Ché Weldon

North-West University — South Africa

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

21h-index4.4kcitations66works4.12yr avg
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Research Topics

Amphibian and Reptile Biology(49), Species Distribution and Climate Change(26), Turtle Biology and Conservation(12), Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities(9), Fungal Infections and Studies(6)

Publications66 total

Uncovering hidden threats: prevalence, antibiotic resistance and virulence gene profiles of Escherichia coli strains isolated from Testudines and their aquatic habitats
Molecular Biology Reports·2025Open Access
Ecology and Life Cycles of Aquatic Pathogenic Fungi
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Lineage-specific trait variation generates widespread, contemporaneous coexistence and competitive exclusion dynamics in an invasive, multihost wildlife parasite
2024Open Access
Lineage-specific trait variation generates widespread, contemporaneous coexistence and competitive exclusion dynamics in an invasive, multihost wildlife parasite
2024Open Access
Archival mitogenomes identify invasion by the <i>Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis</i> CAPE lineage caused an African amphibian extinction in the wild
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2024· 8 citedOpen Access
Environment predicts <i>Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis</i> lineage distribution and zones of recombination in South Africa
Ecology and Evolution·2024· 9 citedOpen Access
Occurrence, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Virulence Profiles of <i>Salmonella</i> Serovars Isolated from Wild Reptiles in South Africa
International Journal of Microbiology·2024· 11 citedOpen Access
Archival Mitogenomes Uncover the Synergistic Roles of Environment and Infection in an Amphibian Extinction
SSRN Electronic Journal·2022Open Access
A series of terribly unfortunate events: How environment and infection synergized to cause the Kihansi spray toad extinction
2021· 2 citedOpen Access
Comparison of RPMI 2650 cell layers and excised sheep nasal epithelial tissues in terms of nasal drug delivery and immunocytochemistry properties
Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods·2021· 21 cited
A case study in canine detection of giant bullfrog scent
Journal of Vertebrate Biology·2021· 13 citedOpen Access
Discriminating lineages of <i>Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis</i> using quantitative PCR
Molecular Ecology Resources·2020· 19 citedOpen Access
Discriminating Lineages of <i>Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis</i> using quantitative PCR
2020· 1 citedOpen Access
Permeation enhancement effects of leaf materials from different aloe species on <i>in vitro</i> and <i>ex vivo</i> nasal epithelial models
Journal of Herbmed Pharmacology·2020· 6 citedOpen Access
Disease driven extinction in the wild of the Kihansi spray toad, <i>Nectophrynoides asperginis</i>
African Journal of Herpetology·2020· 24 cited
Response to Comment on “Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity”
Science·2020· 21 citedOpen Access
Amphibian chytrid fungus in Africa – realigning hypotheses and the research paradigm
Animal Conservation·2019· 13 citedOpen Access
Capsaicin and Piperine as Functional Excipients for Improved Drug Delivery across Nasal Epithelial Models
Planta Medica·2019· 17 citedOpen Access
Disease driven extinction in the wild of the Kihansi spray toad ( <i>Nectophrynoides asperginis</i> )
2019· 4 citedOpen Access
Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity
UCL Discovery (University College London)·2019
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Frequent Co-authors

Matthew C. Fisher(14), Trenton W. J. Garner(11), Louis H. du Preez(11), Andrew A. Cunningham(10), Pria N. Ghosh(7), Ruhan Verster(7), Miguel Vences(6), Frank Pasmans(5), Lee Berger(5), An Martel(5), Louis Du Preez(5), Franco Andreone(5), Falitiana C. E. Rabemananjara(5), Angelica Crottini(5), Lee F. Skerratt(4), Mareike Hirschfeld(4), Tiffany A. Kosch(4), Joseph R. Mendelson(4), Claudio Azat(4), Luı́s Felipe Toledo(4)