CURRICULUM VITAE

PROFESSOR LYNNE MARGARET WEBBER

MBChB (Pret), M Med Path (Virol) cum laude, DTH (Diploma in Tropical Health)

cum laude

Head of Department:

Department of Medical Virology

School of Medicine

Faculty of Health Sciences

University of Pretoria

Clinical Virologist and Consultant Pathologist:

National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) Tshwane Academic Division (TAD)

ADDRESS ALL CORRESPONDENCE TO:

Professor LM Webber

Private Bag X323

Arcadia

Pretoria

South Africa

0007

Tel: (012) 319 2656

Fax: (012) 325 5550

Email: lynne.webber@up.ac.za/ webberl@gmail.co.za

Cell: 082 555 7724

mailto:lynne.webber@up.ac.za/mailto:webberl@gmail.co.za

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NAME: LYNNE MARGARET WEBBER

MARITAL STATUS: MARRIED

DATE OF BIRTH: 31 DECEMBER 1965

NATIONALITY: SOUTH AFRICAN (born in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province)

HEALTH: EXCELLENT

No criminal record

HOBBIES AND INTERESTS:

Guinea pig breeding, dressage and show jumping, sports horse breeding, fly-fishing, cuisine

cooking, amateur astronomy

SPORT ACHIEVEMENTS:

JUDO - Eastern Province Judo team 1983

Western Province Judo team 1984

SHOWJUMPING:

Northern Transvaal Show jumping team 1996, 1997

Currently individual showjumper for The Horse Society, Gauteng.

CURRENT SPORTING ACTIVITIES:

Showjumping: member of The Horse Society

Member of the South African Warmblood Society

SCHOOLING:

St Dominic‟s Priory Catholic School for Girls - Port Elizabeth

Collegiate High School for Girls - Port Elizabeth

Awards: Academic School Colours

Numerous prizes for academic excellence in Latin, English, Science and Biology

Matriculation: First class pass

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ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

MBCHB - University of Pretoria, 1990

Distinction in Paediatrics

Prizes: Virology prize

Microbiology prize

Ear, nose and throat surgical prize

Paediatric prize

Bursary: University Merit Award - first year to sixth year.

M Med Path (Virol) cum laude - University of Pretoria, 1998

1994 - 1996: junior registrar post with rotations in haematology, chemical pathology,

anatomical pathology, medical microbiology, medical virology, immunology

1996 - 1998: senior registrar post in medical virology

Dissertation: Assessment of commercial enzyme immunoassay for hepatitis C virus

serotyping (published in Journal of Clinical Pathology 1996;49:994-997).

Diploma in Tropical Health (DTH) cum laude - University of Pretoria and the Transvaal

School of Public Health, 1998

ACADEMIC AWARDS:

University of Pretoria Dux Docens Award, for outstanding service to the student community,

1998;

Faculty of Medicine Merit Award, for outstanding results received in the M Med Path (Virol)

examinations, 1998;

Lecturer of the Year - MBCHB II class award for 1999.

RESEARCH AWARDS AND RECOGNITION:

Best Publication for a Team Effort: Faculty of Medicine 1999, first author;

Best Publication for a Young Researcher: Faculty of Medicine 2000, co-author;

Top Ten Most Productive Researchers: of all categories of research output at the

University of Pretoria, 2000;

Outstanding Young Researcher: University of Pretoria, 2001;

Best Oral Presentation: National Testing and Measurement Congress, Pretoria, September

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2001;

Award for recognition of Original Research Paper: Infectious Diseases Congress, Cape

Town, December 2001;

Best Overall Presentation and Paper: National Test and Measurement Conference,

Emperor‟s palace, Gauteng, September 2005;

Best Overall Publication – Qualitative Research, runner-up, Faculty of Health Sciences,

University of Pretoria, 2010.

