Mary-Ann; Hussey, Hannah; Ismail, Muzzammil; Morden, Erna; Vundle, Ziyanda; Zweigenthal, Virginia; Mahomed, H.; Paleker, M.; Pienaar, D.; Tembo, Y.; Lawrence, C.; Isaacs, W.; Mathema, Hlengani; Allen, D.; Allie, T.; Bam, J.L.; Buddiga, K.; Dane, P.; Heekes, A.; Matlapeng, B.; Mutemaringa, T.; Muzarabani, L.; Phelanyane, F.; Pienaar, R.; Rode, C.; Smith, M.; Tiffin, N.; Zinyakatira, N.; Cragg, C.; Marais, F.; Mudaly, V.; Voget, J.; Davids, J.; Roodt, F.; Smit, N.V.; Vermeulen, A.; Adams, K.; Audley, G.; Bateman, K.; Beckwith, P.; Bernon, M.; Blom, D.; Boloko, L.; Botha, J.; Boutall, A.; Burmeister, S.; Cairncross, L.; Calligaro, G.; Coccia, C.; Corin, C.; Daroowala, R.; Dave, J.A.; De Bruyn, E.; De Villiers, M.; Deetlefs, M.; Dlamini, S.; Du Toit, T.; Endres, W.; Europa, T.; Fieggan, G.; Figaji, A.; Frankenfeld, P.; Gatley, E.; Gina, P.; Govender, E.; Grobler, R.; Gule, M.V.; Hanekom, C.; Held, M.; Heynes, A.; Hlatswayo, S.; Hodkinson, B.; Holtzhausen, J.; Hoosain, S.; Jacobs, A.; Kahn, M.; Kahn, T.; Khamajeet, A.; Khan, J.; Khan, R.; Khwitshana, A.; Knight, L.; Kooverjee, S.; Krogscheepers, R.; Kruger, J.J.; Kuhn, S.,; Blumberg, Lucille Hellen (Oxford University Press, 2021-10-01)
    BACKGROUND. Risk factors for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) death in sub-Saharan Africa and the effects of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis on COVID-19 outcomes are unknown. METHODS. We conducted ...
  • Risk factors for visible lesions or positive laboratory tests in bovine tuberculosis reactor cattle in Northern Ireland 
    O’Hagan, M.J.H.; Courcier, E.A.; Drewe, J.A.; Gordon, A.W.; McNair, J.; Abernethy, D.A. (Darrell) (Elsevier, 2015-07)
    Anobservational case–control study was conducted to investigate risk factors for confirmed bovine tuberculosis (bTB) infection in cattle reacting positively to the single intradermal comparative cervical test (SICCT) in ...
  • Risk factors for zoonotic tuberculosis at the wildlife–livestock–human interface in South Africa 
    Sichewo, Petronillah Rudo; Michel, Anita Luise; Musoke, Jolly; Etter, Eric Marcel Charles (MDPI, 2019-07-14)
    A cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate the risk factors associated with zoonotic tuberculosis in humans and its transmission to people living at the wildlife–livestock–human interface. A questionnaire was ...
  • Risk of establishment of canine leishmaniasis infection through the import of dogs into South Africa 
    Latif, Abdalla A.; Nkabinde, Bonginkosi; Peba, Brian; Matthee, Olivier; Pienaar, Ronel; Josemans, Antoinette; Marumo, Daniel; Labuschagne, Karien; Abdelatif, Nada A.; Krüger, Andreas; Mans, Ben J. (Barend Johannes) (AOSIS Open Journals, 2019-05)
    Canine leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania that affect dogs, humans and wildlife. Sandflies of the genera Phlebotomus and Lutzomyia are the primary vectors. Canine leishmaniasis ...