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Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology

Bastos, AD

MSc PhD(Pret) - Senior Lecturer

NRF Rating: Y1

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Telephone number: 012 420 4612
Fax number: 012 362 5242
E-mail address: adbastos@zoology.up.ac.za

Research Interests:

Molecular epidemiology of wildlife diseases

Biology of fragmented populations; Conservation planning; Conservation and restoration ecology; and Biodiversity and systematics

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Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Sangare O, Bastos AD, Venter EH, Vosloo W: 2004. A first molecular epidemiological study of SAT-2 type foot-and-mouth disease viruses in West Africa. Epidemiology and Infection, 132, pp 525-532.

Haydon D, Bastos AD, Awadalla P: 2004. Low linkage disequilibrium indicative of recombination in foot-and-mouth disease virus gene sequence alignments. Journal of General Virology, 85, pp 1095-1100.

Penrith ML, Thomson GR, Bastos AD, Phiri OC, Lubisi BA, du Plessis EC, Macome F, Pinto F, Botha B, Esterhuysen J: 2004. An investigation into natural resistance to African swine fever in domestic pigs from an endemic area in southern Africa. Revue Scientifique et Technique de l Office International des Epizooties, 23 (3), pp 665-677.

Sangare O, Dungu B, Bastos AD: 2004. Foot and mouth disease in Mali: The current situation and proposed control strategies. Revue Scientifique et Technique de l Office International des Epizooties, 23 (3), pp 563-572.

Hargreaves SK, Foggin CM, Anderson EC, Bastos AD, Thomson GR, Ferris N, Knowles NJ: 2004. An investigation into the source and spread of foot and mouth disease virus from a wildlife conservancy in Zimbabwe. Revue Scientifique et Technique de l Office International des Epizooties, 23 (3), pp 783-790.

Bastos AD, Penrith ML, Macome F, Pinto F, Thomson GR: 2004. Co-circulation of two genetically distinct viruses in an outbreak of African swine fever in Mozambique: No evidence for individual co-infection. Veterinary Microbiology, 103, pp 169-182.

 

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