RESEARCH GRANTS AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE:

MRC grant for research on bloodborne viruses and occupational exposures - 1998 –

2000;

Research Development Programme of the University of Pretoria grant for research on

HIV and occupational exposure risks - 1998 – 2000;

MRC Unit for Maternal and Infant Health Care Strategies support for the Pretoria

Pasteurisation Study and HIV culture research – 2000;

USAIDS grant for work and research on home based care kits with the Study for the

Centre of AIDS in Africa, University of Pretoria - 2000 – 2001;

University of Pretoria Grant - HIV research and management modalities, 2000 –

2001;

International grant from Wild Life Organisation on HIV, HBV and HCV infectivity in

semen samples. Re -awarded for 2005;

Phidisa project (collaborative HIV and HBV international testing and management

research protocol) – funded by the United States National Institute of Health (NIH) –

2003 – 2008;

International Wildlife Foundation – Pathogen (bacterial and viral) removal from

semen specimens, re-awarded for 2005;

African and European Viral Hepatitis Joint Initiative – hepatitis B virus (HBV)

research, 2000-2003;

University of Pretoria Study – bloodborne pathogens in occupational settings, in

particular bone dust specimens from mortuary HIV-infected individuals, completed

2004;

Consultant Pathologist and Advisor, Bio-Analytical Research Centre (Belgium and

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South Africa), for numerous clinical trials, 2007;

Bloodborne viral pathogens – in collaboration with the Department of Forensic

Medicine, 2009-2015;

Clinical trial – an open phase 2 study in Human Immunodeficiency virus 1 infected

untreated male adult patients to evaluate safety and tolerability and the in vivo effects

on T-cell populations and viral load of a Gonadotropin releasing hormone-analogue

administrated by intranasal administration during 28 days when combined with a

single intramuscular testosterone depot injection to restore a normal blood

testosterone level. University of Pretoria Clinical Trials Unit (protocol number

78/2010, ethical approval from the Faculty of Health Sciences Research Ethics

Committee 13/04/2011), principal investigator, 2010-2014;

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATIONS:

1990: Healthcare Professions Council South Africa (HPCSA) as a general practitioner

(MBChB Pret)

1998: HPCSA as a pathologist specialist (Clinical Virologist, Med Path Virol)

1999: HPCSA, registration of Diploma in Tropical Health (DTH Pret)

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP:

Current – 2014:

Infectious Diseases Society of Southern Africa - affiliated to the Federation of South African

Societies of Pathology (FSSAP);

South African HIV Clinicians Society;

National Antimicrobial Surveillance Forum;

South African Medical Association (SAMA) Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Committee.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1991: House doctor at Provincial Hospital, Port Elizabeth, rotations in Internal Medicine,

Paediatrics, Anaesthetics, General Surgery, Urology and Obstetrics and Gynaecology;

1992: Medical officer, Radiotherapy Department, Provincial Hospital, Port Elizabeth;

1993: Medical officer, Medical Oncology Department, Pretoria Academic Hospital, Pretoria;

1994: Junior registrar in Pathology, Institute of Pathology, University of Pretoria;

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1996: Senior registrar, Department of Clinical Virology, University of Pretoria;

1998: Specialist/lecturer, Department of Medical Virology, University of Pretoria;

1999: Senior specialist, Department of Medical Virology, University of Pretoria;

2003: Acting Head, Department of Medical Virology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University

of Pretoria;

2004: Consultant Pathologist and Clinical Virologist, Lancet Laboratories, BARC SA

Clinical Trials Unit;

2009: Head of the Department of Medical Virology, Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Health

Sciences, University of Pretoria – current post.

PRESENT POSITION:

Full time duties: dual appointment

Head of Department, Department of Medical Virology, Faculty of Health Sciences,

University of Pretoria;

Consultant Pathologist and Clinical Virologist, NHLS TAD.

Contractual duties:

HIV Advisor, HIV Your Life programme, Polmed Business Unit, Metropolitan

Health Management, South Africa

Additional duties:

Clinical Trials Advisor, Clinical Trials Unit, University of Pretoria – current;

Editorial Board, Journal of Human Virology and Retrovirology - current;

Invited reviewer, Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases - current;

Organising Committee of the 54th FSASP International Unipath Conference, CSIR

ICC, Pretoria - completed;

Member of the Recruitment and Selection Committee, Faculty of Health Sciences,

University of Pretoria - current.

