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  • Taxonomy of the family Arenaviridae and the order Bunyavirales : update 2018 
    Maes, Piet; Alkhovsky, Sergey V.; Bào, Yīmíng; Beer, Martin; Birkhead, Monica; Briese, Thomas; Buchmeier, Michael J.; Calisher, Charles H.; Charrel, Rémi N.; Choi, Il Ryong; Clegg, Christopher S.; De la Torre, Juan Carlos; Delwart, Eric; DeRisi, Joseph L.; Di Bello, Patrick L.; Di Serio, Francesco; Digiaro, Michele; Dolja, Valerian V.; Drosten, Christian; Druciarek, Tobiasz Z.; Du, Jiang; Ebihara, Hideki; Elbeaino, Toufic; Gergerich, Rose C.; Gillis, Amethyst N.; Gonzalez, Jean-Paul J.; Haenni, Anne-Lise; Hepojoki, Jussi; Hetzel, Udo; Hồ, Thiện; Hóng, Ní; Jain, Rakesh K.; Jansen van Vuren, Petrus; Jin, Qi; Jonson, Miranda Gilda; Junglen, Sandra; Keller, Karen E.; Kemp, Alan; Kipar, Anja; Kondov, Nikola O.; Koonin, Eugene V.; Kormelink, Richard; Korzyukov, Yegor; Krupovic, Mart; Lambert, Amy J.; Laney, Alma G.; LeBreton, Matthew; Lukashevich, Igor S.; Marklewitz, Marco; Markotter, Wanda; Martelli, Giovanni P.; Martin, Robert R.; Mielke-Ehret, Nicole; Mühlbach, Hans-Peter; Navarro, Beatriz; Ng, Terry Fei Fan; Nunes, Márcio Roberto Teixeira; Palacios, Gustavo; Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz; Peters, Clarence J.; Plyusnin, Alexander; Radoshitzky, Sheli R.; Romanowski, Víctor; Salmenperä, Pertteli; Salvato, Maria S.; Sanfaçon, Hélène; Sasaya, Takahide; Schmaljohn, Connie; Schneider, Bradley S.; Shirako, Yukio; Siddell, Stuart; Sironen, Tarja A.; Stenglein, Mark D.; Storm, Nadia; Sudini, Harikishan; Tesh, Robert B.; Tzanetakis, Ioannis E.; Uppala, Mangala; Vapalahti, Olli; Vasilakis, Nikos; Walker, Peter J.; Wáng, Guópíng; Wáng, Lìpíng; Wáng, Yànxiăng; Wèi, Tàiyún; Wiley, Michael R.; Wolf, Yuri I.; Wolfe, Nathan D.; Wú, Zhìqiáng; Xú, Wénxìng; Yang, Li; Yāng, Zuòkūn; Yeh, Shyi-Dong; Zhāng, Yǒng-Zhèn; Zhèng, Yàzhōu; Zhou, Xueping; Zhū, Chénxī; Zirkel, Florian; Kuhn, Jens H. (Springer, 2018-08)
    In 2018, the family Arenaviridae was expanded by inclusion of 1 new genus and 5 novel species. At the same time, the recently established order Bunyavirales was expanded by 3 species. This article presents the updated ...
  • Taxonomy of the order Bunyavirales : second update 2018 
    Maes, Piet; Adkins, Scott; Alkhovsky, Sergey V.; Avšič-Županc, Tatjana; Ballinger, Matthew J.; Bente, Dennis A.; Beer, Martin; Bergeron, Éric; Blair, Carol D.; Briese, Thomas; Buchmeier, Michael J.; Burt, Felicity J.; Calisher, Charles H.; Charrel, Rémi N.; Choi, Il Ryong; Clegg, J. Christopher S.; De la Torre, Juan Carlos; De Lamballerie, Xavier; DeRisi, Joseph L.; Digiaro, Michele; Drebot, Mike; Ebihara, Hideki; Elbeaino, Toufic; Ergünay, Koray; Fulhorst, Charles F.; Garrison, Aura R.; Gāo, George Fú; Gonzalez, Jean-Paul J.; Groschup, Martin H.; Günther, Stephan; Haenni, Anne-Lise; Hall, Roy A.; Hewson, Roger; Hughes, Holly R.; Jain, Rakesh K.; Jonson, Miranda Gilda; Junglen, Sandra; Klempa, Boris; Klingström, Jonas; Kormelink, Richard; Lambert, Amy J.; Langevin, Stanley A.; Lukashevich, Igor S.; Marklewitz, Marco; Martelli, Giovanni P.; Mielke-Ehret, Nicole; Mirazimi, Ali; Mühlbach, Hans-Peter; Naidu, Rayapati; Nunes, Márcio Roberto Teixeira; Palacios, Gustavo; Papa, Anna; Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz; Peters, Clarence J.; Plyusnin, Alexander; Radoshitzky, Sheli R.; Resende, Renato O.; Romanowski, Víctor; Sall, Amadou Alpha; Salvato, Maria S.; Sasaya, Takahide; Schmaljohn, Connie; Shí, Xiǎohóng; Shirako, Yukio; Simmonds, Peter; Sironi, Manuela; Song, Jin-Won; Spengler, Jessica R.; Stenglein, Mark D.; Tesh, Robert B.; Turina, Massimo; Wèi, Tàiyún; Whitfield, Anna E.; Yeh, Shyi-Dong; Zerbini, F. Murilo; Zhang, Yong-Zhen; Zhou, Xueping; Kuhn, Jens H. (Springer, 2019-03)
    In October 2018, the order Bunyavirales was amended by inclusion of the family Arenaviridae, abolishment of three families, creation of three new families, 19 new genera, and 14 new species, and renaming of three genera ...
