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Faculty of Veterinary Science
Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases
Research articles in refereed specialist journals

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Select the first letter of the journal title from the alphabetical list.

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Simukoko H, Marcotty T, Phiri I, Vercruysse J, Van den Bossche P: 2007. Heterogeneity in the trypanosomosis incidence in Zebu cattle of different ages and sex on the plateau of eastern Zambia. Acta Tropica, 103, pp 98-101.

Oliver C, Skinner JD, Van der Merwe D: 2007. Territorial behaviour in southern impala rams (Aepyceros melampus Lichtenstein). African Journal of Ecology, 45, pp 142-148, Full Text

Harrus S, Lior Y, Ephros M, Grisaru-Soen G, Keysary A, Strenger C, Jongejan F, Waner T, Baneth G: 2007. Rickettsia conorii in humans and dogs: A seroepidemiologic survey of rural villages in Israel. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 77 (1), pp 133-135.

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.

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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.

Midilli K, Gargili A, Ergonul O, Sengoz G, Ozturk R, Bakar M, Jongejan F: 2007. Imported Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever cases in Istanbul. BMC infectious Diseases, 7 (54), pp 1-6.

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Sabeta C, Markotter W, Mohale DK, Shumba W, Wandeler AI, Nel LH: 2007. Mokola virus in domestic mammals, South Africa. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 13 (9) / Sep, pp 1371-1373.

Cohen C, Sartorius B, Sabeta C, Zulu G, Paweska J, Mogoswane M, Sutton C, Nel LH, Swanepoel R, Leman PA, Grobbelaar AA, Dyason E, Blumberg L: 2007. Epidemiology and Molecular Virus Characterization of Reemerging Rabies, South Africa.. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 13 (12) / Dec, pp 1879-1886.

Madder M, Thys E, Geysen D, Baudoux C, Horak IG: 2007. Boophilus microplus ticks found in West Africa. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 43, pp 233-234.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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

Foster G, Osterman BS, Godfroid JXL, Jacques I, Cloeckaert A: 2007. Brucella ceti sp. Nov. and Brucella pinnipedialis sp. nov. for Brucella strains with cetaceans and seals as their preferred hosts. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 57, pp 2688-2693.

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Matthee S, Horak IG, Beaucournu JC, Durden LA, Ueckermann EA, McGeoch MA: 2007. Epifaunistic arthropod parasites of the four-striped mouse, Rhabdomys pumilio, in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. Journal of Parasitology, 93 (1), pp 47-59.

Matjila PT, Penzhorn BL, Leisewitz AL, Bhoora R, Barker R: 2007. Molecular characterisation of Babesia gibsoni infection from a Pit-bull terrier pup recently imported into South Africa. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association-Tydskrif van die Suid-Afrikaanse Veterinere Vereniging, 78 (1), pp 2-5, Full Text

Bamhare C, Thomson GR, Latif AA, Mulumba M, Chisembele C, Derah N, Mataa L, Mokopasetso M, Dlamini P, Jamal S, De Klerk G, Letuka O, Chikungwa P, Mumba T, Dombolo EF, Wanda G, Munstermann S, Van Schalkwyk L, Gummow B, Hendrickx G, Berkvens D, Marcotty T, Thys E, Van den Bossche P: 2007. Building capacity for improved veterinary epidemiosurveillance in southern Africa. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association-Tydskrif van die Suid-Afrikaanse Veterinere Vereniging, 78 (2), pp 92-98, 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

Last R, Hill JM, Matjila PT, Rème CA: 2007. A field trial evaluation of the prophylactic efficacy of amitraz-impregnated collars against canine babesiosis (Babesia canis rossi) in South Africa. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association-Tydskrif van die Suid-Afrikaanse Veterinere Vereniging, 78 (2), pp 63-65, Full Text

French BC, Hird DW, Romano PS, Hayes RH, Nijhof AM, Jongejan F, Mellor DJ, Singer RS, Fine AE, Gay JM, Davis RG, Conrad PA: 2007. Virtual international experiences in veterinary medicine: An evaluation of students' attitudes toward computer-based learning. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 34 (4), pp 502-509.

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

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Colwell DD, Otranto D, Horak IG: 2007. Comparative scanning electron micrososcopy of Gasterophilus third instars. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 21, pp 255-264.

