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Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology

Markotter, W

MSc (Micro) PhD - Senior Lecturer

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Contact Details:

Telephone number: 420 4602
Fax number: 420 3266
E-mail address: wanda.markotter@up.ac.za

Research Interests:

Rabies and other zoonotic viruses

Epidemiology of Rickettsias spp in African bat species.

Pathogenesis and diagnosis of West Nile virus in South Africa

Research Output:

Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Kuzmin IV, Niezgoda M, Franka R, Agwanda B, Markotter W, Breiman RF, Shieh Prof, Zaki SR, Rupprecht CE: 2010. Marburg virus in fruit bat, Kenya.. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 16 (2) / February, pp 352-354, Full Text

Coertse J, Weyer J, Nel LH, Markotter W: 2010. Improved PCR methods for detection of African rabies and rabies related lyssaviruses.. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 48 (11) / Nov, pp 3949-3955, Full Text

Kuzmin IV, Mayer Dr, Niezgoda M, Markotter W, Agwanda B, Breiman RF, Rupprecht CE: 2010. Shimoni bat virus, a new representative of the Lyssavirus genus. Virus Research, 149, pp 197-210.

Van Zyl N, Markotter W, Nel LH: 2010. Evolutionary history of African mongoose rabies.. Virus Research, 150, pp 93-102.

 

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