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

Nel, LH

MSc(UV) PhD(Pret) - Professor

NRF Rating: B3

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Contact Details:

Telephone number: 012 420 3622
Fax number: 012 420 3266
E-mail address: louis.nel@up.ac.za

Research Interests:

Plant viruses

Pathogenesis and diagnosis of West Nile virus in South Africa

Rabies and other zoonotic viruses

Research Output:

Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Malerczyk C, Nel LH, Gniel D, Blumberg L: 2010. Rabies in South Africa and the FIFA Soccer World Cup: travelers awareness for an endemic but neglected disease.. Human Vaccines, 6 (5), pp 385-389, 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

Lamprecht RL, Kasdorf GGF, Stiller M, Staples SM, Nel LH, Pietersen G: 2010. Soybean blotchy mosaic virus, a New Cytorhabdovirus Found in South Africa.. Plant Disease, 94 (11) / Nov, pp 1348-1354, Full Text

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

 

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