Animal TB
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Division of Molecular Biology & Human Genetics

​​​Animal TB Research Group

PUBLICATIONS - 2012

  1. Drewe JA, O'Riain Mj, Beamish E, Currie H, Parsons SDC. Survey of infections transmissible between baboons and humans, Cape Town, South Africa. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2012; 18(2): 298-301.
  2. Parsons S, Menezes AM, Cooper D, Walzl G, Warren RM, van Helden PD. Development of a diagnostic gene expression assay for tuberculosis and its use under field conditions in African buffaloes (Syncerus caffer). Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology 2012; 148(3-4): 337-342.
  3. Parsons S, Warren RM, Ottenhoff THM, Gey Van Pittius NC, van Helden PD. Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in dogs in a high-risk setting. Research in Veterinary Science 2012; 92(3): 414-419.
  4. Subbian S, Tsenova L, O'Brien P, Yang G, Kushner NL, Parsons S, Peixoto BP, Fallows D, Kaplan G. Spontaneous latency in a rabbit model of pulmonary tuberculosis. American Journal of Pathology 2012; 181(5): 1711-1724.
  5. Le Roex N, Noyes H, Brass A, Bradley DG, Kemp SJ, Kay S, van Helden PDHoal EG. Novel SNP Discovery in African Buffalo, Syncerus caffer, Using High-Throughput Sequencing. PLoS ONE 2012; 7(11): e48792.
  6. Müller A, Möller M, Adams LA, Warren RM, Hoal EG, van Helden PD. Comparative analysis of putative TB-susceptibility gene, MC3R (Melanocortin-3-receptor), and pseudogene sequence in cattle (Bos taurus), African buffalo (Syncerus caffer), hyena (Crocuta crocuta), rhino (Ceratotherium simum) and other African bovids and ruminants. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 2012; 136(2): 117-122.
  7. Katale BZ, Mbugi EV, Kendal S, Fyumagwa RD, Kibiki GS, Godfrey-Faussett P, Keyyu JD, van Helden P, Matee MI. Bovine tuberculosis at the human-livestock-wildlife interface: Is it a public health problem in Tanzania? A review. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research 2012; 79(2): ​1-8.
  8. Mbugi EV, Katale BZ, Kendal S, Good L, Kibiki GS, Keyyu JD, Godfrey-Faussett P, van Helden PD, Matee MI. Tuberculosis cross-species transmission in Tanzania: Towards a One-Health concept. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research 2012; 79(2): E1-6.
  9. Mbugi EV, Kayunze KA, Katale BZ, Kendal S, Good L, Kibiki GS, Keyyu JD, Godfrey-Faussett P, van Helden PD, Matee MI. 'One Health' infectious diseases surveillance in Tanzania: Are we all on board the same flight? Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research 2012; 79(2): 1-7.
  10. Gey Van Pittius NC, van Helden PD, Warren RM. Characterization of Mycobacterium orygis. Journal of Infectious Diseases 2012; 18(10): 1708-1709.