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Wolter N, Cohen C, Tempia S, Madhi SA, Venter M, Moyes J, Walaza S, Malope Kgokong B, Groome M, du
Plessis M, Pretorius M, Dawood H, Kahn K, Variava E,Klugman KP, von Gottberg A. HIV and influenza virus
infections are associated with increased blood pneumococcal load: a prospective, hospital-based
observational study in South Africa, 2009-2011. J Infect Dis. 2014 Jan 1;209(1):56-65. doi:
10.1093/infdis/jit427. Epub 2013 Aug 6.
Van Eeden, C., Zaayman, D., Venter, M. A sensitive nested Real-Time RT-PCR for the detection of Shuni
virus. Journal of Virological Methods, J Virol Methods. 2014 Jan;195:100-5.
Madhi SA, Kuwanda L, Venter M, Violari A. Prospective Cohort Study Comparing Seasonal and H1N1(2009)
Pandemic Influenza Virus Illnesses in HIV-infected Children During 2009. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014
Feb;33(2):174-6. doi:10.1097/INF.0b013e3182a73ebb. PubMed PMID: 23907261.
Venter M, Zaayman D, van Niekerk S, Stivaktas V, Goolab S, Weyer J, PaweskaJT, Swanepoel R.
Macroarray assay for differential diagnosis ofmeningoencephalitis in southern Africa. J Clin Virol. 2014
May;60(1):50-6. doi:10.1016/j.jcv.2014.02.001. Epub 2014 Feb 14. PubMed PMID: 24630482. Tempia S, Walaza S, Viboud C, Cohen AL, Madhi SA, Venter M, McAnerney JM,Cohen C. Mortality
associated with seasonal and pandemic influenza andrespiratory syncytial virus among children <5 years of
age in a high HIVprevalence settingSouth Africa, 1998-2009. Clin Infect Dis. 2014May;58(9):1241-9. doi:
10.1093/cid/ciu095. Epub 2014 Feb 23.
Ntshoe GM, McAnerney JM, Tempia S, Blumberg L, Moyes J, Buys A, Naidoo D,Venter M, Besselaar T,
Schoub BD, Harris BN, Cohen C. Influenza Epidemiology and Vaccine Effectiveness among Patients with
Influenza-Like Illness, Viral WatchSentinel Sites, South Africa, 2005-2009. PLoS One. 2014 Apr
15;9(4):e94681. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094681. eCollection 2014. PubMed PMID: 24736452;
PubMedCentral PMCID: PMC3988097.
Nair, H., Simões, E.A., Rudan, I., Gessner, B.D., Azziz-Baumgartner, E., Zhang, J.S., Feikin, D.R.,
Mackenzie, G.A., Moïsi, J.C., Roca, A., Baggett, H.C., Zaman, S.M., Singleton, R.J., Lucero, M.G.,
Chandran, A., Gentile, A., Cohen, C., Krishnan, A., Bhutta, Z.A., Arguedas, A., Clara, A.W., Andrade, A.L.,
Ope, M,, Ruvinsky, R.O., Hortal, M., McCracken, J.P., Madhi, S.A., Bruce, N., Qazi, S.A., Morris, S.S., El
Arifeen, S., Weber, M.W., Scott, J.A., Brooks, W.A., Breiman, R.F., Campbell, H.; Severe Acute Lower
Respiratory Infections Working Group. Global and regional burden of hospital admissions for severe acute
lower respiratory infections in young children in 2010: a systematic analysis. Lancet, 2013:20;381(9875),
1380-90. (M Venter was part of the SARI working group).
Venter, M., van Vuren P.J., Mentoor, J., Paweska, J., Williams, J. Inactivated West Nile Virus (WNV)
vaccine, Duvaxyn WNV, protects against a highly neuroinvasive lineage 2 WNV strain in mice. Vaccine,
2013 Jun 29.
Lwande, O.W., Lutomiah, J., Obanda, V., Gakuya, F., Mutisya, J., Mulwa, F., Michuki, G., Chepkorir, E.,
Fischer, A., Venter, M., Sang, R. Isolation of tick and mosquito-borne arboviruses from ticks sampled from
livestock and wild animal hosts in Ijara District, Kenya. Vector-borne Zoonotic Diseases, 2013 Jun 27.
Ampofo WK, Al Busaidy S, Cox NJ, Giovanni M, Hay A, Huang S, Inglis S, Katz J,Mokhtari-Azad T, Peiris M,
Savy V, Sawanpanyalert P, Venter M, Waddell AL,Wickramasinghe G, Zhang W, Ziegler T; WHO Writing
Group. Strengthening the influenza vaccine virus selection and development process: outcome of the 2nd
WHO Informal Consultation for Improving Influenza Vaccine Virus Selection held at the Centre International
de Conférences (CICG) Geneva, Switzerland, 7 to 9 December 2011. Vaccine. 2013 Jul 11;31(32):3209-21
Nicksy Gumede, Olivia Lentsoane, Cara C. Burns, Mark Pallansch, Esther de Gourville, Riziki Yogolelo,
Jean Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, Adrian Puren, Barry D. Schoub, and Marietjie Venter. Emergence of
Vaccine-derived Polioviruses, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2004–2011.Emerging Infectious Diseases •
www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 19, No. 10, October 2013.
