Faculty of Veterinary Science
Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases
Economically important diseases of livestock in the sub-Saharan region - Research Output
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Sahle M, Dwarka RM, Venter EH, Vosloo W: 2007. Comparison of SAT-1 foot-and-mouth disease virus isolates obtained from East Africa between 1971 and 2000 with viruses from the rest of sub-Saharan Africa. Archives of Virology, 152, pp 797-804.
Faburay B, Geysen D, Munstermann S, Bell-Sakyi L, Jongejan F: 2007. Longitudinal monitoring of Ehrlichia ruminantium infection in Gambian lambs and kids by pCS20 PCR and MAPl-B ELISA. BMC infectious Diseases, 7 (85), pp 1-11.
Faburay B, Geysen D, Munstermann S, Taoufik A, Postigo M, Jongejan F: 2007. Molecular detection of Ehrlichia ruminantium infection in Amblyomma variegatum ticks in The Gambia. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 42, pp 61-74.
Lynen GM, Zeman P, Bakuname C, Di Giulio G, Mtui P, Sanka P, Jongejan F: 2007. Cattle ticks of the genera Rhipicephalus and Amblyomma of economic importance in Tanzania: Distribution assessed with GIS based on an extensive field survey. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 43, pp 303-319.
Apanaskevich DA, Horak IG: 2007. The genus Hyalomma Koch, 1844. III. Redescription of the adults and larva of H. (Euhyalomma) impressum Koch , 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae) with a first description of its nymph and notes on its biology. Folia Parasitologica, 54, pp 51-58.
de la Fuente J, Blouin EF, Manzano-Roman R, Naranjo V, Almazan C, Perez de la Lastra JMP, Zivkovic Z, Jongejan F, Kocan KM: 2007. Functional genomic studies of tick cells in response to infectionwith the cattle pathogen, Anaplasma marginale. Genomics, 90, pp 712-722.
Nijhof AM, Taoufik A, de la Fuente J, Kocan KM, De Vries E, Jongejan F: 2007. Gene silencing of the tick protective antigens, Bm86, Bm91 and subolesin, in the one-host tick Boophilus microplus by RNA interference. International Journal for Parasitology, 37, pp 653-662, Full Text
Abu Samra N, McCrindle CME, Penzhorn BL, Cenci-Goga BT: 2007. Seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in sheep in South Africa. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association-Tydskrif van die Suid-Afrikaanse Veterinere Vereniging, 78 (3), pp 116-120, Full Text
Wallace DB, Weyer J, Nel LH, Viljoen G J: 2007. Improved method for the generation and selection of homogeneous lumpy skin disease virus (SA-Neethling) recombinants. Journal of Virological Methods, 146, pp 52-60, Full Text
Sahle M, Dwarka RM, Venter EH, Vosloo W: 2007. Study of the genetic heterogeneity of SAT-2 foot-and-mouth disease virus in sub-Saharan Africa with specific focus on East Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 74, pp 289-299, Full Text
Stevens KB, Spickett AM, Vosloo W, Pfeiffer DU, Dyason E, Du Plessis B: 2007. Influence of dipping practices on the seroprevalence of babesiosis and anaplasmosis in the foot-and-mouth disease buffer zone adjoining the Kruger National Park in South Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 74, pp 87-95, Full Text
Kubi C, Billiouw M, Van den Bossche P: 2007. Age prevalence of trypanosomal infections in female Glossina morsitans morsitans (Diptera: Glossinidae) on the plateau area of eastern Zambia. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 74, pp 223-229, Full Text
Mbao V, Berkvens D, Dorny P, Van den Bossche P, Marcotty T: 2007. Comparison of the survival on ice of thawed Theileria parva sporozoites of different stocks cryoprotected by glycerol or sucrose. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 74, pp 9-15, Full Text
Nyangiwe N, Horak IG: 2007. Goats as alternative hosts of cattle ticks. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 74, pp 1-7, Full Text
Olwoch J.M., Van Jaarsveld AS, Scholtz CH, Horak IG, Horak IG: 2007. Climate change and the genus Rhipicephalus (Acari: Ixodidae) in Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 74, pp 45-72, Full Text
Bell-Sakyi L, Zweygarth E, Blouin EF, Gould EA, Jongejan F: 2007. Tick cell lines: tools for tick and tick-borne disease research. Trends in Parasitology, 23 (9), pp 450-457, Full Text
Jongejan F, Nene V, de la Fuente J, Pain A, Willadsen P: 2007. Advances in the genomics of ticks and tick-borne pathogens. Trends in Parasitology, 23 (9), pp 391-396.
Maritz-Olivier C, Stutzer C, Jongejan F, Neitz AWH, Gaspar ARM: 2007. Tick anti-hemostatics: Targets for future vaccines and therapeutics. Trends in Parasitology, 23 (9), pp 397-407.
Faburay B, Geysen D, Ceesay A, Marcelino I, Alves PM, Taoufik A, Postigo M, Bell-Sakyi L, Jongejan F: 2007. Immunisation of sheep against heartwater in The Gambia using inactivated and attenuated Ehrlichia ruminantium vaccines. Vaccine, 25, pp 7939-7947.
Osuagwuh UI, Bagla VP, Venter EH, Annandale CH, Irons PC: 2007. Absence of lumpy skin disease virus in semen of vaccinated bulls following vaccination and subsequent experimental infection. Vaccine, 25, pp 2238-2243, Full Text
Pretorius A, Collins NE, Steyn HC, Van Strijp MF, Van Kleef M, Allsopp BA: 2007. Protection against heartwater by DNA immunisation with four Ehrlichia ruminantium open reading frames. Vaccine, 25, pp 2316-2324, Full Text
Postigo M, Taoufik A, Bell-Sakyi L, De Vries E, Morrison WI, Jongejan F: 2007. Differential transcription of the major antigenic protein 1 multigene family of Ehrlichia ruminantium in Amblyomma variegatum ticks. Veterinary Microbiology, 122, pp 298-305, Full Text
Allsopp MTEP, Van Strijp MF, Faber E, Josemans AI, Allsopp BA: 2007. Ehrlichia ruminantium variants which do not cause heartwater found in South Africa. Veterinary Microbiology, 120, pp 158-166, Full Text
Fafetine JM, Tijhaar E, Paweska JT, Neves LCBG, Hendriks J, Swanepoel R, Coetzer JAW, Egberink HF, Rutten VPMG: 2007. Cloning and expression of Rift Valley fever virus nucleocapsid (N) protein and evaluation of a N-protein based indirect ELISA for the detection of specific IgG and IgM antibodies in domestic ruminants. Veterinary Microbiology, 121, pp 29-38, Full Text
Boshoff CI, Bastos AD, Gerber LJ, Vosloo W: 2007. Genetic characterisation of African swine fever viruses from outbreaks in southern Africa (1973-1999). Veterinary Microbiology, 121, pp 45-55, Full Text
Allsopp MTEP, Allsopp BA: 2007. Extensive genetic recombination occurs in the field between different genotypes of Ehrlichia ruminantium. Veterinary Microbiology, 124, pp 58-65, Full Text
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