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Browsing Research Articles (Medical Virology) by UP Author "Taylor, Maureen B."
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Bosch, Albert; Sanchez, Gloria; Abbaszadegan, Morteza; Carducci, Annalaura; Guix, Susana; Le Guyader, Françoise S.; Netshikweta, Rembuluwani; Pinto, Rosa M.; Van der Poel, Wim H.M.; Rutjes, Saskia; Sano, Daisuke; Taylor, Maureen B.; Van Zyl, Walda B.; Rodriguez-Lazaro, David; Kovac, Katarina; Sellwood, Jane (Springer, 2011-03)Potential ways to address the issues that relate to the techniques for analyzing food and environmental samples for the presence of enteric viruses are discussed. It is not the authors’ remit to produce or recommend ...
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Mans, Janet; Van Zyl, Walda B.; Taylor, Maureen B.; Page, Nicola Anne; Sobsey, M.D.; Barnard, T.G.; Potgieter, Natasha (Wiley, 2014-03)OBJECTIVE : To determine whether gastroenteritis viruses and other enteric viruses could be detected in faecal specimens collected with Bio-wipes. METHODS : Faecal specimens, self-collected with Bio-wipes, from 190 ...
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Murray, Tanya Y.; Mans, Janet; Van Zyl, Walda B.; Taylor, Maureen B. (Springer, 2013-01)In this study, a competitive internal amplification control (IAC) was constructed for application in the real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction detection of sapoviruses (SaVs). A SaV RNA standard was ...
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Kiulia, Nicholas M.; Mwenda, Jason M.; Nyachieo, Atunga; Nyaundi, Julia K.; Steele, Andrew Duncan; Taylor, Maureen B. (Oxford University Press, 2007-06)Human astroviruses (HAstV) have been commonly identified worldwide as important aetiological agents of acute gastroenteritis in all age groups including the young, elderly and immunocompromised. However, limited data exist ...
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Nadan, Sandrama; Taylor, Maureen B.; Page, Nicola Anne (Elsevier, 2021-02)BACKGROUND : Astroviruses (AstVs) are associated with diarrhoeal and extra-intestinal infections in human, animal and avian species. A prevalence of 7% was reported in selected regions in SA while AstVs detected from ...
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Magwira, C.A. (Cliff); Taylor, Maureen B. (Elsevier, 2018-06)The introduction of oral rotavirus vaccines (ORVVs) has led to a reduction in number of hospitalisations and deaths due to rotavirus (RV) infection. However, the efficacy of the vaccines has been varied with low-income ...
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Van Zyl, Walda B.; Zhou, Nicolette A.; Wolfaardt, Marianne; Matsapola, P.N. (Peter); Ngwana, F.B. (Fhatuwani); Symonds, Erin M.; Fagnant-Sperati, Christine S.; Shirai, Jeffry H.; Kossik, Alexandra L.; Beck, Nicola K.; Komen, Evans; Mwangi, Benlick; Nyangao, James; Boyle, David S.; Borus, Peter; Taylor, Maureen B.; Meschke, J. Scott (IWA Publishing, 2019-09)Enteric virus environmental surveillance via a highly sensitive method is critical, as many enteric viruses have low infectious doses and can persist in the environment for extended periods. This study determined the ...
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Mans, Janet; Netshikewta, Rembuluwani; Magwalivha, Mpho; Van Zyl, Walda B.; Taylor, Maureen B. (Cambridge University Press, 2012-03-21)This study aimed to assess norovirus (NoV) contamination and genotype diversity in surface water in Gauteng, South Africa. Between January 2008 and December 2010, three rivers, namely Klip, Suikerbosrant, and Rietspruit ...
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Murray, Tanya Y.; Nadan, Sandrama; Page, Nicola Anne; Taylor, Maureen B. (Elsevier, 2016-03)BACKGROUND : Sapoviruses (SaVs) are recognised as causative agents of gastroenteritis worldwide. How-ever, data on the genetic diversity of this virus in Africa are lacking, particularly in the form of currentlong-term ...
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Emerging norovirus GII.4 2008 variant detected in hospitalised paediatric patients in South Africa Mans, Janet; De Villiers, J.C. (Johanna Corrie); Du Plessis, Nicolette Marie; Avenant, Theunis Johannes; Taylor, Maureen B. (Elsevier, 2010-08)BACKGROUND: Noroviruses (NoVs)are important enteric pathogens that cause gastroenteritis worldwide. The first documented NoV outbreaks in South Africa(SA)were described in 1993. The current NoV prevalence and circulating ...
