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Faculty of Veterinary Science
Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases

Jongejan, F

BSc, MSc, PhD - Extraordinary Professor

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Contact Details:

Telephone number: 012 529 8184
Fax number: 012 529 8312
E-mail address: frans.jongejan@up.ac.za

Research Interests:

Wildlife health and production

Important conditions of companion animals in the sub-Saharan region

Research Output:

Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

de la Fuente J, Blouin EF, Manzano-Roman R, Naranjo V, Almazan C, Perez de la Lastra JM, Zivkovic Z, Massung RF, Jongejan F: 2008. Differential Expression of the tick protective antigen subolesin in Anaplasma marginale- and A. phagocytophilum-infected host cells. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1149, pp 27-35.

Canales M, Perez de la Lastra JM, Naranjo V, Nijhof AM, Hope M, Jongejan F, de la Fuente J: 2008. Expression of recombinant Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, R. annulatus and R. decoloratus Bm86 orthologs as secreted proteins in Pichia pastoris. BMC Biotechnology, 8 (14), pp 1-12, Full Text

De la Fuente J, Maritz-Olivier C, Naranjo V, Ayoubi P, Nijhof AM, Almazan C, Canales M, Perez de la Lastra JM, Galindo RC, Blouin EF, Gortazar C, Jongejan F, Kocan KM: 2008. Evidence of the role of tick subolesin in gene expression. BMC Genomics, 9 / Aug, pp e1-16, Full Text

Lynen GM, Zeman P, Bakuname C, Di Giulio G, Mtui P, Sanka P, Jongejan F: 2008. Shifts in the distributional ranges of Boophilus ticks in Tanzania: evidence that a parapatric boundary between Boophilus microplus and B. decoloratus follows climate gradients. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 44, pp 147-164.

Salih D A, Julla II, Hassan S M, El Hussein A M, Jongejan F: 2008. Preliminary survey of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on cattle in Central Equatoria State, Southern Sudan. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 75, pp 47-53, Full Text

Faburay B, Jongejan F, Taoufik A, Ceesay A, Geysen D: 2008. Genetic diversity of Ehrlichia ruminantium in Amblyomma variegatum ticks and small ruminants in The Gambia determined by restriction fragment profile analysis. Veterinary Microbiology, 126, pp 189-199.

Postigo M, Taoufik A, Bell-Sakyi L, Bekker CPJ, De Vries E, Morrison WI, Jongejan F: 2008. Host cell-specific protein expression in vitro in Ehrlichia ruminantium. Veterinary Microbiology, 128, pp 136-147.

Butler CM, Nijhof AM, Van der Kolk JH, De Haseth OB, Taoufik A, Jongejan F, Houwers DJ: 2008. Repeated high dose imidocarb dipropionate treatment did not eliminate Babesia caballi from naturally infected horses as determined by PCR-reverse line blot hybridization. Veterinary Parasitology, 151, pp 320-322.

Matjila PT, Leisewitz AL, Jongejan F, Penzhorn BL: 2008. Molecular detection of tick-borne protozoal and ehrlichial infections in domestic dogs in South Africa. Veterinary Parasitology, 155, pp 152-157.

Matjila PT, Leisewitz AL, Oosthuizen MC, Jongejan F, Penzhorn BL: 2008. Detection of a Theileria species in dogs in South Africa. Veterinary Parasitology, 157, pp 34-40.

Matjila PT, Leisewitz AL, Jongejan F, Bertschinger HJ, Penzhorn BL: 2008. Molecular detection of Babesia rossi and Hepatozoon sp. in African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) in South Africa. Veterinary Parasitology, 157, pp 123-127.

Butler CM, Nijhof AM, Jongejan F, Van der Kolk JH: 2008. Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in horses in the Netherlands. Veterinary Record, 162, pp 216-218.

 

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