Re.Search Issue 2: Innovation

Posted on April 26, 2022

Innovation is the next step forward. The innovations highlighted in this edition show us that the knowledge we create today is a step forward to future.

UP researchers call for the urgent protection of bat-inhabited caves

Posted on April 17, 2022

University of Pretoria researchers Dr Mariëtte Pretorius and Professor Wanda Markotter have published a study which shows that land around important bat-inhabited caves are changing and that natural habitats are being destroyed.

SA’s alarming outbreak of rabies in dogs: Vaccination and awareness are key to prevention, say UP experts

Posted on March 04, 2022

Rabies is a frightening viral infection and the only infectious disease that carries a 100% mortality in any species (including humans) once clinical signs appear.

Influx of COVID-19 paediatric cases in early Omicron stages put pressure on Tshwane hospitals – UP study finds

Posted on March 03, 2022

A multidisciplinary study led by two University of Pretoria (UP) researchers has found that Tshwane District hospitals were under immense pressure to provide clinical services in the face of an influx of paediatric patients (under 19 years old) during the early stages of the COVID-19 Omicron wave...

University of Pretoria-led study reveals COVID-19 Delta variants transmitted from humans to animals

Posted on January 18, 2022

A team of UP scientists has published the only study from Africa that entailed genomic One Health investigations to reveal that Delta variants of COVID-19 were transmitted from humans to animals.

South African bats are losing their trees, UP research shows

Posted on December 18, 2021

Research at UP is looking at how tree harvesting is causing the destruction of natural habitat, bringing wild animals like bats into closer contact with humans than ever before and leading to increased risk of new zoonotic diseases.