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List of works by Robert Swanepoel

A Simple-Probe real-time PCR assay for genotyping reassorted and non-reassorted isolates of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in southern Africa

scientific article published on 25 June 2010

An inhibition enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of antibody to Rift Valley fever virus in humans, domestic and wild ruminants

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An outbreak of Rift Valley fever in Northeastern Kenya, 1997-98.

scientific article published on February 2002

Anomalous High Rainfall and Soil Saturation as Combined Risk Indicator of Rift Valley Fever Outbreaks, South Africa, 2008-2011

scientific article published on 15 December 2016

Antibodies against West Nile and Shuni Viruses in Veterinarians, South Africa

scientific article published on August 2014

Bacterial expression of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus nucleoprotein and its evaluation as a diagnostic reagent in an indirect ELISA.

scientific article published on 5 October 2011

Biosafety standards for working with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus

scientific article published on 21 September 2016

Clinical features and patient management of Lujo hemorrhagic fever

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Cloning and expression of Rift Valley fever virus nucleocapsid (N) protein and evaluation of a N-protein based indirect ELISA for the detection of specific IgG and IgM antibodies in domestic ruminants.

scientific article published on 21 November 2006

Comparative analysis of the L, M, and S RNA segments of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus isolates from southern Africa.

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Coronavirus antibodies in African bat species

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Cytokine induction after laboratory-acquired West Nile virus infection

scientific article published on March 2009

Ecology of Filoviruses

scientific article published on 15 July 2017

Epidemiology and molecular virus characterization of reemerging rabies, South Africa

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Epidemiology of human rabies in South Africa, 1983-2007.

scientific article published on 29 October 2010

Fatal human infection with rabies-related Duvenhage virus, South Africa

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Filovirus RefSeq entries: evaluation and selection of filovirus type variants, type sequences, and names

scientific article published on 26 September 2014

First Documentation of Human Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Kenya

scientific article (publication date: September 2002)

Fruit bats as reservoirs of Ebola virus

scientific article (publication date: December 2005)

Gene expression in mice infected with West Nile virus strains of different neurovirulence

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Genetic Analysis of Viruses Associated with Emergence of Rift Valley Fever in Saudi Arabia and Yemen, 2000-01

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Genetic Determinants of Virulence in Pathogenic Lineage 2 West Nile Virus Strains

scientific article (publication date: February 2008)

Genetic detection and characterization of Lujo virus, a new hemorrhagic fever-associated arenavirus from southern Africa

scientific article published in May 2009

Genome Sequences of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Strains Isolated in South Africa, Namibia, and Turkey

scientific article published on 19 October 2017

Genome sequence analysis of in vitro and in vivo phenotypes of Bunyamwera and Ngari virus isolates from northern Kenya

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High prevalence of IgG antibodies to Ebola virus in the Efé pygmy population in the Watsa region, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Identification of a new strain of hepatitis E virus from an outbreak in Namibia in 1995.

scientific article published on January 2004

IgG-sandwich and IgM-capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of antibody to Rift Valley fever virus in domestic ruminants

scientific article published on November 2003

Isolation of genetically diverse Marburg viruses from Egyptian fruit bats

scientific article published in July 2009

Lineage 2 West Nile Virus as Cause of Fatal Neurologic Disease in Horses, South Africa

scientific article (publication date: June 2009)

Low seroprevalence of IgG antibodies to Ebola virus in an epidemic zone: Ogooué-Ivindo region, Northeastern Gabon, 1997.

scientific article published on 8 February 2005

Macroarray assay for differential diagnosis of meningoencephalitis in southern Africa

scientific article published on 14 February 2014

Marburg hemorrhagic fever associated with multiple genetic lineages of virus

scientific article published in August 2006

MassTag polymerase chain reaction for differential diagnosis of viral hemorrhagic fever

scientific article published on April 2006

Molecular Epidemiology of Rift Valley Fever Virus

scientific article published on December 1, 2011

Molecular evolution of viruses of the family Filoviridae based on 97 whole-genome sequences

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Morbidity and mortality of wild animals in relation to outbreaks of Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Gabon, 1994-2003.

scientific article published on 28 September 2006

Mosquito-borne arboviruses of African origin: review of key viruses and vectors

scientific article published on 9 January 2018

Nomenclature- and database-compatible names for the two Ebola virus variants that emerged in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2014.

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Nosocomial buffalopoxvirus infection, Karachi, Pakistan

scientific article published on June 2007

Nosocomial outbreak of novel arenavirus infection, southern Africa

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Orthobunyavirus antibodies among humans in selected parts of the Rift Valley and northeastern Kenya

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Phylogenetic Characterization of the Palyam Serogroup Orbiviruses.

scientific article published on 16 May 2019

Phylogenetic Relationships of Southern African West Nile Virus Isolates

scientific article (publication date: August 2002)

Phylogenetic evidence of widespread distribution of genotype 3 JC virus in Africa and identification of a type 7 isolate in an African AIDS patient

scientific article published in August 2004

Prediction, Assessment of the Rift Valley Fever Activity in East and Southern Africa 2006–2008 and Possible Vector Control Strategies

scientific article published on August 1, 2010

Pygmy populations seronegative for Marburg virus

scientific article published on January 2005

Rapid molecular strategy for filovirus detection and characterization

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Recombinant nucleocapsid-based ELISA for detection of IgG antibody to Rift Valley fever virus in African buffalo

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Retrospective genetic characterisation of Encephalomyocarditis viruses from African elephant and swine recovers two distinct lineages in South Africa

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Risk factors for Marburg hemorrhagic fever, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Seasonal pulses of Marburg virus circulation in juvenile Rousettus aegyptiacus bats coincide with periods of increased risk of human infection

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Serosurvey on household contacts of Marburg hemorrhagic fever patients

scientific article published on March 2006

Shuni virus as cause of neurologic disease in horses

scientific article published in February 2012

Sindbis and Middelburg Old World Alphaviruses Associated with Neurologic Disease in Horses, South Africa

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Studies of reservoir hosts for Marburg virus

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Transmission of West Nile virus during horse autopsy

scientific article published on March 2010

Validation of IgG-sandwich and IgM-capture ELISA for the detection of antibody to Rift Valley fever virus in humans

scientific article published on 12 January 2005

Validation of an indirect ELISA based on a recombinant nucleocapsid protein of Rift Valley fever virus for the detection of IgG antibody in humans

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Vector Competence of Selected Mosquito Species in Kenya for Ngari and Bunyamwera Viruses

scientific article published on November 2014

Virological and serological findings in Rousettus aegyptiacus experimentally inoculated with vero cells-adapted hogan strain of Marburg virus

scientific article published in 2012

Virus nomenclature below the species level: a standardized nomenclature for filovirus strains and variants rescued from cDNA

scientific article published on 5 November 2013

Virus nomenclature below the species level: a standardized nomenclature for laboratory animal-adapted strains and variants of viruses assigned to the family Filoviridae

scientific article published on 29 January 2013

Virus nomenclature below the species level: a standardized nomenclature for natural variants of viruses assigned to the family Filoviridae

scientific article published on 23 September 2012

West Nile virus lineage 2 as a cause of zoonotic neurological disease in humans and horses in southern Africa

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Yellow fever outbreak, Imatong, southern Sudan

scientific article published in June 2004