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  • Sindbis and Middelburg old world alphaviruses associated with disease in horses, South Africa 
    Van Niekerk, Stephanie; Human, Stacey; Williams, June Heather; Van Wilpe, Erna; Pretorius, Marthi Andréa; Swanepoel, Robert; Venter, Marietjie (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, 2015-12)
    Old World alphaviruses were identified in 52 of 623 horses with febrile or neurologic disease in South Africa. Five of 8 Sindbis virus infections were mild; 2 of 3 fatal cases involved co-infections. Of 44 Middelburg ...
  • 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 ...
  • Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in Gauteng academic hospitals, South Africa 
    Fortuin-de Smidt, Melony C.; Singh-Moodley1, Ashika; Badat, Rubeina; Quan, Vanessa; Kularatne, Ranmini; Nana, Trusha; Lekalakala, M. Ruth; Govender, N.P. (Nelesh); Perovic, Olga (Elsevier (open access), 2015-01)
    INTRODUCTION : Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections are responsible for longer hospital stays, increased hospital costs, and poorer outcomes compared to methicillin-sensitive S. aureus (MSSA) ...
  • Stem cell transplant in immune-deficiency-associated vaccine-derived poliovirus 
    Ranchod, Heena; Howard, Wayne; Roux, Adele; Van Zyl, Walda B.; Ekermans, Pieter; Van den Berg, Sylvia; Seakamela, Lerato; Makua, Koketso; Yousif, Mukhlid; Sibiya, Rosinah; Du Plessis, Heleen; Phalane, Emmanuel; McCarthy, Kerrigan; Moonsamy, Shelina; Reynders, David; Hincks, Jeffrey; Suchard, Melinda S.; Du Plessis, Nicolette Marie (Oxford University Press, 2024-01)
    Patients with severe primary immunodeficiency are at risk for complications from live-attenuated vaccines. Here, we report a case of a vaccine-associated paralytic polio and Bacille Calmette-Guérin disease in a 6-month-old ...
  • Structure and function of murine cytomegalovirus MHC-I-like molecules : how the virus turned the host defense to its advantage 
    Mans, Janet; Zhi, Li; Revilleza, Maria Jamela R.; Smith, Lee; Redwood, Alec; Natarajan, Kannan; Margulies, David H. (Springer, 2009)
    The mouse cytomegalovirus (CMV), a β-herpesvirus, exploits its large (~230 kb) double-stranded DNA genome for both essential and non-essential functions. Among the non-essential functions are those that offer the virus a ...
  • Studying the microbiota of bats: Accuracy of direct and indirect samplings 
    Dietrich, Muriel; Markotter, Wanda (Wiley Open Access, 2019-02)
    Given the recurrent bat‐associated disease outbreaks in humans and recent advances in metagenomics sequencing, the microbiota of bats is increasingly being studied. However, obtaining biological samples directly from ...
  • Surveillance of the rabies-relatedlyssavirus, Mokola in non-volant small mammals in South Africa 
    McMahon, William Charles; Coertse, Jessica; Kearney, Teresa; Keith, Mark; Swanepoel, Lourens H.; Markotter, Wanda (AOSIS, 2021-08)
    The reservoir host of Mokola virus (MOKV), a rabies-related lyssavirus species endemic to Africa, remains unknown. Only sporadic cases of MOKV have been reported since its first discovery in the late 1960s, which ...
  • Survey of West Nile and Banzi viruses in mosquitoes, South Africa, 2011–2018 
    MacIntyre, Caitlin; Guarido, Milenha M.; Riddin, Megan A.; Johnson, Todd; Braack, L.E.O.; Schrama, Maarten; Gorsich, Erin; Almeida, Antonio Paulo Gouveia; Venter, Marietjie (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2023-01)
    We collected >40,000 mosquitoes from 5 provinces in South Africa during 2011–2018 and screened for zoonotic flaviviruses. We detected West Nile virus in mosquitoes from conservation and periurban sites and potential new ...
  • Synchronized shift of oral, faecal and urinary microbiotas in bats and natural infection dynamics during seasonal reproduction 
    Dietrich, Muriel; Kearney, Teresa; Seamark, E.C.J. (Ernest); Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz; Markotter, Wanda (Royal Society Publishing, 2018)
    Seasonal reproduction is a period of extreme physiological and behavioural changes, yet we know little about how it may affect host microbial communities (i.e. microbiota) and pathogen transmission. Here, we investigated ...
  • A systematic review on mobile health applications for foodborne disease outbreak management 
    Ntshoe, Genevie M.; Shonhiwa, Andronica Moipone; Govender, Nevashan; Page, Nicola Anne (BioMed Central, 2021-12-08)
    BACKGROUND : Foodborne disease outbreaks are common and notifiable in South Africa; however, they are rarely reported and poorly investigated. Surveillance data from the notification system is suboptimal and limited, and ...
  • 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 ...