Wolfgang Preiser

Also affiliated with Stellenbosch University

MedicineImmunology and Microbiology

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Driven by 20 papers. Top paper: “Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron lineages BA.4 and BA.5 in South Africa”.

Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron lineages BA.4 and BA.5 in South Africa

Nature Medicine(2022)10.1038/s41591-022-01911-2

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14.5DataRank · unranked

697 citations

Monika Moir, Josie Everatt, Marta Giovanetti, Cathrine Scheepers, Eduan Wilkinson +90 more

From Easing Lockdowns to Scaling Up Community-based Coronavirus Disease 2019 Screening, Testing, and Contact Tracing in Africa—Shared Approaches, Innovations, and Challenges to Minimize Morbidity and Mortality

Clinical Infectious Diseases(2020)10.1093/cid/ciaa695

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65 citations

Ashraf Grimwood, Hassan Mahomed, Geoffrey Fatti, Wolfgang Preiser, Oscar Kallay +14 more

Responding to the Challenge of the Dual COVID-19 and Ebola Epidemics in the Democratic Republic of Congo—Priorities for Achieving Control

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene(2020)10.4269/ajtmh.20-0642

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63 citations

Placide Mbala‐Kingebeni, John Otokoye Otshudiema, Linda Meta Mobula, Wolfgang Preiser, Oscar Kallay +8 more

Viral hepatitis B and C in HIV-exposed South African infants

BMC Pediatrics(2020)10.1186/s12887-020-02479-x

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4 citations

Mark F. Cotton, Etienne Nel, Richard S. Tedder, Wolfgang Preiser, Avy Violari +7 more

HIV-1 and SARS-CoV-2: Patterns in the evolution of two pandemic pathogens

Cell Host & Microbe(2021)10.1016/j.chom.2021.05.012

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115 citations

Elena Giorgi, Srirupa Chakraborty, Kien Nguyen, Tanmoy Bhattacharya, James Theiler +51 more

A position statement and practical guide to the use of particulate filtering facepiece respirators (N95, FFP2, or equivalent) for South African health workers exposed to respiratory pathogens including Mycobacterium tuberculosis and SARS-CoV-2

African Journal of Thoracic and Critical Care Medicine(2021)10.7196/ajtccm.2021.v27i4.173

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7 citations

Salome Charalambous, Aaron S Karat, A Von Delf, Umesh Lalloo, Richard N. van Zyl-Smit +26 more

A position statement and practical guide to the use of particulate filtering facepiece respirators (N95, FFP2, or equivalent) for South African health workers exposed to respiratory pathogens including Mycobacterium tuberculosis and SARS-CoV-2

African Journal of Thoracic and Critical Care Medicine(2021)10.7196/ajtccm.2021.v111i4.173

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2 citations

Salome Charalambous, A S Kharat, Arne von Delft, Richard N. van Zyl-Smit, Rubeshan Perumal +25 more

Rapid epidemic expansion of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in southern Africa

Nature(2022)10.1038/s41586-022-04411-y

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1910 citations

Sikhulile Moyo, Daniel G. Amoako, Houriiyah Tegally, Cathrine Scheepers, Christian L. Althaus +94 more

Rapid epidemic expansion of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in southern Africa

Nature(2022)10.1038/d41586-021-03832-5

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73 citations

Sikhulile Moyo, Daniel G. Amoako, Houriiyah Tegally, Cathrine Scheepers, Christian L. Althaus +94 more

Emergence and phenotypic characterization of the global SARS-CoV-2 C.1.2 lineage

Nature Communications(2022)10.1038/s41467-022-29579-9

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38 citations

Josie Everatt, Daniel G. Amoako, Houriiyah Tegally, Constantinos Kurt Wibmer, Anele Mnguni +40 more

Assessing the clinical severity of the Omicron variant in the Western Cape Province, South Africa, using the diagnostic PCR proxy marker of RdRp target delay to distinguish between Omicron and Delta infections – a survival analysis

International Journal of Infectious Diseases(2022)10.1016/j.ijid.2022.02.051

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25 citations

Mary‐Ann Davies, Alexa Heekes, Carolyn Williamson, Ziyaad Valley‐Omar, Diana Hardie +21 more

Epidemiology and outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infection associated with anti-nucleocapsid seropositivity in Cape Town, South Africa

medRxiv(2022)10.1101/2022.12.01.22282927

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5 citations

Helena Vreede, Mary‐Ann Davies, Alexa Heekes, Emma Kalk, Diana Hardie +20 more

Assessing the clinical severity of the Omicron variant in the Western Cape Province, South Africa, using the diagnostic PCR proxy marker of RdRp target delay to distinguish between Omicron and Delta infections – a survival analysis

medRxiv(2022)10.1101/2022.01.13.22269211

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3 citations

Mary‐Ann Davies, Alexa Heekes, Carolyn Williamson, Ziyaad Valley‐Omar, Diana Hardie +22 more

How South Africa Used National Cycle Threshold (Ct) Values to Continuously Monitor SARS-CoV-2 Laboratory Test Quality

Diagnostics(2023)10.3390/diagnostics13152554

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7 citations

Marvin Hsiao, Graeme Dor, Lucia Hans, Puleng Marokane, Pedro Da Silva +6 more

The surge of mpox in Africa: a call for action

The Lancet Global Health(2024)10.1016/s2214-109x(24)00187-6

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52 citations

Nadia A. Sam‐Agudu, Dimie Ogoina, Placide Mbala‐Kingebeni, Francine Ntoumi, Emmanuel Nakouné +23 more

Clinical spectrum of disease and outcomes in children with Omicron SARS-COV-2 infection in Cape Town, South Africa

IJTLD OPEN(2024)10.5588/ijtldopen.23.0053

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5 citations

Isabelle Dewandel, Andrew Redfern, CA McKenzie, Juanita Lishman, Lilly M. Verhagen +10 more

SARS-CoV-2 seroepidemiology in Cape Town, South Africa, and implications for future outbreaks in low-income communities

PLOS Global Public Health(2024)10.1371/journal.pgph.0003554

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1 citations

Helena Vreede, Mary‐Ann Davies, Alexa Heekes, Emma Kalk, Diana Hardie +19 more

Identifying genomic surveillance gaps in Africa for the global public health response to West Nile virus: a systematic review

The Lancet Microbe(2025)10.1016/j.lanmic.2025.101176

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4 citations

Nikita Sitharam, L. Marije Hofstra, Graeme Dor, Gaspary Mwanyika, Martina L. Reichmuth +60 more

Limiting the spread of COVID-19 in Africa: one size mitigation strategies do not fit all countries

The Lancet Global Health(2020)10.1016/s2214-109x(20)30212-6

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149 citations

Wolfgang Preiser, Ndèye Aïssatou Lakhe, Abdoulaye Bousso, Jean‐Jacques Muyembe Tamfum, Oscar Kallay +4 more

A putative hepatitis B virus sequence motif associated with hepatocellular carcinoma in South African adults

Annals of Hepatology(2025)10.1016/j.aohep.2024.101763

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0 citations

Anna McNaughton, Cori Campbell, Mariateresa de Cesare, Jolynne Mokaya, Sheila Lumley +13 more