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W B van Zyl

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Mabasa V, van Zyl W, Taylor M, Mans J
Food Environ Virol . 2024 Mar; 16(2):200-215. PMID: 38555559
Growing global concerns over water scarcity, worsened by climate change, drive wastewater reclamation efforts. Inadequately treated wastewater presents significant public health risks. Previous studies in South Africa (SA) have reported...
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Fagnant-Sperati C, Ren Y, Zhou N, Komen E, Mwangi B, Hassan J, et al.
J Appl Microbiol . 2020 Aug; 130(3):971-981. PMID: 32743931
Aims: This study compared the bag-mediated filtration system (BMFS) and standard WHO two-phase separation methods for poliovirus (PV) environmental surveillance, examined factors impacting PV detection and monitored Sabin-like (SL) PV...
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Mans J, van Zyl W, Taylor M, Page N, Sobsey M, Barnard T, et al.
Trop Med Int Health . 2013 Dec; 19(3):293-300. PMID: 24372706
Objective: To determine whether gastroenteritis viruses and other enteric viruses could be detected in faecal specimens collected with Bio-wipes. Methods: Faecal specimens, self-collected with Bio-wipes, from 190 individuals (94 diarrhoeal,...
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Mans J, Netshikweta R, Magwalivha M, van Zyl W, Taylor M
Epidemiol Infect . 2012 Mar; 141(2):303-13. PMID: 22436724
This study aimed to assess norovirus (NoV) contamination and genotype diversity in surface water in Gauteng, South Africa. Between January 2008 and December 2010, three rivers, namely Klip, Suikerbosrant, and...
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Kiulia N, Netshikweta R, Page N, van Zyl W, Kiraithe M, Nyachieo A, et al.
J Appl Microbiol . 2010 Mar; 109(3):818-28. PMID: 20337763
Aim: To determine the occurrence of eight human enteric viruses in surface water and sewage samples from different geographical areas in Kenya. Methods And Results: Enteric viruses were recovered from...
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Pavlov D, van Zyl W, van Heerden J, Kruger M, Blignaut L, Grabow W, et al.
J Appl Microbiol . 2006 Nov; 101(6):1367-79. PMID: 17105568
Aims: The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of vaccine-derived polioviruses (VDPVs) in stool specimens of immunodeficient patients such as HIV-positive children (including those with an AIDS...
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van Zyl W, Page N, Grabow W, Steele A, Taylor M
Appl Environ Microbiol . 2006 Jul; 72(7):4554-60. PMID: 16820443
Group A rotaviruses (RVs) are the most important cause of acute viral gastroenteritis in infants and young children. In this study raw and treated drinking water supplies at plants in...
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Pavlov D, van Zyl W, van Heerden J, Grabow W, Ehlers M
Water Res . 2005 Jul; 39(14):3309-19. PMID: 15996707
Polioviruses (PVs) are not associated with waterborne transmission to the same extent as many other enteric viruses. However, they are typically transmitted by the faecal-oral route, which implies that the...
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van Zyl W, Williams P, Grabow W, Taylor M
Water Sci Technol . 2004 Aug; 50(1):223-8. PMID: 15318513
Group A human rotaviruses (HRVs) are the most important aetiological agents of acute viral gastroenteritis in infants and young children in both developing and industrialised countries. Rotaviruses are resistant to...
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van Heerden J, Ehlers M, van Zyl W, Grabow W
Water Sci Technol . 2004 Aug; 50(1):39-43. PMID: 15318484
Human adenoviruses (HAds), of which there are 51 antigenic types, are associated aetiologically with gastrointestinal, respiratory, urinary tract and eye infections. The clinical importance of HAds and the potential health...