Sophette Gers
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Recent Articles
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Lemmer Y, Chapman R, Abolnik C, Smith T, Schafer G, Hermanus T, et al.
Vaccine
. 2024 Jan;
42(4):738-744.
PMID: 38238112
In the quest for heightened protection against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants, we engineered a prototype vaccine utilizing the plant expression system of Nicotiana benthamiana, to produce...
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de Moor W, Williamson A, Schafer G, Douglass N, Gers S, Sutherland A, et al.
Viruses
. 2023 Jul;
15(7).
PMID: 37515096
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic demonstrated the need for potent and broad-spectrum vaccines. This study reports the development and testing of a lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV)-vectored vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, utilizing stabilized...
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Margolin E, Schafer G, Allen J, Gers S, Woodward J, Sutherland A, et al.
Front Plant Sci
. 2023 Mar;
14:1146234.
PMID: 36959936
Molecular farming of vaccines has been heralded as a cheap, safe and scalable production platform. In reality, however, differences in the plant biosynthetic machinery, compared to mammalian cells, can complicate...
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Douglass N, Munyanduki H, Omar R, Gers S, Mutowembwa P, Heath L, et al.
Vaccines (Basel)
. 2020 Nov;
8(4).
PMID: 33171875
Lumpy skin disease is an important economic disease of cattle that is controlled by vaccination. This paper presents an investigation into the role of the lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV)...
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Gers S, Potgieter C, Wright I, Peyrot B
Vet Ital
. 2016 Oct;
52(3-4):291-292.
PMID: 27723038
Bluetongue virus (BTV) was sporadically isolated over a four year period (2010-2014) from several alpaca carcasses that were presented for necropsy at the Western Cape Provincial Veterinary Laboratory, South Africa....
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Howerth E, Olivier A, Franca M, Stallknecht D, Gers S
Avian Dis
. 2013 Feb;
56(4 Suppl):966-8.
PMID: 23402120
In 2011, over 35,000 ostriches were slaughtered in the Oudtshoorn district of the Western Cape province of South Africa following the diagnosis of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N2. We...