Search Results - "Van Schalkwyk, Antoinette"
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Evidence of Intragenic Recombination in African Horse Sickness Virus
Published in Viruses (18-07-2019)“…Intragenic recombination has been described in various RNA viruses as a mechanism to increase genetic diversity, resulting in increased virulence, expanded…”
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The Development of Dual Vaccines against Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) and Bovine Ephemeral Fever (BEF)
Published in Vaccines (Basel) (20-10-2021)“…Dual vaccines (n = 6) against both lumpy skin disease (LSD) and bovine ephemeral fever (BEF) were constructed, based on the BEFV glycoprotein (G) gene, with or…”
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Ralstonia solanacearum Needs Flp Pili for Virulence on Potato
Published in Molecular plant-microbe interactions (01-04-2012)“…Type IV pili are virulence factors in various bacteria. Several subclasses of type IV pili have been described according to the characteristics of the…”
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Genomic Characterization of Rift Valley Fever Virus, South Africa, 2018
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-10-2019)“…An isolated Rift Valley fever (RVF) outbreak was reported in 2018 in Free State Province, South Africa. Phylogenetic analyses based on complete genome…”
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Estimating evolutionary changes between highly passaged and original parental lumpy skin disease virus strains
Published in Transboundary and emerging diseases (01-07-2022)“…Research into the phylogenetic relationships of lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) strains was long overlooked, partially due to its original restricted…”
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Molecular characterization of a novel recombinant lumpy skin disease virus isolated during an outbreak in Tyumen, Russia, in 2019
Published in Transboundary and emerging diseases (01-09-2022)“…Lumpy skin disease virus causes a debilitating pox disease of domesticated cattle and water buffalos. In the last decade, LSDV has spread from Africa into the…”
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Analysis and insights into recombination signals in lumpy skin disease virus recovered in the field
Published in PloS one (12-12-2018)“…Wide spread incidences of vaccine-like strains of lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) have recently been reported in a Russian region with a neighboring country…”
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Identification of T cell and linear B cell epitopes on African horse sickness virus serotype 4 proteins VP1-1, VP2, VP4, VP7 and NS3
Published in Vaccine (12-01-2024)“…•AHSV4 VP1, -2, -4, -7 and NS3 contain regions with CD8+ T cell epitopes.•Overlapping peptides spanning these AHSV4 proteins were synthesized.•Recall immune…”
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Overwintering of recombinant lumpy skin disease virus in northern latitudes, Russia
Published in Transboundary and emerging diseases (01-09-2022)“…Lumpy skin disease is an emerging transboundary infection demonstrating a great range expansion worldwide recently. With many knowledge gaps, there is a lack…”
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Capripoxviruses, leporipoxviruses, and orthopoxviruses: Occurrences of recombination
Published in Frontiers in microbiology (06-10-2022)“…Poxviruses are double-stranded DNA viruses with several members displaying restricted host ranges. They are genetically stable with low nucleotide mutation…”
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Potential link of single nucleotide polymorphisms to virulence of vaccine‐associated field strains of lumpy skin disease virus in South Africa
Published in Transboundary and emerging diseases (01-11-2020)“…South Africa is endemic for lumpy skin disease and is therefore reliant on various live attenuated vaccines for the control and prevention of the disease. In…”
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An in-depth bioinformatic analysis of the novel recombinant lumpy skin disease virus strains: from unique patterns to established lineage
Published in BMC genomics (24-05-2022)“…Since the first description of lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) in Africa in the 1920's, it has brazenly spread beyond Africa into the Middle East, Europe and…”
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Genetic characterization of sheep pox virus strains from outbreaks in Central Russia in 2018–2019
Published in Transboundary and emerging diseases (01-11-2022)“…This study investigates the phylogenomic relatedness between sheep pox viruses (SPPVs) circulating in Central Russia in 2018–2019 with the NISKHI vaccine…”
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Lumpy skin disease: history, current understanding and research gaps in the context of recent geographic expansion
Published in Frontiers in microbiology (02-11-2023)“…Lumpy skin disease is recognized as a transboundary and emerging disease of cattle, buffaloes and other wild ruminants. Being initially restricted to Africa,…”
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South African bovine ephemeral fever virus glycoprotein sequences are phylogenetically distinct from those from the rest of the world
Published in Archives of virology (01-05-2020)“…Bovine ephemeral fever virus (BEFV) is an economically important arbovirus affecting cattle and water buffalo. Currently, isolates can be separated into three…”
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Molecular and Epidemiological Analyses of Sheeppox Outbreaks in Russia from 2013 to 2021
Published in Transboundary and emerging diseases (10-10-2023)“…Sheeppox (SPP) is a transboundary infectious disease that affects sheep and goats, leading to significant losses in countries with extensive small ruminant…”
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Widespread Reassortment Contributes to Antigenic Shift in Bluetongue Viruses from South Africa
Published in Viruses (01-07-2023)“…Bluetongue (BT), a viral disease of ruminants, is endemic throughout South Africa, where outbreaks of different serotypes occur. The predominant serotypes can…”
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Detection and Genome Sequencing of Lumpy Skin Disease Viruses in Wildlife Game Species in South Africa
Published in Viruses (24-01-2024)“…Lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) has recently undergone rapid spread, now being reported from more than 80 countries, affecting predominantly cattle and to a…”
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Development and application of a real-time polymerase chain reaction assay to detect lumpy skin disease virus belonging to the Kenyan sheep and goat pox group
Published in BMC research notes (30-09-2023)“…Abstract Lumpy skin disease (LSD) outbreaks in Southeast and South Asia are attributed to different lineages of LSD virus (LSDV). Variants belonging to the…”
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A Guide to Molecular Characterization of Genotype II African Swine Fever Virus: Essential and Alternative Genome Markers
Published in Microorganisms (Basel) (01-03-2023)“…African swine fever is a contagious viral disease that has been spreading through Europe and Asia since its initial report from Georgia in 2007. Due to the…”
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