Search Results - "Opperman, Pamela A."

Optimization of a foot-and-mouth disease virus Southern African Territories–specific solid-phase competitive ELISA for small ruminant serum samples by Seoke, LaToya, Fosgate, Geoffrey T., Opperman, Pamela A., Malesa, Refiloe P., Lazarus, David D., Sirdar, Mohamed M., Heath, Livio

“…We optimized and verified a single-spot solid-phase competitive ELISA (ss-SPCE) to detect antibodies against structural proteins of Southern African…”
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Determining the epitope dominance on the capsid of a serotype SAT2 foot-and-mouth disease virus by mutational analyses by Opperman, Pamela A, Rotherham, Lia S, Esterhuysen, Jan, Charleston, Bryan, Juleff, Nicholas, Capozzo, Alejandra V, Theron, Jacques, Maree, Francois F

“…Monoclonal-antibody (MAb)-resistant mutants were used to map antigenic sites on foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV), which resulted in the identification of…”
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Mapping of antigenic determinants on a SAT2 foot-and-mouth disease virus using chicken single-chain antibody fragments by Opperman, Pamela A., Maree, Francois F., Van Wyngaardt, Wouter, Vosloo, Wilna, Theron, Jacques

“…► A phage display library was panned to purified virions of the SAT2 virus ZIM/7/83. ► Three unique ZIM/7/83 specific single-chain variable fragments (scFv)…”
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Challenges and prospects for the control of foot-and-mouth disease: an African perspective by Rweyemamu, Mark, Maree, Francois, Kasanga, Christopher, Scott, Katherine, Opperman, Pamela, Chitray, Melanie, Sangula, Abraham, Sallu, Raphael, Sinkala, Yona, Wambura, Philemon, King, Donald, Paton, David

“…The epidemiology of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in Africa is unique in the sense that six of the seven serotypes of FMD viruses (Southern African Territories…”
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Preliminary validation of a single-spot version of a solid-phase competition ELISA for the detection of southern African territories foot-and-mouth disease serotype exposure in goats by Gobiye, Moses, Fosgate, Geoffrey T., Heath, Livio, Lazarus, David D., Seoke, LaToya, Opperman, Pamela A.

“…The objective of this study was to perform a preliminary validation of a solid-phase competition ELISA (SPCE) in goats exposed to foot-and-mouth disease virus…”
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Clinical presentation of FMD virus SAT1 infections in experimentally challenged indigenous South African goats by Lazarus, David D., Mutowembwa, Paidamoyo B., Sirdar, Mohamed M., Rametse, Thapelo M., Heath, Livio, Opperman, Pamela A., Burroughs, Richard E.J., Fosgate, Geoffrey T.

“…•FMDV infection was evaluated in indigenous South African goats after experimental challenge with SAT1 virus pool.•FMDV SAT1 causes mild clinical disease in…”
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Antigenic Site Determination on a SAT2 Foot-And-Mouth Disease Virus Using a Chicken Antibody Phage Display Library by Opperman, Pamela A

“…Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious disease of cloven-hoofed animals. An outbreak of FMD not only severely decreases livestock productivity,…”
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