Extension of sylvatic circulation of African swine fever virus in extralimital warthogs in South Africa.

Craig, A. F., Schade-Weskott, M. L., Harris, H. J., Heath, L., Kriel, G. J. P., Klerk-Lorist, L. M. de, Schalkwyk, L. van, Buss, P., Trujillo, J. D., Crafford, J. E., Richt, J. A., Swanepoel, R., (2021). Frontiers in Veterinary Science 7(November) Frontiers Media S.A., Lausanne, Switzerland. English language

Genetic characterization of African swine fever virus isolates from soft ticks at the wildlife/domestic interface in Mozambique and identification of a novel genotype.

Quembo, C. J., Jori, F., Vosloo, W., Heath, L., (2018). Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 65(2), 420-431. Wiley, Berlin, Germany. English language

Characteristics of foot-and-mouth disease viral strains circulating at the wildlife/livestock interface of the Great Limpopo transfrontier conservation area.

Jori, F., Caron, A., Thompson, P. N., Dwarka, R., Foggin, C., Garine-Wichatitsky, M. de, Hofmeyr, M., Heerden, J. van, Heath, L., (2016). Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 63(1), e58-e70. Wiley-Blackwell, Berlin, Germany. English language

Investigation into the epidemiology of African swine fever virus at the wildlife - domestic interface of the Gorongosa National Park, Central Mozambique.

Quembo, C. J., Jori, F., Heath, L., Pérez-Sánchez, R., Vosloo, W., (2016). Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 63(4), 443-451. Wiley-Blackwell, Berlin, Germany. English language

Vaccine potential of two previously uncharacterized African swine fever virus isolates from southern Africa and heterologous cross protection of an avirulent European isolate.

Souto, R., Mutowembwa, P., Heerden, J. van, Fosgate, G. T., Heath, L., Vosloo, W., (2016). Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 63(2), 224-231. Wiley-Blackwell, Berlin, Germany. English language

Molecular diagnosis of African swine fever by a new real-time PCR using Universal Probe Library.

Fernández-Pinero, J., Gallardo, C., Elizalde, M., Robles, A., Gómez, C., Bishop, R., Heath, L., Couacy-Hymann, E., Fasina, F. O., Pelayo, V., Soler, A., Arias, M., (2013). Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 60(1), 48-58. Wiley-Blackwell, Berlin, Germany. English language

Development of a suspension microarray for the genotyping of African swine fever virus targeting the SNPs in the C-terminal end of the p72 gene region of the genome.

LeBlanc, N., Cortey, M., Pinero, J. F., Gallardo, C., Masembe, C., Okurut, A. R., Heath, L., Heerden, J. van, Sánchez-Vizcaino, J. M., Ståhl, K., Belák, S., (2013). Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 60(4), 378-383. Wiley-Blackwell, Berlin, Germany. English language

The capsid protein of beak and feather disease virus binds to the viral DNA and is responsible for transporting the replication-associated protein into the nucleus.

Heath, L., Williamson, A. L., Rybicki, E. P., (2006). Journal of Virology 80(14), 7219-7225. American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Washington, USA. English language

African swine fever virus isolate, Georgia, 2007.

Rowlands, R. J., Michaud, V., Heath, L., Hutchings, G., Oura, C., Vosloo, W., Dwarka, R., Onashvili, T., Albina, E., Dixon, L. K., (2008). Emerging Infectious Diseases 14(12), 1870-1874. National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA. English language