Associate Professor: VirologyBSc (Harare), M. Phil (Molecular Genetics) (Harare, Zimbabwe) & PhD Microbiology (Pretoria, South Africa) |
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Upon completion of his M. Phil degree, Dr Sabeta worked at the Blair Research Institute in Harare (Zimbabwe) (Department of Infectious Diseases) and later joined the University of Zimbabwe as a lecturer teaching Cell Biology, Microbiology and Genetics to both undergraduate and postgraduate classes . Dr Sabeta completed a PhD (in Microbiology) at the University of Pretoria (Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences) in 2002. Subsequently, he was appointed as a Senior Research Scientist and Head of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) Rabies Reference Laboratory at the Agricultural Research Council-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute until 2021. He has supervised honours, MSc and PhD students. Dr Sabeta has authored and co-authored at least 85 research papers in both local and international journals including four book chapters. He has been involved in peer review for several local and international journals.
Investigating pathogens at the veterinary/human interface with specific focus on the epidemiology/evolution, infection dynamics and host immunity of rabies.
Agricultural Research Council-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research (South Africa), Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA, United Kingdom), Erasmus University (Netherlands), National Veterinary Research Institute (NVRI, Nigeria).
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Name of student |
Degree under study |
Title of project |
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Maria Simwango |
PhD |
Factors contributing to the transmission and maintenance of rabies virus in Zambia |
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Baby Phahladira |
PhD |
Investigating the risk of re-introduction of rabies into the dog population after successful elimination of dog-mediated human rabies. |
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Ernest Ngoepe |
PhD co-supervisor |
Jackal rabies in South Africa: spatial-temporal and phylogeography analysis. |
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Bontsi Marumo |
PhD |
One health for the aquaculture and poultry: development of multivalent whole-cell inactivated vaccines, surveillance tools, and a deployable vaccine production system. |
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Eric Ogola |
PhD co-supervisor |
Ante-mortem diagnostics and fluid-based biomarkers for rabies in dogs. |
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Leandra Wild |
MSc co-supervisor |
The efficacy of a lanolin-based adjuvanted Rabisin vaccine in New Zealand white rabbits. |
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Buhlebenkosi Ndlovu |
MSc |
An assessment of intersectoral collaboration in rabies and dog bite management in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, 2020-2024. |
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Marie Hermelienne Volasoa |
MSc |
Contact Tracing Study: toward quantification of the Burden of Canine Rabies in Morondava, Madagascar |
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Musunda Mugodhi |
MSc |
Evaluating progress towards the Zero by thirty goal in the Eastern Cape: Challenges, opportunities and Predictive modelling for rabies elimination. |
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Ruphline Margaret Anyango |
MSc |
Rabies Control In Kenya; Policy Gaps and Role of Evidence based Policy Research |
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Asfaw Gashaw Beyene |
MSc |
Assessment of spatial distribution of animal rabies and interventions in and around Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
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