Posted on October 17, 2022
The risk of emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) for human societies is real: outbreaks of avian influenza, SARS- and, MERS-CoV, Ebola viruses or yet the newly emerged SARS-CoV-2 are the most well-known recent examples of EIDs which emerged locally with a subsequent large scale geographical spread...
Posted on June 09, 2022
Earlier this month, the National Science and Technology Forum announced the finalists for this year’s NSTF-South32 Awards. UP congratulates and celebrates nine of our own researchers who have been nominated!
Posted on May 15, 2022
Delegates from 12 countries recently gathered at the Future Africa Institute at UP to share knowledge that will assist in planning not only for future emerging diseases but also current neglected diseases. The workshop was hosted by the Southern Africa Bat Research Network, led by UP’s Prof...
Posted on May 04, 2022
Professor Johan Schoeman leads the Pathobiology Research Theme in the faculty and is the former Head of the Department of Companion Animal Clinical Studies.
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.
Posted on April 01, 2022
The One Health High Level Expert Panel (OHHLEP) has released its annual report for 2021. The University of Pretoria's Prof Wanda Markotter is a co-chair of this panel which was launched in May 2021 by theTripartite (FAO, OIE, and WHO) and UNEP. This report summarizes the activities and results...
Posted on March 01, 2022
The Biosurveillance and Ecology of Emerging Zoonoses research group has several exciting research opportunities in 2022 for motivated and hardworking students seeking to complete Masters or Doctoral degrees in Medical Virology with a focus on zoonotic pathogens.
Posted on February 22, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on zoonoses and human interactions with wildlife-especially bats. As people generally know very little about zoonoses and bats, it has become imperative to communicate factual information amidst misleading false news. As a research group concerned with...
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