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Overview

Gift Matope is affiliated with the University of Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe and conducts research primarily within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Medicine. Their scholarly work spans multiple subfields including Infectious Diseases, Plant Science, Animal Science and Zoology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

The main research topics covered by Matope include zoonotic diseases and public health, animal disease management and epidemiology, viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, animal virus infections studies, Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, and Moringa oleifera research and applications.

Their recent notable publications include:

  • The pattern of anthrax at the wildlife-livestock-human interface in Zimbabwe, 2020, published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Longitudinal Survey of Coronavirus Circulation and Diversity in Insectivorous Bat Colonies in Zimbabwe, 2022, published in Viruses
  • Ethnoveterinary Remedies Used in Avian Complementary Medicine in Selected Communal Areas in Zimbabwe, 2021, published in Planta Medica
  • Evaluation of the sensitivity and specificity of the lateral flow assay, Rose Bengal test and the complement fixation test for the diagnosis of brucellosis in cattle using Bayesian latent class analysis, 2020, published in Preventive Veterinary Medicine
  • Seroprevalence and associated risk factors of Rift Valley fever in cattle and selected wildlife species at the livestock/wildlife interface areas of Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe, 2020, published in Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Matope frequently publishes in venues such as Planta Medica, One Health Cases, Veterinary Medicine and Science, PLoS neglected tropical diseases, and Viruses.

Collaborations with other researchers include multiple joint works with Davies M. Pfukenyi (9 coauthored papers), Vimbiso Chidoti (6 papers), Valérie Pinarello (6 papers), Dorothée Missé (6 papers), and Mathieu Bourgarel (6 papers).

Best Publications

  • A "One Health" surveillance and control of brucellosis in developing countries: moving away from improvisation.

    Jacques Godfroid;Sascha Al Dahouk;Sascha Al Dahouk;Georgios Pappas;Felix Roth

  • Brucellosis in Sub-Saharan Africa: Current challenges for management, diagnosis and control.

    M. Ducrotoy;W.J. Bertu;G. Matope;S. Cadmus

  • Prevalence of antibodies to Brucella spp. and individual risk factors of infection in traditional cattle, goats and sheep reared in livestock-wildlife interface areas of Zambia.

    J. B. Muma;J. B. Muma;K. L. Samui;V. M. Siamudaala;J. Oloya;J. Oloya

  • Aerobic bacterial, coliform, Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus counts of raw and processed milk from selected smallholder dairy farms of Zimbabwe.

    Tryness A. Mhone;Gift Matope;Petronella T. Saidi

  • Seroprevalence of brucellosis and its associated risk factors in cattle from smallholder dairy farms in Zimbabwe

    Gift Matope;Evison Bhebhe;John Bwalya Muma;John Bwalya Muma;James Oloya;James Oloya

  • Herd-level factors for Brucella seropositivity in cattle reared in smallholder dairy farms of Zimbabwe.

    G. Matope;E. Bhebhe;J.B. Muma;A. Lund

  • Milk producers’ awareness of milk-borne zoonoses in selected smallholder and commercial dairy farms of Zimbabwe

    Diphetogo Mosalagae;Davies Mubika Pfukenyi;Gift Matope

  • Risk factors for Brucella spp. infection in smallholder household herds.

    G. Matope;E. Bhebhe;J. B. Muma;A. Lund

  • A comparative study of the seroprevalence of brucellosis in commercial and small-scale mixed dairy–beef cattle enterprises of Lusaka province and Chibombo district, Zambia

    Henry M. Chimana;John Bwalya Muma;Kenny L. Samui;Benard M. Hangombe

  • Prevalence of mastitis in dairy cows from smallholder farms in Zimbabwe.

    Simbarashe Katsande;Gift Matope;Masimba Ndengu;Davies M. Pfukenyi

  • Spatial modelling of Bacillus anthracis ecological niche in Zimbabwe.

    S.M. Chikerema;A. Murwira;G. Matope;D.M. Pfukenyi

  • Responses to tuberculin among Zebu cattle in the transhumance regions of Karamoja and Nakasongola district of Uganda

    J. Oloya;J. Opuda-Asibo;B. Djønne;J. B. Muma

  • Characterization of some Brucella species from Zimbabwe by biochemical profiling and AMOS-PCR

    Gift Matope;Evison Bhebhe;John Bwalya Muma;Eystein Skjerve

  • Evaluation of sensitivity and specificity of RBT, c-ELISA and fluorescence polarisation assay for diagnosis of brucellosis in cattle using latent class analysis

    G. Matope;J. B. Muma;Nils Toft;E. Gori

  • Awareness and attitude toward zoonoses with particular reference to anthrax among cattle owners in selected rural communities of Zimbabwe.

    S. M Chikerema;G Matope;D. M Pfukenyi

  • Temporal and spatial distribution of cattle anthrax outbreaks in Zimbabwe between 1967 and 2006

    Silvester Maravanyika Chikerema;D. M. Pfukenyi;Gift Matope;E. Bhebhe

  • Circulation of Alphacoronavirus, Betacoronavirus and Paramyxovirus in Hipposideros bat species in Zimbabwe

    Mathieu Bourgarel;Davies Mubika Pfukenyi;Vanina Boué;Loïc Talignani

  • Living at the edge of an interface area in Zimbabwe: cattle owners, commodity chain and health workers' awareness, perceptions and practices on zoonoses.

    B.M. Gadaga;Eric Marcel Charles Etter;B. Mukamuri;K.J. Makwangudze

  • Assessment of community awareness and risk perceptions of zoonotic causes of abortion in cattle at three selected livestock-wildlife interface areas of Zimbabwe.

    M Ndengu;M De Garine-Wichatitsky;D M Pfukenyi;M Tivapasi

  • Effectiveness of Rose Bengal test and fluorescence polarization assay in the diagnosis of Brucella spp. infections in free range cattle reared in endemic areas in Zambia

    J. B. Muma;A. Lund;K. Nielsen;G. Matope

Frequent Co-Authors

Davies M. Pfukenyi
Davies M. Pfukenyi Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources
John Bwalya Muma
John Bwalya Muma University of Zambia
Eystein Skjerve
Eystein Skjerve Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Musso Munyeme
Musso Munyeme University of Zambia
Jacques Godfroid
Jacques Godfroid University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Morten Tryland
Morten Tryland University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Berit Djønne
Berit Djønne National Veterinary Institute
Sascha Al Dahouk
Sascha Al Dahouk Federal Institute for Risk Assessment
Andrew J. Loveridge
Andrew J. Loveridge University of Oxford
Rudovick R. Kazwala
Rudovick R. Kazwala Sokoine University of Agriculture

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