Pretorius MA, van Niekerk S, Tempia S, Moyes J, Cohen C, Madhi SA, Venter M*; SARI Surveillance
Group. Replacement and positive evolution of subtype A and B respiratory syncytial virus G-protein
genotypes from 1997-2012 in South Africa. J Infect Dis. 2013 Dec 15;208 Suppl 3:S227-37. doi:
10.1093/infdis/jit477. PubMed PMID: 24265482.
Moyes J, Cohen C, Pretorius M, Groome M, von Gottberg A, Wolter N, Walaza S, Haffejee S, Chhagan M,
Naby F, Cohen AL, Tempia S, Kahn K, Dawood H, Venter M, Madhi SA; South African Severe Acute
Respiratory Illness Surveillance Group.Epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus-associated acute lower
respiratory tract infection hospitalizations among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected South African children,
2010-2011. J Infect Dis. 2013 Dec 15;208 Suppl 3:S217-26.
Kuhn, J.H., Bao, Y., Bavari, S., Becker, S., Bradfute, S., Brauburger, K., Brister, J.R., Bukreyev, A.A., Cai,
Y.,Chandran, K., Davey, R.A., Dolnik, O., Dye, J.M., Enterlein, S., Gonzalez, J-P., Formenty, P., Freiberg,
A.N., Hensley,L.E., Hoenen, T., Honko, A.N., Ignatyev, G.M., Jahrling, P.B., Johnson, K.M., Klenk, H-D.,
Kobinger, G., Lackemeyer, M.G., Leroy, E.M., Lever, M.S., Lofts, L., Mühlberger, E., Netesov, S.V., Olinger,
G.G., Palacios, G. Patterson, J.L., Paweska, J.T., Pitt, L., Radoshitzky, S.R., Ryabchikova, E.I., Saphire,
E.O., Shestopalov, A.M., Smither, S.J., Sullivan, N.J., Swanepoel,R., Takada, A., Towner,J.S., van der
Groen, G., Volchkov,V.E., Wahl-Jensen, V., Warren, T.K., Warfield, K.L., Weidmann, M. and Nichol, S.T.
(2013) Virus nomenclature below the species level: a standardized nomenclature for filovirus strains and
variants rescued from cDNA. Arch Virol. 2013 Jan;158(1):301-11. doi: 10.1007/s00705-012-1454-0. Epub
2012 Sep 23.
Sewlall, N.H., Richards, G.A., Duse, A., Paweska, J., Blumberg, L., Swanepoel, R., Dinh T.H. and Bausch,
D.G. (2013) Clinical features and patient management of Lujo haemorrhagic fever. PLoS Neglected Tropical
Diseases, in press.
Michael C Pearce, Marietjie Venter, Tjitske Schouwstra, Charmaine van Eeden, Petrus Jansen van Vuren,
Janusz Paweska, Bo Liu, Arrie du Plessis. Serum Neutralising Antibody Response of Seronegative Horses
against Lineage 1 and Lineage 2 West Nile Virus Following Vaccination with an Inactivated Lineage 1 West
Nile Virus Vaccine. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association. 2013. Journal of the South African
Veterinary Association. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/jsava.v84i1.1052.
Cohen C, Moyes J, Tempia S, Groom M, Walaza S, Pretorius M, Dawood H, Chhagan M, Haffejee S,
Variava E, Kahn K, Tshangela A, von Gottberg A, Wolter N, Cohen AL, Kgokong B, Venter M, Madhi SA.
Severe Influenza-associated Respiratory Infection in High HIV Prevalence Setting, South Africa, 2009-2011.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Nov;19(11). doi: 10.3201/eid1911.130546. PubMed PMID: 24209781; PubMed
Central PMCID: PMC3837669.
Haynes AK, Manangan AP, Iwane MK, Sturm-Ramirez K, Homaira N, Brooks WA, Luby S, Rahman M,
Klena JD, Zhang Y, Yu H, Zhan F, Dueger E, Mansour AM, Azazzy N,McCracken JP, Bryan JP, Lopez MR,
Burton DC, Bigogo G, Breiman RF, Feikin DR,Njenga K, Montgomery J, Cohen AL, Moyes J, Pretorius M,
Cohen C, Venter M,Chittaganpitch M, Thamthitiwat S, Sawatwong P, Baggett HC, Luber G, Gerber
SI.Respiratory syncytial virus circulation in seven countries with Global Disease Detection Regional Centers.
