Division of Molecular Biology & Human Genetics?

Animal TB Research Group

PUBLICATIONS - 2024

1.      Buss P, Miller M, Fuller A, Haw A, Thulson E, Olea-Popelka F, Meyer L. 2024. Effects of Butorphanol on Respiration in White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) Immobilized with Etorphine-Azaperone. J Wildl Dis. 60 (2): 388-400. https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-23-00034

2.     Cooke DM, Clarke C, Kerr TJ, Warren RM, Witte C, Miller MA, Goosen WJ.  2024. Detection of Mycobacterium bovis in nasal swabs from communal goats (Capra hircus) in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Front Microbiol. 15: 1349163. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1349163

3.     de Klerk-Lorist LM, Miller MA, Mitchell EP, Lorist R, van Dyk DS, Mathebula N, Goosen L, Dwyer-Leonard R, Ghielmetti G, Streicher EM, Kerr TJ. 2024. Case report: Discovery of tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis in free-ranging vervet monkeys in the Greater Kruger Conservation Area. Front Vet Sci. 11: 1460115. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2024.1460115

4.     Didkowska A, Krajewska-W?dzina M, Miller M, Bochniarz M, Kozińska M, Szacawa E, Tracz A, Weiner M, Brzezińska S, Augustynowicz-Kope? E, Anusz K, Nowakiewicz A. Mycobacterium caprae tuberculosis in a captive lion in Ukraine - Case Report. 2024. Ann Agric Environ Med. 31 (3): 455-459. https://doi.org/10.26444/aaem/186516

5.     Dippenaar A, Sylvester T, Ealand C, Ismail N, Rakotosamimanana N, Miller M, Kana BD, Warren RM; FSPI Consortium. 2024. Collaborative learning in the digital age: empowering tuberculosis researchers through virtual training. J Microbiol Biol Educ. 25 (3): e0011424. https://doi.org/10.1128/jmbe.00114-24

6.     Dwyer R, Witte C, Buss P, Warren R, Miller M, Goosen W. 2024. Antemortem detection of Mycobacterium bovis in nasal swabs from African rhinoceros. Sci Rep. 14 (1): 357. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-50236-8

7.     Ghielmetti G, Kerr TJ, Bernitz N, Mhlophe SK, Streicher E, Loxton AG, Warren RM, Miller MA, Goosen WJ.2024. Insights into mycobacteriome composition in Mycobacterium bovis-infected African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) tissue samples. Sci Rep. 14 (1): 17537.  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-68189-x

8.     Goosen WJ, Moodley S, Ghielmetti G, Moosa Y, Zulu T, Smit T; Vukuzazi Team; Kleynhans L, Kerr TJ, Streicher EM, Hanekom WA, Warren RM, Wong EB, Miller MA. 2024. Identification and molecular characterization of Mycobacterium bovis DNA in GeneXpert? MTB/RIF ultra-positive, culture-negative sputum from a rural community in South Africa. One Health. 18: 100702. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2024.100702

9.     Kamau MW, Witte C, Goosen W, Mutinda M, Villinger J, Getange D, Khogali R, von Fricken ME, Fèvre EM, Zimmerman D, Linton YM, Miller M. 2024. Comparison of test performance of a conventional PCR and two field-friendly tests to detect Coxiella burnetii DNA in ticks using Bayesian latent class analysis. Front Vet Sci. 11: 1396714. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2024.1396714

10.  Martin LC, O'Hare MA, Ghielmetti G, Twesigomwe D, Kerr TJ, Gumbo R, Buss PE, Kitchin N, Hemmings SMJ, Miller MA, Goosen WJ. 2024. Short-read full-length 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing for characterisation of the respiratory bacteriome of captive and free-ranging African elephants (Loxodonta africana). Sci Rep. 14 (1): 14768. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-65841-4

11.   Miller MA, Calle PP, Gai J, Sanchez C, Young L. 2024. SEROCONVERSION CAN PRECEDE CULTURE CONFIRMED DIAGNOSIS OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION IN ASIAN ELEPHANTS (ELEPHAS MAXIMUS) BY DECADES. J Zoo Wildl Med. 55 (4): 1082-1087. https://doi.org/10.1638/2024-0034

12. Opperman CJ, Ntshangase Z, Gumede M, Singh S, Ghebrekristos Y, Warren R, Goosen W. 2024. Misdiagnosis of non-tuberculous mycobacteria as tuberculous by the GeneXpert MTB/RIF Ultra: Fact or fiction? S Afr J Infect Dis. 39 (1): 576 https://doi.org/10.4102/sajid.v39i1.576

13. Opperman C, Singh S, Ghebrekristos Y, Warren R, Goosen W. 2024. Pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacteria and Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex co-infection: A pragmatic approach to its diagnosis and management in South Africa. S Afr Med J. 114 (9): e2313. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2024.v114i9.2313

14. Opperman C, Steyn J, Matthews MC, Singh S, Ghebrekristos Y, Kerr TJ, Miller M, Esmail A, Cox H, Warren R, Ghielmetti G, Goosen W. 2024. Targeted deep sequencing of mycobacteria species from extrapulmonary sites not identified by routine line probe assays: A retrospective laboratory analysis of stored clinical cultures. IJID Reg. 13: 100464. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijregi.2024.100464

15. Wooten MT, Witte C, Sutherland-Smith M, Gaffney PM, Conlon KC. 2024. A RETROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY IN ASSOCIATION WITH INFESTATION BY THE MITE STERNOSTOMA TRACHEACOLUM IN AN AVIARY-HOUSED POPULATION OF GOULDIAN FINCHES (CHLOEBIA GOULDIAE). J Zoo Wildl Med. 55 (1): 57-66. https://doi.org/10.1638/2023-0057?