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Vector-borne diseases

The vector-borne diseases research theme encompasses a wide range of topics including vector competence studies and molecular and other techniques to detect infectious agents or antigens in vectors

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Research articles in refereed specialist journals

Bekker CPJ, Vink D, Lopes Pereira CM, Wapenaar W, Langa A, Jongejan F: 2001. Heartwater (Cowdria ruminantium Infection) as a cause of postrestocking mortality of goats in Mozambique. Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, 8(4) / Jul, pp 843-846.

De Vos S, Zeinstra L, Taoufik O, Willadsen P, Jongejan F: 2001. Evidence for the utility of the Bm86 antigen from Boophilus microplus in vaccination against other tick species. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 25, pp 245-261.

Gubbels M-J, Katzer F, Shiels BR, Jongejan F: 2001. Study of Theileria annulata population structure during bovine infection and following transmission to ticks. Parasitology, 123, pp 553-561.

Horak IG, Macivor KM d, Greeff CJ: 2001. Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. XXXIX. Helminth and arthropod parasites of Angora goats in the southern Karoo. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 68, pp 27-35.

Peirce MA, Anderson MD, Penzhorn BL: 2001. Piroplasmosis in the aardwolf (Proteles cristatus). Veterinary Record, 149 / Nov, pp 561-562.

Penzhorn BL, Kjemtrup AM, López-Rebollar LM, Conrad PA: 2001. Babesia leo n. sp. from lions in the Kruger National Park, South Africa, and its relation to other small piroplasms. Journal of Parasitology, 87(3), pp 681-685.