Robert Swanepoel

Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital — South Africa

Medicine · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Viral Infections and Vectors(160), Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research(98), Vector-Borne Animal Diseases(78), Mosquito-borne diseases and control(46), Fire effects on ecosystems(37)

Publications212 total

Rift Valley fever epidemiology: shifting the paradigm and rethinking research priorities
The Lancet Planetary Health·2025· 6 citedOpen Access
Lung function trajectories in children with pulmonary TB and non-TB lower respiratory tract infections
IJTLD OPEN·2025Open Access
A Bayesian latent class estimation of the diagnostic accuracy of clinical examination and laboratory assays to identify bovine ephemeral fever virus infection in South African cattle
Preventive Veterinary Medicine·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Genome Sequencing of Historical Encephalomyocarditis Viruses from South Africa Links the Historical 1993/4 Savanna Elephant (Loxodonta africana) Outbreak to Cryptic Mastomys Rodents
Pathogens·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Rift Valley Fever virus M and L genome segment detection: a comparison of field-deployable reverse transcription insulated isothermal PCR (RT-iiPCR) and laboratory-based multiplex reverse transcription real-time PCR
Journal of Clinical Microbiology·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Detection of African Swine Fever Virus in Ornithodoros Tick Species Associated with Indigenous and Extralimital Warthog Populations in South Africa
Viruses·2022· 11 citedOpen Access
Detection of Rift Valley Fever Virus in Aedes (Aedimorphus) durbanensis, South Africa
Pathogens·2022· 9 citedOpen Access
Updated distribution and host records for the argasid tick Ornithodoros (Pavlovskyella) zumpti: A potential vector of African swine fever virus in South Africa
Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research·2021· 4 citedOpen Access
Extension of Sylvatic Circulation of African Swine Fever Virus in Extralimital Warthogs in South Africa
Frontiers in Veterinary Science·2021· 21 citedOpen Access
Mammarenaviruses of Rodents, South Africa and Zimbabwe
Emerging infectious diseases·2021· 8 citedOpen Access
Co-circulation of Rift Valley fever virus and other zoonotic arboviruses at the human-livestock-wildlife interface in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
International Journal of Infectious Diseases·2020· 4 citedOpen Access
Human-Pathogenic Kasokero Virus in Field-Collected Ticks
Emerging infectious diseases·2020· 18 citedOpen Access
New filovirus disease classification and nomenclature
UNC Libraries·2020Open Access
Theoretical risk of genetic reassortment should not impede development of live, attenuated Rift Valley fever (RVF) vaccines commentary on the draft WHO RVF Target Product Profile
Vaccine X·2020· 13 citedOpen Access
Neutralizing antibodies against Rift Valley fever virus in wild antelope in far northern KwaZulu‐Natal, South Africa, indicate recent virus circulation
Transboundary and Emerging Diseases·2020· 16 cited
Wesselsbron Virus Disease
2019· 11 cited
Development and analytical validation of a group-specific RT-qPCR assay for the detection of the Simbu serogroup orthobunyaviruses
Journal of Virological Methods·2019· 25 cited
Phylogenetic Characterization of the Palyam Serogroup Orbiviruses
Viruses·2019· 18 citedOpen Access
High seroconversion rate to Rift Valley fever virus in cattle and goats in far northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, in the absence of reported outbreaks
PLoS neglected tropical diseases·2019· 48 citedOpen Access
New filovirus disease classification and nomenclature
Nature Reviews Microbiology·2019· 124 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Patricia A. Leman(21), Janusz T. Pawęska(17), Pierre E. Rollin(16), Felicity J. Burt(15), Stuart T. Nichol(11), Sherif R. Zaki(9), Thomas G. Ksiazek(9), Antoinette A. Grobbelaar(8), Alan C. Kemp(7), C. J. Peters(7), Pierre Formenty(6), Eric M. Leroy(5), Jonathan S. Towner(5), Marina L. Khristova(4), Gustavo Palacios(4), Jacqueline Weyer(4), Daniel G. Bausch(4), Marietjie Venter(4), Tara K. Sealy(3), Serena A. Carroll(3)