Wayne Delport

Experimental evidence indicating that mastreviruses probably did not co-diverge with their hosts (2009)

Harkins, Gordon W, Delport, Wayne, Duffy, Siobain, Wood, Natasha, Monjane, Adérito L, Owor, Betty E, ...

Abstract Background Despite the demonstration that geminiviruses, like many other single stranded DNA viruses, are evolving at rates similar to those of RNA viruses, a recent study has suggested that...

Models of coding sequence evolution (2009)

Delport, Wayne, Scheffler, Konrad, Seoighe, Cathal

Probabilistic models of sequence evolution are in widespread use in phylogenetics and molecular sequence evolution. These models have become increasingly sophisticated and combined with statistical...

Population Growth Confounds Phylogeographic Inference in Namaqua Sandgrouse (2007)

Delport, Wayne, Crowe, Timothy M., Lloyd, Penn, Bloomer, Paulette

The Namaqua sandgrouse, Pterocles namaqua, is a highly nomadic granivore of semiarid to arid habitats. As a result of nomadic movements in response to rainfall, the size of the breeding population in...

The transmission of Helicobacter pylori : the effects of analysis method and study population on inference (2007)

Delport, Wayne, Van Der Merwe, Schalk W.

Although much is known about the virulence of Helicobacter pylori, the transmission pathways for this bacterium are still unresolved. Transmission has been addressed through: (1) prevalence within...

The transmission of Helicobacter pylori : the effects of analysis method and study population on inference (2007)

Delport, Wayne, Van Der Merwe, Schalk Willem

Although much is known about the virulence of Helicobacter pylori, the transmission pathways for this bacterium are still unresolved. Transmission has been addressed through: (1) prevalence within...

Population genetic inference of demographic processes in the African Wild Silk Moth, Gonometa postica (Lasiocampidae) (2006)

Delport, Wayne

The African Wild Silk moths (Gonometa spp., Lasiocampidae) are species that are presently of particular economic interest in southern Africa. Both Gonometa postica and G. rufobrunnea, two species of...

Investigating the origin and spread of hepatitis C virus genotype 5a (2006)

Pybus, Oliver G, Song, Ernie, ...

Epidemiological and phylogenetic studies of hepatitis C virus (HCV) have identified six major HCV genotypes and have attempted to characterize their origin and spread worldwide. Putative regions of...

The taxonomic status of the Damaraland Redbilled Hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus damarensis) : a behavioural, morphological and molecular analysis (2006)

Delport, Wayne

The full text of this thesis/dissertation is not available online. No abstract was included in this dissertstion. Please read the conclusion in chapter 6, which is included in the section 00front...

Population Growth Confounds Phylogeographic Inference in Namaqua Sandgrouse (2006)

Delport, Wayne, Crowe, Timothy M., Lloyd, Penn, Bloomer, Paulette

The Namaqua sandgrouse, Pterocles namaqua, is a highly nomadic granivore of semiarid to arid habitats. As a result of nomadic movements in response to rainfall, the size of the breeding population in...

Investigating the Origin and Spread of Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 5a†

Verbeeck, Jannick, Maes, Piet, Lemey, Philippe, Pybus, Oliver G., Wollants, Elke, Song, Ernie, ...

Epidemiological and phylogenetic studies of hepatitis C virus (HCV) have identified six major HCV genotypes and have attempted to characterize their origin and spread worldwide. Putative regions of...

Incidence of Helicobacter felis and the Effect of Coinfection with Helicobacter pylori on the Gastric Mucosa in the African Population

Fritz, E. Lekunze, Slavik, Tomas, Delport, Wayne, Olivier, Brenda, Van Der Merwe, Schalk W.

Helicobacter pylori and Helicobacter felis are two of the Helicobacter spp. that infect humans. H. pylori has been linked to significant gastric pathology. Coinfection with Helicobacter spp. may...

Investigating the Origin and Spread of Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 5a†

Verbeeck, Jannick, Maes, Piet, Lemey, Philippe, Pybus, Oliver G., Wollants, Elke, Song, Ernie, ...

Epidemiological and phylogenetic studies of hepatitis C virus (HCV) have identified six major HCV genotypes and have attempted to characterize their origin and spread worldwide. Putative regions of...

Incidence of Helicobacter felis and the Effect of Coinfection with Helicobacter pylori on the Gastric Mucosa in the African Population

Fritz, E. Lekunze, Slavik, Tomas, Delport, Wayne, Olivier, Brenda, Van Der Merwe, Schalk W.

Helicobacter pylori and Helicobacter felis are two of the Helicobacter spp. that infect humans. H. pylori has been linked to significant gastric pathology. Coinfection with Helicobacter spp. may...

A Population Genetics Pedigree Perspective on the Transmission of Helicobacter pylori

Delport, Wayne, Cunningham, Michael, Olivier, Brenda, Preisig, Oliver, Van Der Merwe, Schalk W.

The inference of transmission pathways for medicinally important bacteria is important to our understanding of pathogens. Here we report analyses of transmission in Helicobacter pylori, a major...

Frequent Toggling between Alternative Amino Acids Is Driven by Selection in HIV-1

Delport, Wayne, Scheffler, Konrad, Seoighe, Cathal

Host immune responses against infectious pathogens exert strong selective pressures favouring the emergence of escape mutations that prevent immune recognition. Escape mutations within or flanking...