  • Taxonomy of the order Bunyavirales : update 2019 
    Abudurexiti, Abulikemu; Adkins, Scott; Alioto, Daniela; Alkhovsky, Sergey V.; Avsic-Zupanc, Tatjana; Ballinger, Matthew J.; Bente, Dennis A.; Beer, Martin; Bergeron, Eric; Blair, Carol D.; Briese, Thomas; Buchmeier, Michael J.; Burt, Felicity J.; Calisher, Charles H.; Chang, Chenchen; Charrel, Remi N.; Choi, Il Ryong; Clegg, J. Christopher S.; La Torre, Juan Carlos; De Lamballerie, Xavier; Deng, Fei; Di Serio, Francesco; Digiaro, Michele; Drebot, Michael A.; Duan, Xiaomei; Ebihara, Hideki; Elbeaino, Toufic; Ergunay, Koray; Fulhorst, Charles F.; Garrison, Aura R.; Gao, George Fu; Gonzalez, Jean-Paul J.; Groschup, Martin H.; Guenther, Stephan; Haenni, Anne-Lise; Hall, Roy A.; Hepojoki, Jussi; Hewson, Roger; Hu, Zhihong; Hughes, Holly R.; Jonson, Miranda Gilda; Junglen, Sandra; Klempa, Boris; Klingstrom, Jonas; Kou, Chun; Laenen, Lies; Lambert, Amy J.; Langevin, Stanley A.; Liu, Dan; Lukashevich, Igor S.; Luo, Tao; Lu, Chuanwei; Maes, Piet; De Souza, William Marciel; Marklewitz, Marco; Martelli, Giovanni P.; Matsuno, Keita; Mielke-Ehret, Nicole; Minutolo, Maria; Mirazimi, Ali; Moming, Abulimiti; Muhlbach, Hans-Peter; Naidu, Rayapati; Navarro, Beatriz; Nunes, Marcio Roberto Teixeira; Palacios, Gustavo; Papa, Anna; Pauvolid-Correa, Alex; Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz; Qiao, Jie; Radoshitzky, Sheli R.; Resende, Renato O.; Romanowski, Victor; Sall, Amadou Alpha; Salvato, Maria S.; Sasaya, Takahide; Shen, Shu; Shi, Xiaohong; Shirako, Yukio; Simmonds, Peter; Sironi, Manuela; Song, Jin-Won; Spengler, Jessica R.; Stenglein, Mark D.; Su, Zhengyuan; Sun, Surong; Tang, Shuang; Turina, Massimo; Wang, Bo; Wang, Cheng; Wang, Hualin; Wang, Jun; Wei, Taiyun; Whitfield, Anna E.; Zerbini, F. Murilo; Zhang, Jingyuan; Zhang, Lei; Zhang, Yanfang; Zhang, Yong-Zhen; Zhang, Yujiang; Zhou, Xueping; Zhu, Liying; Kuhn, Jens H. (Springer, 2019-07)
    In February 2019, following the annual taxon ratification vote, the order Bunyavirales was amended by creation of two new families, four new subfamilies, 11 new genera and 77 new species, merging of two species, and deletion ...
  • Temporal association of rotavirus vaccination and genotype circulation in South Africa : observations from 2002 to 2014 
    Page, Nicola Anne; Seheri, L.M.; Groome, M.J.; Moyes, J.; Walaza, Sibongile; Mphahlele, J.; Kahn, K.; Kapongo, C.N.; Zar, Heather J.; Tempia, S.; Cohen, C.; Madhi, S.A. (Elsevier, 2018-11)
    BACKGROUND : Rotavirus vaccination has reduced diarrhoeal morbidity and mortality globally. The monovalent rotavirus vaccine was introduced into the public immunization program in South Africa (SA) in 2009 and led to ...
  • Temporal patterns of influenza A and B in tropical and temperate countries : what are the lessons for influenza vaccination? 