Zhang L, Hu M, Jones A, Allsopp BA, Beveridge I, Schindler AR, Gasser RB: 2007. Characterization of Taenia madoquae and Taenia regis from carnivores in Kenya using genetic markers in nuclear and mitochondrial DNA, and their relationships with other selected taeniids. Molecular and Cellular Probes, 21, pp 379-385, Full Text

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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

Golezardy H, Horak IG: 2007. Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from animals in three western, semi-arid nature reserves in South Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 74, pp 81-85, Full Text

Horak IG, Golezardy H, Uys AC: 2007. Ticks associated with the three largest wild ruminant species in southern Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 74, pp 231-242, Full Text

Junker K, Boomker JDF: 2007. Helminths of guineafowls in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 74, pp 265-280, Full Text

Junker K, Boomker JDF: 2007. A check list of the helminths of guineafowls (Numididae) and a host list of these parasites. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 74, pp 315-337, Full Text

Junker K, Boomker JDF: 2007. Tetrameres numida n. sp. (Nematoda: Tetrameridae) from helmeted guineafowls, Numida meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758), in South Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 74, pp 115-128, 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

Apanaskevich DA, Horak IG, Camicas J-L: 2007. Redescription of Haemaphysalis (Rhipistoma) elliptica (Koch, 1844) an old taxon of the Haemaphysalis (Rhipistoma) leachi group from East and southern Africa, and of Haemaphysalis (Rhipistoma) leachi (Audouin, 1826) (Ixodida, Ixodidae). Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 74, pp 181-208, Full Text

Botha CJ, Crafford JE, Butler VP, Stojanovic MN, Labuschagne L: 2007. A potential krimpsiekte vaccine. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 74, pp 307-314, 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

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Eloff JN, Masoko P, Picard JA: 2007. Resistance of animal fungal pathogens to solvents used in bioassays. South African Journal of Botany, 73 / Jun, pp 667-669.

Masoko P, Picard JA, Eloff JN: 2007. The antifungal activity of twenty-four southern African Combretum species (Combretaceae). South African Journal of Botany, 73, pp 173-183.

Fyumagwa RD, Runyoro V, Horak IG, Hoare R: 2007. Ecology and control of ticks as disease vectors in wildlife of the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 37 (1), pp 79-90.

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Bodaan C, Nijhof AM, Postigo M, Nieuwenhuijs H, Opsteegh M, Franssen L, Jebbink F, Jansen S, Jongejan F: 2007. Teken en door teken overdraagbare pathogenen bij gezelschapsdieren in Nederland. Tijdschrift Voor Diergeneeskunde, 132 (13) / Jul, pp 517-523.

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.

Shkap V, De Vos AJ, Zweygarth E, Jongejan F: 2007. Attenuated vaccines for tropical theileriosis, babesiosis and heartwater: The continuing necessity. Trends in Parasitology, 23 (9), pp 420-426.

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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

Hovius JWR, Ramamoorthi N, Van Veer C, De Groot KA, Nijhof AM, Jongejan F, Van Dam AP, Fikrig E: 2007. Identification of salp15 homologues in Ixodes ricinus ticks. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 7 (3), pp 296-303.

Estrada-Pena A, Zatansever Z, Gargili A, Aktas M, Uzun R, Ergonul O, Jongejan F: 2007. Modeling the spatial distribution of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever outbreaks in Turkey. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 7 (4), pp 1-12.

Nijhof AM, Bodaan C, Postigo M, Nieuwenhuijs H, Opsteegh M, Franssen L, Jebbink F, Jongejan F: 2007. Ticks and associated pathogens collected from domestic animals in the Netherlands. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 7 (4), pp 585-595.

Morar D, Tijhaar E, Negrea A, Hendriks J, Van Haarlem D, Godfroid JXL, Michel A, Rutten VPMG: 2007. Cloning, sequencing and expression of white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) interferon-gamma (IFN-8) and the production of rhinoceros IFN-8 specific antibodies. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 115, pp 146-154.

Vosloo W, De Klerk LM, Boshoff CI, Botha B, Dwarka RM, Keet D, Haydon D: 2007. Characterisation of a SAT-1 outbreak of foot and mouth disease in captive African buffalo (Syncerus caffer): Clinical symptoms, genetic characterisation and phylogenetic comparison of outbreak isolates. Veterinary Microbiology, 120, pp 226-240, 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

Bosman A-M, Venter EH, Penzhorn BL: 2007. Occurrence of Babesia felis and Babesia leo in various wild felid species and domestic cats in South Africa, based on reverse line blot analysis. Veterinary Parasitology, 144, pp 33-38, Full Text

Simukoko H, Marcotty T, Phiri I, Geysen D, Vercruysse J, Van den Bossche P: 2007. The comparative role of cattle, goats and pigs in the epidemiology of livestock trypanosomiasis on the plateau of eastern Zambia. Veterinary Parasitology, 147, pp 231-238, Full Text

Allsopp MTEP, Lewis BD, Penzhorn BL: 2007. Molecular evidence for transplacental transmission of Theileria equi from carrier mares to their apparently healthy foals. Veterinary Parasitology, 148, pp 130-136, Full Text

Lubisi BA, Bastos AD, Dwarka RM, Vosloo W: 2007. Intra-genotypic resolution of African swine fever viruses from an East African domestic pig cycle: a combined p72-CVR approach. Virus Genes, 35, pp 729-735, Full Text

Sabeta CT, Mansfield KL, McElhinney LM, Fooks AR, Nel LH: 2007. Molecular epidemiology of rabies in bat-eared foxes (Otocyon megalotis) in South Africa. Virus Research, 129, pp 1-10.