J Infect Dis. 2013 Dec 15;208 Suppl 3:S246-54.
van Eeden C, Williams JH, Gerdes GH, van Wilpe E, Viljoen A, Swanepoel R, and Venter M. Shuni virus as
a cause of neurological disease in horses. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2012;18, 318-21.
Samudzi, R.R., Leman, P.A. Paweska, J.T., Swanepoel, R. and Burt, F.J. Bacterial expression of
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus nucleoprotein and its evaluation as a diagnostic reagent in an
indirect ELISA. Journal of Virological Methods, 2012;179, 70-6.
Kuhn, J.H., Y. Bao, Y., Bavari, S., Becker, S., Bradfute, S., Brister, J.R., Bukreyev,A.A., Chandran, K.,
Davey, R.A., Dolnik, O., Dye, J.M., Hensley,L., Honko,A.N., Jahrling, P.B., Leroy, E.M., Lever, M.S.,
Mühlberger, E., Netesov, S.V., Palacios, G. Patterson, J.L., Paweska,J.T., Pitt, L., Radoshitzky, S.R.,
Ollmann Saphire,E., Smither,S.J., Swanepoel,R., Towner,J.S., Volchkov,V.E., Wahl-Jensen, V., Warren,T.
and Nichol, S.T. (2012) Virus nomenclature below the species level: a standardized nomenclature for natural
variants and isolates of viruses assigned to the family Filoviridae. Archives of Virology, 2012; DOI
10.1007/s00705-012-1454-0.
van Sandwyk, J.H.d.T., Bennett, N.C., Swanepoel, R. and Bastos, A.D.S. Genetic analysis of
Encephalomyocarditis viruses from African elephant and pig outbreaks in South Africa. Veterinary
Microbiology, 2012; dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.08.008.
Lwande, O.W., Irura, Z., Tigoi, C., Chepkorir, E., Orindi, B., Musila, L., Venter, M,, Fischer, A., Sang, R.
Seroprevalence of Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in Ijara District, Kenya. Vector-borne Zoonotic
Diseases, 2012:12, 727-32.
Paweska, J.T., Jansen van Vuren, P., Masumu, J., Leman, P.A., Grobbelaar, A.A., Birkhead, M., Clift, S.,
Swanepoel, R., and Kemp, A. Virological and serological findings in Rousettus aegyptiacus experimentally
inoculated with Vero cell-adapted Hogan strain of Marburg virus. PLoS ONE, 2012;7(9): e45479.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0045479.
Amman, B.R., Carroll, S.R., Reed, Z.D., Sealy, T.K., Balinandi, S., Swanepoel, R., Kemp, A., Erickson, B.R.,
Comer, J.A., Campbell, S., Cannon, D.L., Khristova, M.L., Atimnedi, P., Paddock, C.D., Kent Crockett, R.J.,
Flietstra, T.D., Warfield, K.L., Unfer, R., Katongole-Mbidde, E., Downing, R., Tappero, J.W., Zaki, S.R.,
Rollin, P.E., Ksiazek, T.G., Nichol, S.T. and Towner, J.S. Seasonal pulses of Marburg virus circulation in
juvenile Rousettus aegyptiacus bats coincide with periods of increased risk of human infection. PLoS
Pathogens, 2012;8(10): e1002877. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1002877.
Pretorius, M.A., Madhi, S.A., Cohen, C., Naidoo, D., Groome, M., Moyes, J., Buys, A., Walaza, S., Dawood,
H., Chagan, M., Haffjee, S., Kahn, K., Puren, A. and Venter, M. Prevalence of respiratory viral co-infections
in South Africans hospitalized for severe acute respiratory illness during 2009 and 2010. Journal of
Infectious Diseases, 2012: 206, S159-65.
Venter M, Naidoo D, Pretorius MA, Treurnicht F, Buys A, McAnerney J, Blumberg L, Madhi SA, Cohen C
and Schoub BD. Evolutionary dynamics of pandemic H1N1/09 in South Africa from 2009-2010. Journal of
Infectious Diseases, 2012;206, S166-72.
Radin JM, Katz MA, Tempia S, Nzussouo NT, Davis R, Duque J, Adedeji A, Adjabeng MJ, Ampofo WK,
Ayele W, Bakamutumaho B, Barakat A, Cohen AL, Cohen C, Dalhatu IT, Daouda C, Dueger E, Francisco M,
Heraud J-M, Jima D, Kabanda A, Kadjo H, Kandeel A, Karhemere S, Kasolo F, Kronmann KC, Mazyanga L,
Liwewe M, Lutwama JJ, Matonya M, Mmbaga V, Mott J, Muhimpundu MA, Muthoka P, Njuguna H,
Randrianasolo L, Refaey S, Sanders C, Talaat M, Theos A, Valente F, Venter M, Woodfill C, Bresee J,
Moen A and Widdowson M-A. Influenza surveillance in 15 countries in Africa, 2006–2010. Journal of
Infectious Diseases, 2012:206,S14-21.