    Caini, Saverio; Andrade, Winston; Badur, Selim; Balmaseda, Angel; Barakat, Amal; Bella, Antonino; Bimohuen, Abderrahman; Brammer, Lynnette; Bresee, Joseph; Bruno, Alfredo; Castillo, Leticia; Ciblak, Meral A.; Clara, Alexey W.; Cohen, Cheryl; Cutter, Jeffery; Daouda, Coulibaly; De Lozano, Celina; De Mora, Domenica; Dorji, Kunzang; Emukule, Gideon O.; Fasce, Rodrigo A.; Feng, Luzhao; De Almeida, Walquiria Aparecida Ferreira; Guiomar, Raquel; Heraud, Jean-Michel; Holubka, Olha; Huang, Q. Sue; Kadjo, Herve A.; Kiyanbekova, Lyazzat; Kosasih, Herman; Kusznierz, Gabriela; Lara, Jenny; Li, Ming; Lopez, Liza; Hoang, Phuong Vu Mai; Henriques, Claudio Maierovitch Pessanha; Matute, Maria Luisa; Mironenko, Alla; Moreno, Brechla; Mott, Joshua A.; Njouom, Richard; Nurhayati; Ospanova, Akerke; Owen, Rhonda; Pebody, Richard; Pennington, Kate; Puzelli, Simona; Quynh Le, Mai thi; Razanajatovo, Norosoa Harline; Rodrigues, Ana; Rudi, Juan Manuel; Pin Lin, Raymond Tzer; Venter, Marietjie; Vernet, Marie-Astrid; Wangchuk, Sonam; Yang, Juan; Yu, Hongjie; Zambon, Maria; Schellevis, François; Paget, John; Global Influenza B Study (Public Library of Science, 2016-03-31)
    INTRODUCTION Determining the optimal time to vaccinate is important for influenza vaccination programmes. Here, we assessed the temporal characteristics of influenza epidemics in the Northern and Southern hemispheres ...
  • Toward elimination of mother–to–child transmission of HIV in South Africa : how best to monitor early infant infections within the prevention of mother–to–child transmission program 
    Sherman, Gayle G.; Mazanderani, Ahmad Haeri; Barron, Peter; Bhardwaj, Sanjana; Niit, Ronelle; Okobi, Margaret; Puren, Adrian; Jackson, Debra J.; Goga, Ameena Ebrahim (Edinburgh University Global Health Society, 2017-06)
    BACKGROUND : South Africa has utilized three independent data sources to measure the impact of its program for the prevention of mother–to–child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV. These include the South African National ...
  • Towards effective diagnostic assays for COVID-19 : a review 
    Venter, Marietjie; Richter, Karin Louise (BMJ Publishing Group, 2020-05)
    Countries globally are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with nearly two million cases and 120 000 deaths occurring within 4 months of the discovery of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 in December ...
  • Transmission dynamics of Crimean–Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) : evidence of circulation in humans, livestock, and rodents in diverse ecologies in Kenya 
    Omoga, Dorcus Caroline Achieng; Tchouassi, David P.; Venter, Marietjie; Ogola, Edwin O.; Osalla, Josephine; Kopp, Anne; Slothouwer, Inga; Torto, Baldwyn; Junglen, Sandra; Sang, Rosemary (MDPI, 2023-09-03)
    Crimean–Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) is the causative agent of CCHF, a fatal viral haemorrhagic fever disease in humans. The maintenance of CCHFV in the ecosystem remains poorly understood. Certain tick species ...
  • 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)
    No abstract available.
  • Understanding and incorporating human papillomavirus testing in cervical cancer screening : a South African perspective 
    Richter, Karin Louise (OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-03)
    The identification of human papillomavirus (HPV) as the aetiological agent for cervical cancer has important implications for the future of cervical cancer screening and prevention strategies. Despite the availability of ...
  • The use of molecular markers for cervical screening of women living with HIV in South Africa 
    Kremer, Wieke W.; Van Zummeren, Marjolein; Breytenbach, Erika; Richter, Karin Louise; Steenbergen, Renske D.M.; Meijer, Chris J.L.M.; Dreyer, Greta (Wolters Kluwer Health, 2019-11)
    OBJECTIVE : To determine the performance of molecular screening strategies for detection of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 or worse (CIN3+) in comparison with cytology screening in women living with HIV. DESIGN ...
  • The use of quantitative microbial risk assessment to estimate the health risk from viral water exposures in sub-Saharan Africa : a review 
    Van Abel, Nicole; Taylor, Maureen B. (Elsevier, 2018)
    Access to microbiologically safe water is not a reality for many people throughout Sub-Saharan Africa where there is widespread occurrence of viruses in water sources. Exposure to this water can lead to adverse health risks ...
