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Peter N. Thompson is affiliated with the University of Pretoria in South Africa. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with notable contributions to Infectious Diseases and related subfields.

The scientist's work focuses on topics including Viral Infections and Vectors, Vector-Borne Animal Diseases, Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Vector-borne infectious diseases, Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research, and Brucella: diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Peter N. Thompson are:

  • Risk factors associated with exposure to Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus in animal workers and cattle, and molecular detection in ticks, South Africa, 2021, published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Brucellosis in wildlife in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Patterns of Rift Valley fever virus seropositivity in domestic ruminants in central South Africa four years after a large outbreak, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Factors affecting the use of biosecurity measures for the protection of ruminant livestock and farm workers against infectious diseases in central South Africa, 2022, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • Epidemiology and Clinical Presentation of West Nile Virus Infection in Horses in South Africa, 2016-2017, 2020, Pathogens

Frequent co-authors include Abiodun A. Adesiyun, Melinda K. Rostal, William B. Karesh, Johan P. Schoeman, and Veerle Msimang, each collaborating on multiple publications.

Peter N. Thompson regularly publishes in several scientific venues. The most frequent outlets for their research are:

  • Pathogens
  • Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Use of treatment records and lung lesion scoring to estimate the effect of respiratory disease on growth during early and late finishing periods in South African feedlot cattle.

    P. N. Thompson;A. Stone;W. A. Schultheiss

  • Prognostic value of blood lactate, blood glucose, and hematocrit in canine babesiosis

    Mirinda Nel;Remo G. Lobetti;Ninette Keller;Peter N. Thompson

  • A large seroprevalence survey of brucellosis in cattle herds under diverse production systems in northern Nigeria

    Hassan M Mai;Hassan M Mai;Peter C Irons;Junaidu Kabir;Peter N Thompson

  • The value of reproductive tract scoring as a predictor of fertility and production outcomes in beef heifers.

    D.E. Holm;P.N. Thompson;Pete Charles Irons

  • Temporal and spatial history of Rift Valley fever in South Africa: 1950 to 2011.

    Nicolaas J. Pienaar;Peter N. Thompson

  • Seroprevalence and risk factors for Toxoplasma gondii in sheep in Grosseto district, Tuscany, Italy.

    Beniamino T Cenci-Goga;Antonio Ciampelli;Paola Sechi;Fabrizia Veronesi

  • Seroprevalence of Newcastle disease and other infectious diseases in backyard chickens at markets in Eastern Shewa zone, Ethiopia.

    Hassen Chaka;Flavie Goutard;Shahn Bisschop;Peter Thompson

  • Risk factors for farm-level African swine fever infection in major pig-producing areas in Nigeria, 1997–2011

    Folorunso Oludayo Fasina;M. Agbaje;F.L.O. Ajani;Oladele A. Talabi

  • Prevalence and risk factors of hypoglycemia in virulent canine babesiosis.

    Ninette Keller;Linda S. Jacobson;Mirinda Nel;Marizelle de Clerq

  • Evaluation of the use of serum C-reactive protein concentration to predict outcome in puppies infected with canine parvovirus.

    Vanessa McClure;Mirinda van Schoor;Peter N. Thompson;Mads Kjelgaard-Hansen

  • Capillary and venous Babesia canis rossi parasitaemias and their association with outcome of infection and circulatory compromise

    Marlies Böhm;Andrew L. Leisewitz;Peter N. Thompson;Johannes P. Schoeman

  • Concentrations of faecal glucocorticoid metabolites in physically injured free-ranging African elephants Loxodonta africana

    André Ganswindt;André Ganswindt;Stefanie Münscher;Michelle Henley;Michelle Henley;Rupert Palme

  • Longitudinal study to investigate the role of impala (Aepyceros melampus) in foot-and-mouth disease maintenance in the Kruger National Park, South Africa.

    W. Vosloo;P. N. Thompson;B. Botha;R. G. Bengis

  • A questionnaire-based evaluation of the veterinary cordon fence separating wildlife and livestock along the boundary of the Kruger National Park, South Africa

    Ferran Jori;Dipa P. Brahmbhatt;Geoffrey T. Fosgate;Peter N. Thompson

  • New Avian Paramyxoviruses Type I Strains Identified in Africa Provide New Outcomes for Phylogeny Reconstruction and Genotype Classification

    Renata Servan de Almeida;Saliha Hammoumi;Patricia Gil;François-Xavier Briand

  • Serological Evidence of Rift Valley Fever Virus Circulation in Sheep and Goats in Zambézia Province, Mozambique

    Jose Manuel Fafetine;L.C.B.G.D. Neves;P.N. Thompson;Janusz Tadeusz Paweska

  • Influence of seminal plasma on fertility of fresh and frozen-thawed stallion epididymal spermatozoa

    A. Heise;W. Kähn;D.H. Volkmann;P.N. Thompson

  • Exploratory space-time analyses of Rift Valley Fever in South Africa in 2008–2011

    Raphaëlle Métras;Thibaud Porphyre;Dirk U. Pfeiffer;Alan Kemp

  • C-reactive protein in canine babesiosis caused by Babesia rossi and its association with outcome

    S. Koster;M. Van Schoor;A. Goddard;P.N. Thompson

  • Endocrine correlates of musth and the impact of ecological and social factors in free-ranging African elephants (Loxodonta africana)

    André Ganswindt;Stefanie Muenscher;Michelle Henley;Michelle Henley;Steve Henley;Steve Henley

  • Prevalence of and risk factors for feline hyperthyroidism in Hong Kong

    Cornelia S. De Wet;Carmel T. Mooney;Peter N. Thompson;Johan P. Schoeman

  • A systematic health assessment of Indian ocean bottlenose (Tursiops aduncus) and Indo-Pacific humpback (Sousa plumbea) dolphins incidentally caught in shark nets off the KwaZulu-Natal Coast, South Africa

    Emily P. Lane;Morné de Wet;Peter Thompson;Ursula Siebert

  • Association of preoperative magnetic resonance imaging findings with surgical features in Dachshunds with thoracolumbar intervertebral disk extrusion

    Stephanus H. Naudé;Nicolaas E. Lambrechts;Wencke M. Wagner;Peter N. Thompson

  • Serological and molecular investigation of Newcastle disease in household chicken flocks and associated markets in Eastern Shewa zone, Ethiopia

    Hassen Chaka;Flavie Goutard;Patricia Gil;Celia Abolnik

  • Genetic characterization of Cryptosporidium spp. in diarrhoeic children from four provinces in South Africa.

    N. Abu Samra;P. N. Thompson;F. Jori;J. Frean

Frequent Co-Authors

Ferran Jori
Ferran Jori University of Montpellier
Lisa M. Collins
Lisa M. Collins University of Surrey
Ortrud K. Steinlein
Ortrud K. Steinlein Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Lihua Xiao
Lihua Xiao South China Agricultural University
Robert Swanepoel
Robert Swanepoel University of Pretoria
Janusz T. Paweska
Janusz T. Paweska National Health Laboratory Service
J. H. J. van der Werf
J. H. J. van der Werf University of New England
J.A.M. van Arendonk
J.A.M. van Arendonk Wageningen University & Research
Dirk U. Pfeiffer
Dirk U. Pfeiffer City University of Hong Kong
Jacques Godfroid
Jacques Godfroid University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway

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