| molecular epidemiology of rabies in bat-eared foxes (otocyon megalotis) in south africa. | a panel of 124 rabies viruses from wildlife host species (principally the bat-eared fox, otocyon megalotis) and domestic carnivore species were collected between 1980 and 2005 from a region of south africa associated with endemic bat-eared fox rabies. we have studied the molecular epidemiology of bat-eared fox rabies by virtue of nucleotide sequence analyses of pcr amplicons specific to the variable g-l intergenic region as well as the conserved nucleoprotein gene of each of the rabies viruses i ... | 2007 | 17537536 |
| evolutionary history of african mongoose rabies. | two biotypes or variants of rabies virus (rabv) occur in southern africa. these variants are respectively adapted to hosts belonging to the canidae family (the canid variant) and hosts belonging to the herpestidae family (the mongoose variant). due to the distinct host adaptation and differences in epidemiology and pathogenesis, it has been hypothesized that the two variants were introduced into africa at different times. the objective of this study was to investigate the molecular phylogeny of ... | 2010 | 20214938 |
| host and viral traits predict zoonotic spillover from mammals. | the majority of human emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic, with viruses that originate in wild mammals of particular concern (for example, hiv, ebola and sars). understanding patterns of viral diversity in wildlife and determinants of successful cross-species transmission, or spillover, are therefore key goals for pandemic surveillance programs. however, few analytical tools exist to identify which host species are likely to harbour the next human virus, or which viruses can cross species ... | 2017 | 28636590 |
| global mammal parasite database version 2.0. | illuminating the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of parasites is one of the most pressing issues facing modern science, and is critical for basic science, the global economy, and human health. extremely important to this effort are data on the disease-causing organisms of wild animal hosts (including viruses, bacteria, protozoa, helminths, arthropods, and fungi). here we present an updated version of the global mammal parasite database, a database of the parasites of wild ungulates (artioda ... | 2017 | 28273333 |