  • The utilisation of CytB and COI barcodes for the identification of bloodmeals and Culicoides species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) reveals a variety of novel wildlife hosts in South Africa 
    Snyman, Jumari; Snyman, Louwrens Pieter; Labuschagne, Karien; Venter, Gert Johannes; Venter, Marietjie (Elsevier, 2021-07)
    Biting midges in the genus Culicoides (Diptera; Ceratopogonidae) are vectors of pathogens that can cause diseases of major economic importance in humans and animals. Identifying host ranges of these biting midges might aid ...
  • Validation of ASCL1 and LHX8 methylation analysis as primary cervical cancer screening strategy in South African women with human immunodeficiency virus 
    Vink, Frederique J.; Meijer, Chris J.L.M.; Lissenberg-Witte, Birgit I.; Visser, Cathy; Duin, Sylvia; Snyman, Leon Cornelius; Richter, Karin Louise; Van der Merwe, Frederick H.; Botha, Matthys H.; Steenbergen, Renske D.M.; Dreyer, Greta (Oxford University Press, 2023-02-01)
    BACKGROUND : Compared with women who are human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) negative, women with human immunodeficiency virus (WWH) have a higher human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence and increased cervical cancer ...
  • Validation of the bag-mediated filtration system for environmental surveillance of poliovirus in Nairobi, Kenya 
    Fagnant-Sperati, C.S.; Ren, Y.; Zhou, N.A.; Komen, E.; Mwangi, B.; Hassan, J.; Chepkurui, A.; Nzunza, R.; Nyangao, J.; Van Zyl, Walda B.; Wolfaardt, Marianne; Matsapola, P.N. (Peter); Ngwana, F.B. (Fhatuwani); Jeffries-Miles, S.; Coulliette-Salmond, A.; Pe~naranda, S.; Vega, E.; Shirai, J.H.; Kossik, A.L.; Beck, N.K.; Boyle, D.S.; Burns, C.C.; Taylor, M.B.; Borus, P.; Meschke, J.S. (Wiley, 2021-03)
    AIMS : This study compared the bag-mediated filtration system (BMFS) and standard WHO two-phase separation methods for poliovirus (PV) environmental surveillance, examined factors impacting PV detection and monitored ...
  • Variability of the preC/C region of hepatitis B virus genotype A from a South African cohort predominantly infected with HIV 
    Mayaphi, Simnikiwe Horatious; Martin, Desmond J.; Mphahlele, M. Jeffrey; Blackard, Jason T.; Bowyer, Sheila Mary (Wiley, 2013-11)
    Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a serious global health problem, and HBV genotype is an important determinant of disease progression and treatment outcome. The aim of this study was to assess variations of the precore/core ...
  • Vector competence of populations of Aedes aegypti from three distinct cities in Kenya for chikungunya virus 
    Agha, Sheila Biloh; Chepkorir, Edith; Mulwa, Francis; Tigoi, Caroline; Arum, Samwel; Guarido, Milehna M.; Ambala, Peris; Chelangat, Betty; Lutomiah, Joel; Tchouassi, David Poumo; Turell, Michael J.; Sang, Rosemary (Public Library of Science, 2017-08-18)
    BACKGROUND : In April, 2004, chikungunya virus (CHIKV) re-emerged in Kenya and eventually spread to the islands in the Indian Ocean basin, South-East Asia, and the Americas. The virus, which is often associated with ...
  • Vector-borne protozoan and bacterial pathogen occurrence and diversity in ectoparasites of the Egyptian Rousette bat 
    Szentivanyi, Tamara; Heintz, Anne-Caroline; Markotter, Wanda; Wassef, Jerome; Christe, Philippe; Glaizot, Olivier (Wiley, 2023-06)
    Bats are known reservoir hosts for a wide variety of parasites and pathogens, including bacteria and protozoans. Some of these pathogens are vector-borne, and although their role is poorly studied, ectoparasites may ...
  • Viral infections of the central nervous system : viral infections of the CNS are caused by a broad range of viruses. 
    Erasmus, Marcelle (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2011-05)
    Viral infections of the central nervous system (CNS) include both acute and chronic conditions caused by a broad range of different viruses. It is useful to divide these infections according to the anatomical area affected ...
  • Viral maintenance and excretion dynamics of coronaviruses within an Egyptian rousette fruit bat maternal colony : considerations for spillover 
    Geldenhuys, Marike; Ross, Noam; Dietrich, Muriel; De Vries, J. Low; Mortlock, Marinda; Epstein, Jonathan H.; Weyer, Jacqueline; Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz; Markotter, Wanda (Nature Reseach, 2023-09)
    Novel coronavirus species of public health and veterinary importance have emerged in the first two decades of the twenty-first century, with bats identified as natural hosts for progenitors of many coronaviruses. Targeted ...