| hosts, seasonal occurrence and life cycle of rhipicentor nuttalli (acari: ixodidae). | there are only two species worldwide within the genus rhipicentor, namely rhipicentor bicornis and rhipicentor nuttalli and both occur only in africa. rhipicentor nuttali has a widespread distribution in south africa and the present investigation was initiated to elucidate its host preference, seasonality and life cycle. rock elephant shrews, elephantulus myurus were examined for ticks at four localities in the free state province, one in gauteng province and two in limpopo province, south afric ... | 2002 | 12356163 |
| epidemiology and molecular virus characterization of reemerging rabies, south africa. | the incidence of dog rabies in limpopo province, south africa, increased from 5 cases in 2004 to 100 in 2006. human rabies had last been confirmed in 1981, but investigations instituted after an index case was recognized in february 2006 identified 21 confirmed, 4 probable, and 5 possible human cases between august 5, 2005, and december 31, 2006. twelve of these case-patients were identified retrospectively because the diagnosis of rabies was not considered: 6 of these patients consulted a tradi ... | 2007 | 18258039 |
| molecular detection of babesia rossi and hepatozoon sp. in african wild dogs (lycaon pictus) in south africa. | blood specimens from wild dogs (n=301) were obtained from de wildt cheetah and wildlife centre (pretoria) and five game reserves (4 in the north-west province and 1 in limpopo province), south africa. specimens were screened for babesia, theileria, hepatozoon and ehrlichia/anaplasma species using pcr and reverse line blot (rlb) assays. positive results were obtained in 18 (6%) wild dogs. sixteen specimens were found positive for babesia rossi and two dogs were hepatozoon sp. positive. it appears ... | 2008 | 18752897 |
| molecular epidemiology of rabies: focus on domestic dogs (canis familiaris) and black-backed jackals (canis mesomelas) from northern south africa. | phylogenetic relationships of rabies viruses recovered from black-backed jackals (canis mesomelas) and domestic dogs (canis familiaris) in northern south africa were investigated to determine whether the black-backed jackal is an emerging maintenance host species for rabies in this region. a panel of 123 rabies viruses obtained from the two host species between 1980 and 2006 were characterised by nucleotide sequencing of the cytoplasmic domain of the glycoprotein gene and the non-coding g-l inte ... | 2009 | 19061924 |
| rabies in south africa between 1993 and 2005--what has been achieved? | epidemiological analyses in time and space were carried out on all animal rabies cases reported in south africa for the period 1993-2005. validation of state veterinary records was done by comparing these with data from the 2 diagnostic laboratories mandated to test for animal rabies. a discrepancy between state veterinary records and laboratory results was found and is discussed. the total number of positive rabies cases reported to veterinary services between 1993 and 2005 was 4767. during thi ... | 2010 | 20649149 |
| an evaluation of dog rabies control in limpopo province (south africa). | summaryrabies is a prevalent and re-emerging disease in south africa particularly in rural areas with high human densities. outbreaks are frequently reported in the north and eastern parts of this country, probably an indication of inadequacy in the control of the disease. following the 2005/2006 outbreak in limpopo, we undertook an analysis of case surveillance data and genetically characterized 18 rabies viruses, all recovered from domestic dogs. although rabies prevalence gradually declined a ... | 2011 | 21733270 |