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Sabeta, Claude Taurai (University of Pretoria, 2006-10-17)Rabies, one of the oldest recognized viral zoonotic diseases, is a fatal encephalomyelitis transmitted to man via contact with infected animals. Evan today, rabies still is a disease of public health concern with many ...
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Coertse, Jessica; Nel, Louis Hendrik; Sabeta, Claude Taurai; Weyer, Jacqueline; Grobler, A.; Walters, J.; Markotter, Wanda (South African Veterinary Association, 2011-12)Rabies is caused by several Lyssavirus species, a group of negative sense RNA viruses. Although rabies is preventable, it is often neglected particularly in developing countries in the face of many competing public and ...
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Coetzer, Andre; Sabeta, Claude Taurai; Markotter, Wanda; Rupprecht, Charles Edward; Nel, Louis Hendrik (Public Library of Science, 2014-09)The major etiological agent of rabies, rabies virus (RABV), accounts for tens of thousands of human deaths per annum. The majority of these deaths are associated with rabies cycles in dogs in resource-limited countries ...
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Kgaladi, Joe; Wright, Nicolette; Coertse, Jessica; Markotter, Wanda; Marson, Denise; Fooks, Anthony R.; Freuling, Conrad M.; Muller, Thomas F.; Sabeta, Claude Taurai; Nel, Louis Hendrik; Rupprecht, Charles Edward (Public Library of Science, 2013-10-24)Mokola virus (MOKV) appears to be exclusive to Africa. Although the first isolates were from Nigeria and other Congo basin countries, all reports over the past 20 years have been from southern Africa. Previous phylogenetic ...
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Ukamaka, Eze U.; Coetzer, Andre; Scott, Terence Peter; Anene, Boniface M.; Ezeokonkwo, Romanus C.; Nwosuh, Chika I.; Nel, Louis Hendrik; Sabeta, Claude Taurai (Public Library of Science, 2020-02-28)BACKGROUND : Rabies lyssavirus (RABV) is the aetiologic agent of rabies, a disease that is severely underreported in Nigeria as well as elsewhere in Africa and Asia. Despite the role that rabies diagnosis plays towards ...
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Coetzer, Andre; Anahory, Iolanda; Dias, Paula T.; Sabeta, Claude Taurai; Scott, Terence Peter; Markotter, Wanda; Nel, Louis Hendrik (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2017-03-24)Rabies is a neglected zoonotic disease with veterinary and public health significance, particularly in Africa and Asia. The current knowledge of the epidemiology of rabies in Mozambique is limited because of inadequate ...
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Markotter, Wanda; York, D.; Sabeta, Claude Taurai; Shumba, W.; Zulu, Gugulethu Cynthia; Le Roux, Kevin; Nel, Louis Hendrik (Agricultural Research Council, ARC-OVI and the University of Pretoria, 2009-06)A rapid immunodiagnostic test kit was evaluated against a selection of isolates of lyssavirus genotypes occurring in Africa. The test was carried out in parallel comparison with the fluorescent antibody test (FAT) and ...
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A molecular epidemiological study of rabies epizootics in kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) in Namibia Mansfield, Karen; McElhinney, Lorraine; Hubschle, Otto J.B.; Mettler, Felix; Sabeta, Claude Taurai; Nel, Louis Hendrik; Fooks, Anthony R. (BioMed Central, 2006-01)BACKGROUND: A panel of 37 rabies virus isolates were collected and studied, originating mainly from the northern and central regions of Namibia, between 1980 and 2003. RESULTS: These virus isolates demonstrated a high ...
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Coertse, Jessica; Markotter, Wanda; Le Roux, Kevin; Stewart, Daniel; Sabeta, Claude Taurai; Nel, Louis Hendrik (BioMed Central, 2017-01-31)BACKGROUND : Mokola virus (MOKV) is a rabies-related lyssavirus and appears to be exclusive to the African continent. Only 24 cases of MOKV, which includes two human cases, have been reported since its identification in ...
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