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Rabies control in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa by LeRoux, K, Stewart, D, Perrett, K D, Nel, L H, Kessels, J A, Abela-Ridder, B

“…Urbanization, large dog populations and failed control efforts have contributed to continuing endemicity of dog-mediated rabies in KwaZulu-Natal province,…”
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Human cases of Sindbis fever in South Africa, 2006–2010 by STORM, N., WEYER, J., MARKOTTER, W., KEMP, A., LEMAN, P.A., DERMAUX-MSIMANG, V., NEL, L. H., PAWESKA, J. T.

“…Sindbis virus (SINV), the prototype positive-sense RNA alphavirus, causes febrile arthritis and is present throughout Afro-Eurasia. Little is known of the…”
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Development and Evaluation of a Real-Time Reverse Transcription-Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay for Rapid Detection of Rift Valley Fever Virus in Clinical Specimens by Le Roux, C A, Kubo, T, Grobbelaar, A A, van Vuren, P Jansen, Weyer, J, Nel, L H, Swanepoel, R, Morita, K, Paweska, J T

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High prevalence of antibodies against canine adenovirus (CAV) type 2 in domestic dog populations in South Africa precludes the use of CAV-based recombinant rabies vaccines by Wright, N, Jackson, F.R, Niezgoda, M, Ellison, J.A, Rupprecht, C.E, Nel, L.H

“…Highlights • Investigated prevalence of antibodies against canine adenovirus (CAV) in South African dogs. • High level of antibodies against CAV present in dog…”
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Can rabies be eradicated? by Rupprecht, C E, Barrett, J, Briggs, D, Cliquet, F, Fooks, A R, Lumlertdacha, B, Meslin, F X, Müler, T, Nel, L H, Schneider, C, Tordo, N, Wandeler, A I

“…Rabies, an acute progressive encephalitis, is an ancient zoonosis. Its distribution encompasses all continents, except Antarctica. Agents consist of at least…”
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The role of non-governmental organisations in controlling rabies: the Global Alliance for Rabies Control, Partners for Rabies Prevention and the Blueprint for Rabies Prevention and Control by Nel, L H

“…Rabies control worldwide has been inadequate and neglected for many decades, and the disease continues to predominantly affect poor communities in Africa and…”
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Dog rabies in southern Africa: regional surveillance and phylogeographical analyses are an important component of control and elimination strategies by Mollentze, N, Weyer, J, Markotter, W, le Roux, K, Nel, L. H

“…In the resource-poor settings where dog rabies remains endemic, the demonstration of a need to divert scarce funds towards exhaustive surveillance activities…”
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Lagos bat virus virulence in mice inoculated by the peripheral route by MARKOTTER, W., KUZMIN, I. V., RUPPRECHT, C. E., NEL, L. H.

“…Lagos bat virus (LBV) constitutes genotype (gt) 2 in the Lyssavirus genus. In contrast to the gt1 lyssavirus, rabies virus (RABV), LBV was reported to have…”
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Cross-protective and cross-reactive immune responses to recombinant vaccinia viruses expressing full-length lyssavirus glycoprotein genes by WEYER, J., KUZMIN, I. V., RUPPRECHT, C. E., NEL, L. H.

“…Lyssaviruses cause acute, progressive encephalitis in mammals. Current rabies vaccines offer protection against the lyssaviruses, with the notable exceptions…”
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Mongoose rabies in southern Africa: a re-evaluation based on molecular epidemiology by Nel, L.H., Sabeta, C.T., Teichman, B. von, Jaftha, J.B., Rupprecht, C.E., Bingham, J.

“…Relative to the developed world, rabies has been poorly studied in the vast African continent. The southern African countries of Zimbabwe and South Africa,…”
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Characterisation of a proposed Nucleorhabdovirus new to South Africa by Lamprecht, R. L, Pietersen, G, Kasdorf, G. G. F, Nel, L. H

“…A previously uncharacterised plant rhabdovirus, infecting Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon) in the North West Province, South Africa, has been found. To…”
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The Pan-African Rabies Control Network (PARACON): A unified approach to eliminating canine rabies in Africa by Scott, T.P., Coetzer, A., de Balogh, K., Wright, N., Nel, L.H.

“…Even though Africa has the highest per capita death rate from rabies of any continent, and the disease is almost entirely transmitted by the bites of rabid…”
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Use of a molecular epidemiological database to track human rabies case histories in South Africa by COETZEE, P., WEYER, J., PAWESKA, J. T., BURT, F. J., MARKOTTER, W., NEL, L. H.

“…The KwaZulu Natal and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa have experienced a serious dog rabies epidemic over the past three decades. Towards a better…”
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Genetic heterogeneity of SAT-1 type foot-and-mouth disease viruses in southern Africa by BASTOS, A. D. S, HAYDON, D. T, FORSBERG, R, KNOWLES, N. J, ANDERSON, E. C, BENGIS, R. G, NEL, L. H, THOMSON, G. R

“…Genetic relationships of 50 SAT-1 type foot-and-mouth disease viruses were determined by phylogenetic analysis of an homologous 417 nucleotide region encoding…”
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Identification methods for Legionella from environmental samples by Bartie, C., Venter, S.N., Nel, L.H.

“…Laboratories responsible for Legionella diagnostics around the world use a number of different culturing methods of non-equivalent sensitivities and…”
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The SARE tool for rabies control: Current experience in Ethiopia by Coetzer, A., Kidane, A.H., Bekele, M., Hundera, A.D., Pieracci, E.G., Shiferaw, M.L., Wallace, R., Nel, L.H.

“…The Stepwise Approach towards Rabies Elimination (SARE) tool was developed through a joint effort of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United…”
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Molecular epidemiology of canid rabies in Zimbabwe and South Africa by Sabeta, C.T, Bingham, J, Nel, L.H

“…The epidemiology of rabies in southern Africa is complex, due to a large number of vector species and the presence of at least two distinct biotypes of the…”
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Epidemiology and pathogenicity of African bat lyssaviruses by Markotter, W, Van Eeden, C, Kuzmin, I V, Rupprecht, C E, Paweska, J T, Swanepoel, R, Fooks, A R, Sabeta, C T, Cliquet, F, Nel, L H

“…Lyssaviruses belonging to all four known African Lyssavirus genotypes (gts) have been reported and isolated from SouthAfrica over the past few decades. These…”
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Towards canine rabies elimination: Economic comparisons of three project sites by Elser, J. L., Hatch, B. G., Taylor, L. H., Nel, L. H., Shwiff, S. A.

“…Summary An appreciation of the costs of implementing canine rabies control in different settings is important for those planning new or expanded interventions…”
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A comparison of DNA vaccines for the rabies-related virus, Mokola by Nel, L.H, Niezgoda, M, Hanlon, C.A, Morril, P.A, Yager, P.A, Rupprecht, C.E

“…Mokola virus, a rabies-related virus, has been reported to date from the African continent only. Like rabies virus, it is highly pathogenic, causes acute…”
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