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Faculty of Veterinary Science
Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases

Vector-borne protozoal and rickettsial diseases - Research Output

Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Bouwknegt C, Van Rijn PA, Schipper JM, Hölzel D, Boonstra J, Nijhof AM, Van Rooij EMA, Jongejan F: 2010. Potential role of ticks as vectors of bluetongue virus. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 52, pp 183-192.

Apanaskevich DA, Filippova NA, Horak IG: 2010. The genus Hyalomma Koch, 1844. X. Redescription of all parasitic stages of H. (Euhyalomma) scupense Schulze, 1919 (= H. detritum Schulze) (Acari: Ixodidae) and notes on its biology. Folia Parasitologica, 57 (1), pp 69-78, Full Text

Thekisoe OMM, Rambritch NE, Nakao R, Bazie RS, Mbati PA, Namangala B, Malele I, Skilton RA, Jongejan F, Sugimoto C, Kawazu S-I, Inoue N: 2010. Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assays for detection of Theileria parva infections targeting the PIM and p150 genes. International Journal for Parasitology, 40 (1) / January, pp 55-61, Full Text

Yusufmia SB, Collins NE, Nkuna R, Troskie M, van den Bossche P, Penzhorn BL: 2010. Occurrence of Theileria parva and other haemonprotozoa in cattle at the edge of Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association, 81 (1), pp 45-49, Full Text

Horak IG, Horak IG, Heyne H, Donkin EF: 2010. Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. XLVIII. Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting domestic cats and wild felids in Southern Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 77 (1), pp 1-7, Full Text

van den Bossche P, De La Rocque S, Hendrickx G, Boyer J: 2010. A changing environment and the epidemiology of tsetse-transmitted livestock trypanosomiasis. Trends in Parasitology, 26 (5), pp 236-243.

Pretorius A, Liebenberg J, Louw E, Collins NE, Allsopp BA: 2010. Studies of a polymorphic Ehrlichia ruminantium gene for use as a component of a recombinant vaccine against heartwater. Vaccine, 28, pp 3531-3539.

Sibeko KP, Geysen D, Oosthuizen MC, Matthee CA, Troskie M, Potgieter FT, Coetzer JAW, Collins NE: 2010. Four p67 alleles identified in South African Theileria parva field samples. Veterinary Parasitology, 167, pp 244-254.

 

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