The contact person(s) for each theme and/or research programmes are listed below.

1. Arthropod-borne viruses (Prof Estelle Venter, Dr Melvyn Quan)
   1. Bluetongue virus
   2. African horse sickness virus
   3. Rift Valley fever virus
       
2. Parasite/host/vector interaction in southern Africa (Prof Luis Neves)
   1. Ticks (Prof Luis Neves)
   2. Tick-borne diseases (Prof Marinda Oosthuizen)
      • Theileriosis
      • Anaplasmosis
      • Babesiosis
      • Ehrlichiosis
   3. Tsetse and trypanosomosis (Prof Luis Neves)
   4. Parasites of wildlife (Prof Marinda Oosthuizen)
   5. Endoparasites of domestic animals and wildlife (Dr Volker Schwan)
      • Coccidiosis
      • Filariasis
      • Helminths of small ruminants
         
3. Zoonoses (Prof Anita Michel)

   Bacterial (Prof Anita Michel, Dr Henriette van Heerden)

   1. Anthrax
   2. Tuberculosis
   3. Brucellosis

   Parasitic (Prof Luis Neves)

   1. Toxoplasmosis
   2. Rickettsial infections

   Viral (Prof Estelle Venter)

   1. Rift Valley fever virus

4. Infectious diseases at the wildlife/domestic animal interface (Prof Dayo Fasina, Dr Melvyn Quan)
   1. Foot-and-mouth disease
   2. Malignant catarrhal fever
   3. Rabies
   4. Canine distemper
       
5. One Health in Transfrontier Conservation Areas in southern Africa (Prof Dayo Fasina)

Note: Research Themes are currently being revised and updated. More detailed information will follow shortly. For more information please contact Dr Henriette van Heerden ([email protected])