Browsing Arthur (Articles) by UP Author "Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz"

Browsing Arthur (Articles) by UP Author "Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz"

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  • First report of an imported case of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in South Africa 
    Moolla, Naazneen; Adler, D.; Blumberg, Lucille Hellen; Glass, A.; Grobbelaar, A.; Le Roux, C.; Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz; Weyer, Jacqueline (South African Medical Association, 2022-08)
    Haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is caused by hantavirus infection. Hantaviruses are not endemic to South Africa, and we report the first detection of an imported case of HFRS in the country. The case involved ...
  • Mammarenaviruses of rodents, South Africa and Zimbabwe 
    Grobbelaar, Antoinette; Jardine, Jocelyn; Burt, Felicity J.; Shepherd, Alasdair J.; Shepherd, Susan P.; Leman, Patricia A.; Kemp, Alan; Braack, L.E.O.; Weyer, Jacqueline; Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz; Swanepoel, Robert (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2021-12)
    We conducted a survey for group-specific indirect immunofluorescence antibody to mammarenaviruses by using Lassa fever and Mopeia virus antigens on serum specimens of 5,363 rodents of 33 species collected in South Africa ...
  • Overview of bat and wildlife coronavirus surveillance in Africa : a framework for global investigations 
    Geldenhuys, Marike; Mortlock, Marinda; Epstein, Jonathan H.; Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz; Weyer, Jacqueline; Markotter, Wanda (MDPI, 2021-05)
    The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had devastating health and socio-economic impacts. Human activities, especially at the wildlife interphase, are at the core of forces driving the emergence of ...
  • Rift Valley fever virus seroprevalence among humans, Northern KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, 2018-2019 
    Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz; Msimang, Veerle; Kgaladi, Joe; Hellferscee, Orienka; Weyer, Jacqueline; Van Vuren, Petrus Jansen (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2021-12)
    We detected Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) IgM and IgG in human serum samples collected during 2018–2019 in northern KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. Our results show recent RVFV circulation and likely RVFV endemicity ...
  • Seasonal shedding patterns of diverse henipavirus-related paramyxoviruses in Egyptian rousette bats 
    Mortlock, Marinda; Geldenhuys, Marike; Muriel Dietrich; Epstein, Jonathan H.; Weyer, Jacqueline; Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz; Markotter, Wanda (Nature Research, 2021)
    Bat-borne viruses in the Henipavirus genus have been associated with zoonotic diseases of high morbidity and mortality in Asia and Australia. In Africa, the Egyptian rousette bat species (Rousettus aegyptiacus) is an ...
  • Vector competence of Eucampsipoda africana (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) for Marburg virus transmission in Rousettus aegyptiacus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) 
    Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz; Jansen van Vuren, Petrus; Storm, Nadia; Markotter, Wanda; Kemp, Alan (MDPI, 2021-11)
    This study aimed to determine the vector competence of bat-associated nycteribiid flies (Eucamsipoda africana) for Marburg virus (MARV) in the Egyptian Rousette Bat (ERB), Rousettus aegyptiacus. In flies fed on subcutaneously ...