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Marinda C. Oosthuizen

Marinda C. Oosthuizen

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
31
Citations
2579
World Ranking
2368
National Ranking
27

Overview

Marinda C. Oosthuizen is affiliated with the University of Pretoria in South Africa. Their research spans multiple disciplines within biological sciences and medicine, with a particular focus on parasitology and infectious diseases. Oosthuizen's work centers on vector-borne infectious diseases and the impact of such diseases on both animals and humans.

Their research contributions include significant studies published in various scientific venues. Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Oosthuizen include:

  • "Babesia Species of Domestic Cats: Molecular Characterization Has Opened Pandora's Box," 2020, Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • "Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Other Anaplasma spp. in Various Hosts in the Mnisi Community, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa," 2020, Microorganisms
  • "Ticks and tick-borne pathogens infecting livestock and dogs in Tchicala-Tcholoanga, Huambo Province, Angola," 2021, Parasitology Research
  • "Adverse effects of heat stress during summer on broiler chickens production and antioxidant mitigating effects," 2022, International Journal of Biometeorology
  • "Evaluation of the relative roles of the Tabanidae and Glossinidae in the transmission of trypanosomosis in drug resistance hotspots in Mozambique," 2020, Parasites & Vectors

The most frequent co-authors working with Oosthuizen include:

  • Nicola E. Collins
  • Charles Byaruhanga
  • Kelly A. Brayton
  • Jeanette Wentzel
  • S. Marcus Makgabo

Oosthuizen has published extensively in the following venues:

  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Microorganisms
  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Current Research in Microbial Sciences
  • Veterinary Parasitology

Their main fields of study are:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology

Within these fields, their work is further specialized in subfields such as:

  • Parasitology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Animal Science and Zoology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

The primary research topics covered by Oosthuizen include:

  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Animal Nutrition and Physiology
  • Meat and Animal Product Quality
  • Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock

Best Publications

  • Sequence heterogeneity in the 18S rRNA gene within Theileria equi and Babesia caballi from horses in South Africa.

    Raksha Bhoora;Linda Franssen;Linda Franssen;Marinda C. Oosthuizen;Alan John Guthrie

  • Identification of a Novel Babesia sp. from a Sable Antelope (Hippotragus niger Harris, 1838)

    Marinda C. Oosthuizen;Erich Zweygarth;Nicola E. Collins;Milana Troskie

  • Detection of a Theileria species in dogs in South Africa.

    P.T. Matjila;A.L. Leisewitz;M.C. Oosthuizen;F. Jongejan;F. Jongejan

  • Development and evaluation of a real-time polymerase chain reaction test for the detection of Theileria parva infections in Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) and cattle.

    Kgomotso P. Sibeko;Marinda C. Oosthuizen;Nicola E. Collins;Dirk Geysen

  • Tick-borne haemoparasites in African buffalo ( Syncerus caffer ) from two wildlife areas in Northern Botswana

    Dewald Eygelaar;Ferran Jori;Ferran Jori;Mokganedi Mokopasetso;Kgomotso P Sibeko

  • Phylogenetic analysis of the haemagglutinin gene of current wild-type canine distemper viruses from South Africa: lineage Africa.

    Timothy Y. Woma;Moritz van Vuuren;Ana-Mari Bosman;Melvyn Quan

  • Occurrence of Theileria and Babesia species in water buffalo (Bubalus babalis, Linnaeus, 1758) in the Hubei province, South China

    Lan He;Hui-Hui Feng;Wen-Jie Zhang;Qing-Li Zhang

  • Co-infections determine patterns of mortality in a population exposed to parasite infection

    Mark E. J. Woolhouse;Samuel M. Thumbi;Samuel M. Thumbi;Amy Jennings;Margo Chase-Topping

  • Babesia lengau sp. nov., a Novel Babesia Species in Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus, Schreber, 1775) Populations in South Africa

    Anna-Mari Bosman;Marinda C. Oosthuizen;Michael A. Peirce;Estelle Hildegard Venter

  • Identification of novel Babesia and Theileria species in South African giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis, Linnaeus, 1758) and roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus, Desmarest 1804).