Zaayman, D. and Venter, M. West Nile virus neurologic disease in humans, South Africa. Emerging
Infectious Diseases, 2012:18, 2051-4.
Madhi SA, Dittmer S, Kuwanda L, Venter M, Cassim H, Lazarus E, Thomas T, Liberty S, Treurnich F,
Cutland CL, Weinberg A, Violari A. Efficacy and immunogenicity of influenza vaccine in HIV-infected
children: A randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled trial. AIDS, 2013:27, 369-79.
Braack, L.E.O., and Pont, A.C. Rediscovery of Haematobosca zuluensis (Zumpt), (Diptera, Stomoxyinae):
Re-description and amended keys for the genus. Parasites & Vectors, 2012:5, 267. DOI:
10.1186/1756-3305-5-267.
Carroll, S., Towner, J., Sealy,T., McMullan,L., Khristova,M., Burt, F., Swanepoel,R., Rollin, P. and Nichol, S.
Molecular evolution of viruses of the family Filoviridae based on 97 whole genome sequences. Journal of
Virology, 2013:87, 2608-16.
Nair H, Brooks WA, Katz M, Roca A, Berkley JA, Madhi SA, Simmerman JM, Gordon A, Sato M, Howie S,
Krishnan A, Ope M, Lindblade KA, Carosone-Link P, Lucero M , Ochieng W, Kamimoto L, Dueger E, Bhat
N, Vong S, Theodoratou E, Chittaganpitch M, Chimah O, Balmaseda A, Buchy P, Harris E, Evans V,
Katayose M, Gaur B, O’Callaghan-Gordo C, Goswami D, Arvelo W, Venter M, Briese T, Tokarz R,
Widdowson M, Mounts AW , Breiman RF, Da Feikin DR , Klugman KP, Olsen SJ, Gessner BD, Wright PF,
Rudan I, Broor S, Simões EA and, Campbell H, The global burden of respiratory infections due to seasonal
influenza in young children: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet, 2011;378(9807), 1917-30.
Van Kerkhove MD, Mounts AW, Mall S, Katelijn AH, Vandemaele, Chamberland M, dos Santos T, Fitzner J,
Widdowson MA, Michalove J, Bresee J, Olsen SJ, Quick L, Baumeister E, Carlino LO, Osvaldo Uez VS,
Owen R, Ghani F, Paterson B, Forde A, Fasce R, Torres G, Andrade W, Bustos P, Mora J, Gonzalez C,
Olea A, Sotomayor V, De Ferrari MN, Burgos A, Hunt D, Huang S, Jennings LC, Macfarlane M, Lopez LD,
McArthur C, Cohen C, Brett A, Blumberg L, Cengimbo A, Makunga C, McAnerney J, Msimang V, Naidoo D,
Puren A, Schoub BD, Juno Thomas and Venter M for the WHO Southern Hemisphere Influenza Comparison
Study Working Group, Epidemiologic and virologic assessment of the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic on
selected temperate countries in the Southern Hemisphere: Argentina, Australia, Chile, New Zealand and
South Africa. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, 2011; (DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2011.00249.x).
van Niekerk S and Venter M. Replacement of previously circulating Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
subtype B strains with the BA genotype in South Africa. Journal of Virology, 2011;85, 8789-97.
Venter M, Human S, van Niekerk S, Williams J, van Eeden C and Freeman F. Fatal neurologic disease and
abortion in mare infected with lineage 1 West Nile Virus, South Africa. Emerging Infectious Diseases,
2011;17, 1534-36.
Venter M, Lassaunière R, Kresfelder TL, Westerberg Y and Visser A. Contribution of common and recently
described respiratory viruses to annual hospitalisations in children in South Africa. Journal of Medical
Virology, 2011;83, 1458-68.
Venter M, van Niekerk S, Rakgantso A and Bent N. Identification of deletion mutant respiratory syncytial
virus strains lacking most of the G-protein in immunocompromised children with pneumonia in South Africa.
Journal of Virology, 2011;85, 8453-57.
Kresfelder TL, Janssen R, Bont L and Venter M. Confirmation of an association between single nucleotide
polymorphisms in the VDR gene with respiratory syncytial virus related disease in South African children.
Journal of Medical Virology; 2011;83, 1834-40.
Grobbelaar AA., Weyer J, Leman PA, Kemp A, Paweska JT and Swanepoel R. (2011) Molecular
epidemiology of Rift Valley fever. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011;17; 2270-6.