Faculty of Health Sciences
School of Medicine
Department of Medical Virology
Venter, M
BSc (Mol) (Biol) BSc (Hons) MSc (Genetics) PhD (Med Virol) - Senior Lecturer
NRF Rating: Y2
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 319 2660
Fax number: 012 325 5550
E-mail address: marietjiev@nicd.ac.za
Research Interests:
Pathogenesis and diagnosis of West Nile virus in South Africa
Respiratory Viruses associated with acute lower Respiratory tract infections
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Venter M, Human S, Zaayman D, Gerdes GH, Williams JH, Steyl JCA, Leman PA, Paweska JT, Setzkorn HE, Rous G, Murray S, Parker R, Donnellan CMB, Swanepoel R: 2009. Lineage 2 West Nile virus as cause of fatal neurological disease in horses, South Africa. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 15 (6) / Jun, pp 877-884, Full Text
Archer BN, Cohen C, Naidoo D, Thomas J, Makunga C, Blumberg L, Venter M, Timothy GA, Puren A, McAnerney J, Cengimbo A, Schoub B D: 2009. Interim report on pandemic H1N1 Influenza virus infections in South Africa, April to October 2009: Epidemiology and factors associated with fatal cases. Eurosurveillance, 14 (42) / Oct, pp Online (1-4pp), Full Text
Venter M, Visser A, Lassauniere MM: 2009. Human polyomaviruses, WU and KI in HIV exposed children with acute lower respiratory tract infections in hospitals in South Africa. Journal of Clinical Virology, 44, pp 230-234, Full Text
Glass AJ, Venter M: 2009. Improved detection of JC Virus in AIDS patients with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy by T-Antigen specific fluorescence resonance energy transfer. Journal of Medical Virology, 81, pp 1929-1937.
Zaayman D, Human S, Venter M: 2009. A highly sensitive method for the detection and genotyping of West Nile virus by real-time PCR. Journal of Virological Methods, 157 / May, pp 155-160.
Venter M, Burt FJ, Blumberg L, Fickl H, Paweska J, Swanepoel R: 2009. Cytokine induction after laboratory-acquired West Nile virus infection. New England Journal of Medicine, 360 (12) / Mar, pp 1260-1262.
Venter M, Blumberg L: 2009. The practitioners guide for dealing with the novel influenzaA, H1N1 pandemic. South African Family Practice, 51 (4), pp 276-278, Full Text
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