    Marinda C. Oosthuizen;Basil A. Allsopp;Milana Troskie;Nicola E. Collins

  • Using participatory epidemiology to investigate management options and relative importance of tick-borne diseases amongst transhumant zebu cattle in Karamoja Region, Uganda.

    Charles Byaruhanga;Marinda C. Oosthuizen;Nicola E. Collins;Darryn Leslie Knobel

  • Babesia Species of Domestic Cats: Molecular Characterization Has Opened Pandora's Box.

    Barend Louis Penzhorn;Marinda C. Oosthuizen

  • Endemic status of tick-borne infections and tick species diversity among transhumant zebu cattle in Karamoja Region, Uganda: Support for control approaches

    C. Byaruhanga;N.E. Collins;D. Knobel;W. Kabasa

  • Molecular investigation of tick-borne haemoparasite infections among transhumant zebu cattle in Karamoja Region, Uganda

    Charles Byaruhanga;Nicola E. Collins;Darryn Knobel;Mamohale E. Chaisi

  • Detection of bovine papillomavirus DNA in sarcoid-affected and healthy free-roaming zebra (Equus zebra) populations in South Africa

    Enette van Dyk;Marinda C. Oosthuizen;Anna-Marie Bosman;Pierre J. Nel

  • Identification of Theileria parva and Theileria sp. (buffalo) 18S rRNA gene sequence variants in the African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in southern Africa.

    Mamohale E. Chaisi;Kgomotso P. Sibeko;Nicola E. Collins;Fred T. Potgieter

  • The epidemiology of tick-borne haemoparasites as determined by the reverse line blot hybridization assay in an intensively studied cohort of calves in western Kenya

    Nyawira E. Njiiri;Nyawira E. Njiiri;B. Mark deC. Bronsvoort;Nicola E. Collins;Helena C. Steyn

  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Other Anaplasma spp. in Various Hosts in the Mnisi Community, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.

    Agatha Onyemowo Kolo;Nicola E. Collins;Kelly A. Brayton;Kelly A. Brayton;Mamohale Chaisi

  • Babesia lengau associated with cerebral and haemolytic babesiosis in two domestic cats

    Anna-Mari Bosman;Marinda C. Oosthuizen;Estelle Hildegard Venter;Johan Christian Abraham Steyl

  • Evaluation of a real-time PCR test for the detection and discrimination of theileria species in the African buffalo (Syncerus caffer).

    Mamohale E. Chaisi;Michiel E. Janssens;Lieve Vermeiren;Marinda C. Oosthuizen

  • Four p67 alleles identified in South African Theileria parva field samples

    Kgomotso P. Sibeko;Dirk Geysen;Marinda C. Oosthuizen;Conrad A. Matthee

  • Tick-borne blood parasites in nyala (Tragelaphus angasii, Gray 1849) from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

    Silke Pfitzer;Marinda C. Oosthuizen;Anna-Mari Bosman;Ilse Vorster

Frequent Co-Authors

Barend Louis Penzhorn
Barend Louis Penzhorn University of Pretoria
Luis Neves
Luis Neves University of Pretoria
Frans Jongejan
Frans Jongejan University of Pretoria
Darryn L. Knobel
Darryn L. Knobel Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine
Claude Saegerman
Claude Saegerman University of Liège
Olivier Hanotte
Olivier Hanotte University of Nottingham
Abdalla A. Latif
Abdalla A. Latif University of KwaZulu-Natal
Ferran Jori
Ferran Jori University of Montpellier
Ivan Gerard Horak
Ivan Gerard Horak University of Pretoria
Mark E. J. Woolhouse
Mark E. J. Woolhouse University of Edinburgh

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