Distribution and molecular characterization of South African Bacillus Anthracis strains and their associated bacteriophages
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| dc.contributor.advisor | Van Heerden, Henriette | |
| dc.contributor.coadvisor | Beyer, Wolfgang | |
| dc.contributor.postgraduate | Hassim, Ayesha | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | South Africa | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-04-28T08:41:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-04-28T08:41:35Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2017 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.description | Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2016. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.abstract | Chapter 1: Introduction and Literature Review; Chapter 2: A retrospective study of anthrax on the Ghaap plateau, Northern Cape Province of South Africa, with special reference to the 2007 - 2008 outbreaks; Chapter 3: Insights gained from sample diagnostics during anthrax outbreaks in the Kruger National Park, South Africa; Chapter 4: Through the lens: a microscopic and molecular evaluation of archival blood smears from the 2010 anthrax outbreaks in Kruger National Park, South Africa; Chapter 5: A distribution snapshot of anthrax in South Africa: multiple locus variable number of tandem repeats analyses of Bacillus anthracis isolates from epizootics spanning 4 decades across southern Africa; Chapter 6: Isolation and Whole Genome Analysis of a Lytic Bacteriophage Infected Bacillus anthracis Isolate from Pafuri, South Africa; Chapter 7: Characterisation of temperate bacteriophages infecting Bacillus cereus sensu stricto group in the anthrax endemic regions of South Africa; Chapter 8: General discussion, conclusions and recommendations. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.availability | Unrestricted | en_ZA |
| dc.description.degree | PhD | en_ZA |
| dc.description.department | Veterinary Tropical Diseases | en_ZA |
| dc.description.sponsorship | German Research Foundation (DFG) | en_ZA |
| dc.description.sponsorship | National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Hassim, A 2016, Distribution and molecular characterization of South African Bacillus Anthracis strains and their associated bacteriophages, PhD Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60125> | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.other | A2017 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60125 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | University of Pretoria | |
| dc.rights | © 2016 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | UCTD | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Bacillus anthracis | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Bacteriophages | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Anthrax | |
| dc.subject | Disease ecology | |
| dc.subject | Zoonosis | |
| dc.title | Distribution and molecular characterization of South African Bacillus Anthracis strains and their associated bacteriophages | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_ZA |
