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2026

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Microbiology

D-Index
69
Citations
17742
World Ranking
2035
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in South Africa Leader Award
  • 2007 - Distinguished International Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)

Overview

Robert Swanepoel is a researcher affiliated with the University of Pretoria in South Africa. Their work spans several fields, primarily focusing on Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these areas, their research contributions are concentrated in Infectious Diseases, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Agronomy and Crop Science, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's research topics include Vector-Borne Animal Diseases, Viral Infections and Vectors, Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research, Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, Viral Infections and Immunology Research, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, and Fire effects on ecosystems.

Robert Swanepoel has published several recent papers, including:

  • Extension of Sylvatic Circulation of African Swine Fever Virus in Extralimital Warthogs in South Africa (2021), Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Human-Pathogenic Kasokero Virus in Field-Collected Ticks (2020), Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Neutralizing antibodies against Rift Valley fever virus in wild antelope in far northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, indicate recent virus circulation (2020), Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • 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 (2020), Vaccine X
  • Detection of African Swine Fever Virus in Ornithodoros Tick Species Associated with Indigenous and Extralimital Warthog Populations in South Africa (2022), Viruses

The venues where Swanepoel frequently publishes include Emerging Infectious Diseases, Pathogens, Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, and Viruses.

Collaboration forms a significant part of Swanepoel's work. Frequent coauthors are:

  • Peter N. Thompson
  • Anthony F. Craig
  • J. E. Crafford
  • Jüergen A. Richt
  • Carien Van den Bergh

In 2007, Robert Swanepoel was recognized as a Distinguished International Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH).

Best Publications

  • Fruit bats as reservoirs of Ebola virus

    Eric M. Leroy;Brice Kumulungui;Xavier Pourrut;Pierre Rouquet

  • Multiple Ebola Virus Transmission Events and Rapid Decline of Central African Wildlife

    Eric M. Leroy;Pierre Rouquet;Pierre Formenty;Sandrine Souquière

  • Isolation of Genetically Diverse Marburg Viruses from Egyptian Fruit Bats

    Jonathan S. Towner;Brian R. Amman;Tara K. Sealy;Serena A. Reeder Carroll

  • The Reemergence of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1995

    Ali S. Khan;F. Kweteminga Tshioko;David L. Heymann;Bernard Le Guenno

  • Experimental inoculation of plants and animals with Ebola virus

    Robert Swanepoel;Patricia A. Leman;Felicity J. Burt;Nicholas A. Zachariades

  • Seasonal Pulses of Marburg Virus Circulation in Juvenile Rousettus aegyptiacus Bats Coincide with Periods of Increased Risk of Human Infection

    Brian R. Amman;Serena A. Carroll;Zachary D. Reed;Tara K. Sealy

  • The clinical pathology of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever.

    Unknown

  • Clinical virology of Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF): Virus, virus antigen, and IgG and IgM antibody findings among EHF patients in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1995

    T. G. Ksiazek;P. E. Rollin;A. J. Williams;D. S. Bressler

  • Markedly elevated levels of interferon (IFN)-γ, IFN-α, interleukin (IL)-2, IL-10, and tumor necrosis factor-α associated with fatal Ebola virus infection

    Francois Villinger;Pierre E. Rollin;Sukhdev S. Brar;Nathaniel F. Chikkala

  • An Outbreak of Rift Valley Fever in Northeastern Kenya, 1997-98

    Christopher W. Woods;Adam M. Karpati;Thomas Grein;Noel McCarthy

  • Epidemiologic and clinical features of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in southern Africa.

    R. Swanepoel;A. J. Shepherd;P. A. Leman;S. P. Shepherd

  • Mosquito-borne arboviruses of African origin: review of key viruses and vectors

    Leo Braack;A. Paulo Gouveia de Almeida;A. Paulo Gouveia de Almeida;Anthony J. Cornel;Anthony J. Cornel;Robert Swanepoel

  • Genetic analysis of viruses associated with emergence of Rift Valley fever in Saudi Arabia and Yemen, 2000-01.

    Trevor Shoemaker;Trevor Shoemaker;Carla Boulianne;Carla Boulianne;Martin J. Vincent;Linda Pezzanite

  • Studies of reservoir hosts for Marburg virus.

    Robert Swanepoel;Sheilagh B. Smit;Pierre E. Rollin;Pierre Formenty

  • Marburg hemorrhagic fever associated with multiple genetic lineages of virus.

    Daniel G. Bausch;Daniel G. Bausch;Stuart T. Nichol;Jean Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum;Matthias Borchert;Matthias Borchert

  • A Novel Immunohistochemical Assay for the Detection of Ebola Virus in Skin: Implications for Diagnosis, Spread, and Surveillance of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever

    Sherif R. Zaki;Sherif R. Zaki;Sherif R. Zaki;Wun Ju Shieh;Wun Ju Shieh;Wun Ju Shieh;Patricia W. Greer;Patricia W. Greer;Patricia W. Greer;Cynthia S. Goldsmith;Cynthia S. Goldsmith;Cynthia S. Goldsmith

  • Prediction, Assessment of the Rift Valley Fever Activity in East and Southern Africa 2006–2008 and Possible Vector Control Strategies

    Assaf Anyamba;Kenneth J. Linthicum;Jennifer Small;Seth C. Britch

  • The 2000 epidemic of Rift Valley fever in Saudi Arabia: mosquito vector studies

    Unknown

  • Molecular evolution of viruses of the family Filoviridae based on 97 whole genome sequences

    Serena A. Carroll;Jonathan S. Towner;Tara K. Sealy;Laura K. McMullan

  • Risk factors for Marburg hemorrhagic fever, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

    Daniel G. Bausch;Matthias Borchert;Matthias Borchert;Thomas Grein;Cathy Roth

  • Molecular Epidemiology of Rift Valley Fever Virus

    Antoinette A. Grobbelaar;Jacqueline Weyer;Patricia A. Leman;Alan Kemp

  • Isolation and phylogenetic characterization of Ebola viruses causing different outbreaks in Gabon.

    Marie Claude Georges-Courbot;Anthony Sanchez;Chang Yong Lu;Sylvain Baize

Frequent Co-Authors

Janusz T. Paweska
Janusz T. Paweska National Health Laboratory Service
Marietjie Venter
Marietjie Venter University of Pretoria
Stuart T. Nichol
Stuart T. Nichol Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Pierre E. Rollin
Pierre E. Rollin Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Thomas G. Ksiazek
Thomas G. Ksiazek The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Jonathan S. Towner
Jonathan S. Towner Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Rosemary Sang
Rosemary Sang Kenya Medical Research Institute
Sherif R. Zaki
Sherif R. Zaki Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Clarence J. Peters
Clarence J. Peters The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

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