Browsing Research Articles (Mammal Research Institute) by UP Author "Brettschneider, Helene"

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Bartonella diversity and zoonotic potential in indigenous Tete Veld rats (Aethomys ineptus) from South Africa

Hatyoka, Luiza M.; Brettschneider, Helene; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Kleynhans, Dewald J.; Muteka, Sachariah Penda; Bastos, Armanda D.S. (Elsevier, 2019-09)

Bartonellosis is a vector-borne disease that is often misdiagnosed due to a broad range of clinical symptoms, compounded by a lack of awareness regarding the prevalence, diversity and public health impacts of regional ...
Evidence of a contact zone between two Rhabdomys dilectus (Rodentia : Muridae) mitotypes in Gauteng province, South Africa

Le Grange, Anja; Bastos, Armanda D.S.; Brettschneider, Helene; Chimimba, Christian Timothy (Taylor and Francis and NISC (Pty) Ltd., 2015-03)

Recent studies have described the presence of several mitochondrial lineages within Rhabdomys, which was previously considered to be a monotypic genus. The exact distributional limits of the species and subspecies and ...
Prevalence and diversity of the Streptobacillus rat-bite fever agent, in three invasive, commensal Rattus species from South Africa

Julius, Rolanda Sunayé; Brettschneider, Helene; Chimimba, Christian Timothy; Bastos, Armanda (Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine Inc., 2021-06)

Rat-bite fever is an over-looked, global zoonotic disease that has a mortality rate of up to 13%, if untreated. Historically, this rat-borne disease has been attributed to one of two causative agents, Streptobacillus m ...

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