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Nadan, Sandrama; Taylor, Maureen B.; Groome, Michelle J.; Cohen, Cheryl; Madhi, Shabir A.; Page, Nicola Anne (Wiley, 2019-02)BACKGROUND : The epidemiology of human astroviruses (HAstVs) in hospitalised patients less than 5 years of age from selected sites in South Africa was investigated. Diarrheagenic stool specimens collected from April 2009 ...
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Evidence of a recombinant wild-type human astrovirus strain from a Kenyan child with gastroenteritis Wolfaardt, Marianne; Kiulia, Nicholas M.; Mwenda, Jason M.; Taylor, Maureen B. (Springer, 2011-02)A human astrovirus (HAstV) strain from Kenya was characterized by nucleotide sequence analysis. Sequences from open reading frame 1a (ORF1a) clustered with genotype 6/7, those from ORF1b clustered with genotype 3, and ...
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Zhou, Nicolette A.; Fagnant-Sperati, Christine S.; Komen, Evans; Mwangi, Benlick; Mukubi, Johnstone; Nyangao, James; Hassan, Joanne; Chepkurui, Agnes; Maina, Caroline; Van Zyl, Walda B.; Matsapola, P.N. (Peter); Wolfaardt, Marianne; Ngwana, F.B. (Fhatuwani); Jeffries-Miles, Stacey; Coulliette-Salmond, Angela; Penaranda, Silvia; Shirai, Jeffry H.; Kossik, Alexandra L.; Beck, Nicola K.; Wilmouth, Robyn; Boyle, David S.; Burns, Cara C.; Taylor, Maureen B.; Borus, Peter; Meschke, John Scott (Springer, 2020-03)The bag-mediated filtration system (BMFS) was developed to facilitate poliovirus (PV) environmental surveillance, a supplement to acute flaccid paralysis surveillance in PV eradication efforts. From April to September 2015, ...
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Murray, Tanya Y.; Mans, Janet; Taylor, Maureen B. (IWA Publishing, 2013)Over a 2-year period, from January 2009 to December 2010, water samples were collected from three rivers (Klip, Rietspruit and Suikerbosrand) in the Vaal River System, South Africa. Enteric viruses were recovered by a ...
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Mayaphi, Simnikiwe Horatious; Van Zyl, Walda B.; Sono, Tinah; Loots, Donovan P.; Taylor, Maureen B. (MedPharm Publications, 2015)Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is common in children ≤ 5 years of age, and is mainly caused by enterovirus 71 and coxsackievirus A16 (CVA6). A 12-year-old boy on treatment for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) ...
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Treurnicht, Florette K.; Engelbrecht, Susan; Taylor, Maureen B.; Schneider, Johann W.; Janse van Rensburg, Estrelita (Wiley, 2002-02)Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) has been identified as the causative agent for all forms of Kaposi's sarcoma and is also associated with the development of body cavity-based B-cell lymphomas and multicentric Castleman's disease. ...
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Murray, Tanya Y.; Mans, Janet; Taylor, Maureen B. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013-06)AIM : To investigate the diversity of human caliciviruses (HuCVs) in wastewater from small- to medium-sized communities in five provinces of South Africa (SA). METHODS AND RESULTS : Wastewater samples (51) were screened ...
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Mans, Janet; Murray, Tanya Y.; Kiulia, Nicholas M.; Mwenda, Jason M.; Musoke, Rachel N.; Taylor, Maureen B. (Wiley, 2014-01)The human caliciviruses (HuCVs) are important causes of gastroenteritis worldwide. Norovirus (NoV) and sapovirus (SaV) have been detected in HIV-seropositive children but the genetic diversity of HuCVs circulating in these ...
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Shonhiwa, Andronica M.; Ntshoe, Genevie M.; Crisp, Noreen; Olowolagba, Ayo J.; Mbuthu, Vusi; Taylor, Maureen B.; Thomas, Juno; Page, Nicola Anne (AOSIS, 2020-07-22)BACKGROUND : Suspected diarrhoeal-illness outbreaks affecting mostly children < 5 years were investigated between May and July 2013 in Northern Cape province (NCP) and KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province. This study describes ...
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Wolfaardt, Marianne; Buchner, Ane; Myburgh, Marcelle; Avenant, Theunis Johannes; Du Plessis, Nicolette Marie; Taylor, Maureen B. (Elsevier, 2014-11)BACKGROUND : Human enteroviruses (HEVs) are the most common viral pathogen associated with paediatricaseptic meningitis. From October 2010 to February 2011 a cluster of HEV-associated meningitis caseswas identified in ...
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