Division of Molecular Biology & Human Genetics?

Animal TB Research Group

PUBLICATIONS - 2023

1.      Cooke DM, Goosen WJ, Burgess T, Witte C, Miller MA. 2023. Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex detection in rural goat herds in South Africa using Bayesian latent class analysis. Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 257: 110559. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetimm.2023.110559

2.     Ghielmetti G, Loubser J, Kerr TJ, Stuber T, Thacker T, Martin LC, O'Hare MA, Mhlophe SK, Okunola A, Loxton AG, Warren RM, Moseley MH, Miller MA, Goosen WJ. 2023. Advancing animal tuberculosis surveillance using culture-independent long-read whole-genome sequencing. Front Microbiol. 14: 1307440. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1307440

3.     Gumbo R, Goosen WJ, Buss PE, de Klerk-Lorist LM, Lyashchenko K, Warren RM, van Helden PD, Miller MA, Kerr TJ. 2023 "Spotting" Mycobacterium bovis infection in leopards (Panthera pardus) - novel application of diagnostic tools. Front Immunol. 14: 1216262. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1216262

4.     Klever AM, Alexander KA, Almeida D, Anderson MZ, Ball RL, Beamer G, Boggiatto P, Buikstra JE, Chandler B, Claeys TA, Concha AE, Converse PJ, Derbyshire KM, Dobos KM, Dupnik KM, Endsley JJ, Endsley MA, Fennelly K, Franco-Paredes C, Hagge DA, Hall-Stoodley L, Hayes D Jr, Hirschfeld K, Hofman CA, Honda JR, Hull NM, Kramnik I, Lacourciere K, Lahiri R, Lamont EA, Larsen MH, Lemaire T, Lesellier S, Lee NR, Lowry CA, Mahfooz NS, McMichael TM, Merling MR, Miller MA, Nagajyothi JF, Nelson E, Nuermberger EL, Pena MT, Perea C, Podell BK, Pyle CJ, Quinn FD, Rajaram MVS, Mejia OR, Rothoff M, Sago SA, Salvador LCM, Simonson AW, Spencer JS, Sreevatsan S, Subbian S, Sunstrum J, Tobin DM, Vijayan KKV, Wright CTO, Robinson RT. 2023.The Many Hosts of Mycobacteria 9 (MHM9): A conference report. Tuberculosis. 142: 102377. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tube.2023.102377 

5.     Kerr TJ, van Heerden J, Goosen WJ, Kleynhans L, Buss PE, Latimer E, Miller MA. 2023. DETECTION OF ELEPHANT ENDOTHELIOTROPIC HERPESVIRUS (EEHV) IN FREE-RANGING AFRICAN ELEPHANTS (LOXODONTA AFRICANA) IN THE KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, SOUTH AFRICA. J Wildl Dis. 59 (1) :128-137. https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-22-00015

6.     LaFleur M, Rasoanaivo HA, Andrianarivo TH, Andrianomanana FR, McKernan S, Raherison MS, Andrianantenaina R, Miller M, Ratsimbazafy J, Lapierre SG, Ranaivomanana P, Rakotosamimanana N. Tuberculosis in Lemurs and a Fossa at National Zoo, Madagascar, 2022. 2023. Emerg Infect Dis. 29 (12): 2587-2589. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2912.231159

7.     Opperman CJ, Singh S, Davids T, Cox H, Warren R, Goosen W. 2023. Identifying non-tuberculosis mycobacteria: Is it time to introduce new molecular assays. S Afr Med J.  113 (6): e16771.  https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2022.v113i6.16771

8.     Roos EO, Loubser J, Kerr TJ, Dippenaar A, Streicher E, Olea-Popelka F, Robbe-Austerman S, Stuber T, Buss P, de Klerk-Lorist LM, Warren RM, van Helden PD, Parsons SDC, Miller MA. Whole genome sequencing improves the discrimination between Mycobacterium bovis strains on the southern border of Kruger National Park, South Africa. 2023. One Health. 17: 100654. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2023.100654

9.     Steyrer C, Miller M, Hewlett J, Buss P, Hooijberg EH. Markers of inflammation in free-living African elephants (Loxodonta africana): Reference intervals and diagnostic performance of acute phase reactants. 2023. Vet Clin Pathol. 52 Suppl 1:75-86. https://doi.org/10.1111/vcp.13197