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List of works by Celia Abolnik

A current review of avian influenza in pigeons and doves (Columbidae).

scientific article published on 12 March 2014

A phylogenetic study of South African Newcastle disease virus strains isolated between 1990 and 2002 suggests epidemiological origins in the Far East.

scientific article published on 13 November 2003

A retrospective study and predictive modelling of Newcastle Disease trends among rural poultry of eastern Zambia

scientific article published on 20 September 2016

A social–ecological approach to landscape epidemiology: geographic variation and avian influenza

scholarly article by Graeme S. Cumming et al published 13 March 2015 in Landscape Ecology

A two-year monitoring period of the genetic properties of clade 2.3.2.1c H5N1 viruses in Nigeria reveals the emergence and co-circulation of distinct genotypes.

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Analysing production and financial data from farmers can serve as a tool for identifying opportunities for enhancing extension delivery among the rural poultry sub-sector in Zambia

scientific article published on 17 August 2018

Antibody response and viral shedding profile of Egyptian geese (Alopochen aegyptiacus) infected with low pathogenicity H7N1 and H6N8 avian influenza viruses.

scientific article published in June 2012

Assessment of Mycoplasma gallisepticum vaccine efficacy in a co-infection challenge model with QX-like infectious bronchitis virus.

scientific article published on 16 February 2018

Avian Viral Pathogens in Swallows, Zimbabwe : Infectious Diseases in Hirundinidae: A Risk to Swallow?

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Avian gyrovirus 2 and avirulent Newcastle disease virus coinfection in a chicken flock with neurologic symptoms and high mortalities.

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Combining value chain and social network analysis as a viable tool for informing targeted disease surveillance in the rural poultry sector of Zambia

scientific article published on 19 July 2018

Comparative Evaluation of the Pathogenicity of Mycoplasma gallinaceum in Chickens.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Mycoplasma gallinaceum

scientific article published on 2 July 2015

Complete Genome Sequence of Mycoplasma pullorum Isolated from Domestic Chickens.

scientific article published on 23 February 2017

Complete Genome Sequence of a Genotype XVII Newcastle Disease Virus, Isolated from an Apparently Healthy Domestic Duck in Nigeria

scientific article published on 4 February 2016

Complete Genome Sequence of a Newcastle Disease Genotype XIII Virus Isolated from Indigenous Chickens in Zambia.

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Continuing evolution of H6N2 influenza a virus in South African chickens and the implications for diagnosis and control

scientific article published on 18 December 2019

Descriptive Epidemiology of and Response to the High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (H5N8) Epidemic in South African Coastal Seabirds, 2018

scientific article published in 2023

Determination of the seroprevalence of Newcastle disease virus (avian paramyxovirus type 1) in Zambian backyard chicken flocks

scientific article published on December 7, 2012

Emergence of highly pathogenic H5N2 and H7N1 influenza A viruses from low pathogenic precursors by serial passage in ovo

scientific article published on 08 October 2020

Empirical analysis suggests continuous and homogeneous circulation of Newcastle disease virus in a wide range of wild bird species in Africa

scientific article published on 4 August 2014

Erratum to: A social–ecological approach to landscape epidemiology: geographic variation and avian influenza

scholarly article by Graeme S. Cumming et al published 7 May 2015 in Landscape Ecology

Evidence for Multidrug Resistance in Nonpathogenic Mycoplasma Species Isolated from South African Poultry

scientific article published on 17 October 2018

Evolution of H5 highly pathogenic avian influenza: sequence data indicate stepwise changes in the cleavage site

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Evolutionary consequences of a decade of vaccination against subtype H6N2 influenza.

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Experimental infection of racing pigeons (Columba livia domestica) with highly pathogenic Clade 2.3.4.4 sub-group B H5N8 avian influenza virus

scientific article published on 02 November 2018

Extended survival times of Mycoplasma gallisepticum and Mycoplasma synoviae on kanekalon synthetic hair fibres.

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Genomic and single nucleotide polymorphism analysis of infectious bronchitis coronavirus.

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Genomic comparison of Newcastle disease viruses isolated in Nigeria between 2002 and 2015 reveals circulation of highly diverse genotypes and spillover into wild birds

scientific article published on 23 May 2019

History of Newcastle disease in South Africa.

scientific article published on 24 February 2017

Investigating avian influenza infection hotspots in old-world shorebirds.

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Is syndromic data from rural poultry farmers a viable poultry disease reporting tool and means of identifying likely farmer responses to poultry disease incursion?

scientific article published on 6 March 2018

Molecular analysis of the 2011 HPAI H5N2 outbreak in ostriches, South Africa.

scientific article published on December 2012

Molecular characterisation of Newcastle disease virus isolates from different geographical regions in Mozambique in 2005.

scientific article published on 31 August 2012

Molecular characterization of H5N2 avian influenza viruses isolated from South African ostriches in 2006.

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Outbreaks of Clade 2.3.4.4 H5N8 highly pathogenic avian influenza in 2018 in the northern regions of South Africa were unrelated to those of 2017

scientific article published on 13 December 2019

Persistence of low pathogenic avian influenza virus in waterfowl in a Southern African ecosystem.

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Phylogenetic analysis of influenza A viruses (H6N8, H1N8, H4N2, H9N2, H10N7) isolated from wild birds, ducks, and ostriches in South Africa from 2007 to 2009.

scientific article published in March 2010

RETRACTED: Complete Genome Sequence of Mycoplasma meleagridis, a Possible Emerging Pathogen in Chickens.

retracted article; published on 7 May 2015

Retraction for Abolnik, Complete Genome Sequence of Mycoplasma meleagridis, a Possible Emerging Pathogen in Chickens

scientific article published on 4 June 2015

Serological and molecular investigation of Newcastle disease in household chicken flocks and associated markets in Eastern Shewa zone, Ethiopia.

scientific article published on 11 October 2012

Serological investigation of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N2 in ostriches (Struthio camelus).

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Susceptibility and Status of Avian Influenza in Ostriches

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The Molecular Epidemiology of Clade 2.3.4.4B H5N1 High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza in Southern Africa, 2021–2022

scientific article published in 2023

Tracing the origins of genotype VIIh Newcastle disease in southern Africa

scientific article published on 26 November 2017

Two genotypes of infectious bronchitis virus are responsible for serological variation in KwaZulu-Natal poultry flocks prior to 2012.

scientific article published on 9 September 2014

Understanding the ecological drivers of avian influenza virus infection in wildfowl: a continental-scale study across Africa

scientific article published on 14 September 2011

Virulent Newcastle disease virus in Nigeria: identification of a new clade of sub-lineage 5f from livebird markets.

scientific article published on 29 September 2011

Virus genome dynamics under different propagation pressures: reconstruction of whole genome haplotypes of West Nile viruses from NGS data

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