Maureen Coetzee Explained

Maureen Coetzee
Birth Date:8 October 1951
Birth Place:Benoni, South Africa
Nationality:South African
Fields:Malaria
Workplaces:University of the WitwatersrandSouth African Institute for Medical ResearchMalaria Control Programme, SA Department of Health, Tzaneen
Alma Mater:PhD University of the Witwatersrand
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Maureen Coetzee is a medical entomologist, specialising in African malaria vector mosquitoes for over 40 years. She is currently a Distinguished Professor in the Wits Research Institute for Malaria, School of Pathology at the University of the Witwatersrand. She is a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa. She is a consultant in the World Health Organization 's Global Malaria Programme. She obtained her Doctorate from the University of the Witwatersrand.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] A subgenus of the Aedes mosquito, Coetzeemyia, was named after her.[8] [9] Also a genus of bacteria strongly associated with malaria mosquitoes, Coetzeea, was named after her.[10] Professor Coetzee has published over 190 peer-reviewed scholarly articles.[11]

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  1. Shiff. Clive. November 2021. Richard Hewish HUNT, Ph.D. (Wits) 1939-2021. ACME Newsletter. 6. 1. 6.
  2. Web site: Members . . 26 October 2017.
  3. Web site: SA's women scientists honoured . brandsouthafrica.com/ . 11 August 2004 . 26 October 2017.
  4. Web site: Malaria Entomology Research Unit . . 26 October 2017.
  5. Web site: Distinguished Women in Science: Life, Natural and Engineering Sciences . Mail and Guardian . 26 August 2011 . 26 October 2017.
  6. Web site: Dixon. Robyn. Robyn Dixon (journalist). 8 February 2016. Fighting mosquitoes with mosquitoes: Biological weapons target Zika virus. Los Angeles Times. Johannesburg. 26 October 2017.
  7. Web site: Mosquitoes: Inside the blood shed . Mail and Guardian . Faranaaz Parker . 7 Jun 2012 . 26 October 2017.
  8. Web site: Aedini Mosquito Taxonomic Inventory. mosquito-taxonomic-inventory.info. en. 2017-12-30.
  9. Web site: Current MPAC members. https://web.archive.org/web/20161214123239/http://www.who.int/malaria/mpac/mpacmembers/en/index3.html. dead. December 14, 2016. World Health Organization. en-GB. 2017-12-30.
  10. Kämpfer. Peter. Glaeser. Stefanie P.. Marinotti. Osvaldo. Guy. Lionel. Håkansson. Sebastian. Tadei. Wanderli P.. Busse. Hans-Jürgen. Terenius. Olle. 2016. Coetzeea brasiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from larvae of Anopheles darlingi. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 66. 12. 5211–5217. 10.1099/ijsem.0.001497. 27624755. free.
  11. Web site: Scopus preview - Scopus - Author details (Coetzee, Maureen). www.scopus.com. en-US. 2019-10-30.
  12. News: Women Scientists Honored At Pan African University Launch. VOA. 2017-12-30. en.

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