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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:

Lyssaviruses

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:

Coertse J, Nel LH, Sabeta C, Weyer J, Grobler A, Walters J, Markotter W: 2011. A case study of rabies diagnosis from formalin-fixed brain material. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association, 82 (4), pp 250-253, Full Text

Van Eeden C, Markotter W, Nel LH: 2011. Molecular phylogeny of Duvenhage virus. South African Journal of Science, 107(11/12) (177), pp 1-5, Full Text

Kuzmin IV, Turmelle AS, Agwanda B, Markotter W, Niezgoda M, Breiman RF, Rupprecht CE: 2011. Commerson's Leaf-Nosed Bat (Hipposideros commersonni) is the Likely Reservoir of Shimoni Bat Virus. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 11 (11), pp 1465-1470, Full Text

Weyer J, Szmyd-Potapczuk A, Blumberg LH, Leman PA, Markotter W, Swanepoel R, Paweska J, Nel LH: 2011. Epidemiology of human rabies in South Africa, 1983-2007. Virus Research, 155, pp 283-290, Full Text

 

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