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EXPERIENCE AND ACHIEVEMENTS:

Consultant for Niehaus and Botha Laboratory, Pretoria - occupational advice and services,

particularly with respect to staff exposure to bloodborne viruses, expired;

Involvement in many consultations on HIV related and bloodborne matters, nationally and

internationally, for countries such as Zimbabwe, Alaska, Kenya, Uganda;

Technical assessor for SANAS (South African National Accreditation System), registered

May 2007, TA 070;

Lead assessor for SANAS, registered May 2007, LA025;

Technical expert for LOALAC accreditation purposes;

Many presentations at various meetings and seminars, such as those arranged by SAMA

(South African Medical Association), South African Society of Occupational Medicine

(SASOM) and pharmaceutical companies such as GlaxoWellcome and Aspen-Phramacare:

Medical faculty representative for the Centre for the Study of AIDS in Africa, University of

Pretoria and actively engaged in many community, University, research projects and

initiatives;

Involved with the planning of the GlaxoWellcome Starter-pack anti-retroviral prophylaxis for

healthcare students nationwide, expired;

Actively involved with the Student Committee of the University of Pretoria on occupational

health and safety matters, including insurance for possible HIV contraction occupationally

and the management and prevention of needle stick and related injuries in the work place;

Member of the organising committee: Futurepath - 98, Annual Congress of the Federation of

the South African Societies of Pathology, July 1998, completed;

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Active community involvement includes numerous radio interviews and magazine and

newspaper quotes and articles. Recent interviews for E-TV, 2005 - 2014, HIV-related matters

and avian influenza;

Expert Witness on HIV Medicine, Supreme Court of South Africa, Johannesburg, 2003;

Expert Witness on antiretroviral agents, Pietermaritzburg high Court, 2002 – 2003;

ConsultantVirologist, Vermaak and Partners Pathology Group, terminated, December 2003;

Consultant Virologist, Toga Laboratories, South Africa, terminated December 2003:

Examiner, moderator and convenor for the College of Medicine, (CMSA, FC Path Viro SA),

Clinical Virology;

Member of the HIV Vaccine Committee, Medicines Control Council, on, as External

Advisor, completed;

Member of the HIV Committee, Compensation Commissioners Office, National Department

of Health, completed 2003;

Medical Advisor and Clinical Virologist, HIV Protocol, Civil Aviation Authority for South

Africa, completed;

Member of the Tamiflu Advisory Board, 2007; completed;

Expert witness, Supreme Court, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, 2012-2014;

Member of the Recruitment Selection Committee, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of

Pretoria, current.

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MEMBERSHIP OF FACULTY, HOSPITAL-RELATED AND OTHER

COMMITTEES:

Infectious Diseases Forum, University of Pretoria;

Pathology Group Committee – Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Office of the Medical

Superintendent;

Health Research Ethic‟s Committee of the University of Pretoria - adverse events, completed;

Organising Committee – Scientific Programme. Medical Virology Congress of South Africa,

18-21 May 2003, Kruger National Park, South Africa, completed;

Member: Organising Committee, Unipath 54th

FSASP International Congress 2014, CSIR

ICC, 15-19 September 2014, Pretoria, South Africa.

RESEARCH:

Current research projects and completed programmes include:

HIV diagnosis using molecular techniques; Lancet Laboratories and BARC Clinical trial Unit

(completed);

Occupational risks and hazards for students, professionals and auxiliary workers in the

health-care environment;

HIV prophylaxis for sexual assault;

Opportunistic infections in HIV-positive patients; BARC Clinical trials Unit (completed);

Risk and prognosis assessment of HIV-positive individuals admitted to ICU (completed);

Enteroviral and herpes virus infections of the central nervous system (completed);

HIV transmission in breastmilk and the prevention thereof (completed);

HIV and social science aspects; through the Centre for the Study of AIDS, University of

Pretoria, Annamarie Bindenagel Foundation and Consultants, private initiative with a private

practitioner in Lenasia (completed);

HIV and home based care kits for the community (completed);

HIV and other pathogen (bacterial and viral) survival in specially treated semen specimens, o

through the University of Pretoria, the World Wildlife Fund and the Omahau Zoo, United

States of America, (completed);

HIV infectivity in mortuary bone dust;

Bloodborne viruses in Forensic Medical Practice;

Bloodborne viruses and co-infections;

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Bloodborne viruses in clinical medicine;

Laboratory testing for bloodborne viruses in clinical specimens.

GRANT APPLICATIONS, 2006 – 2014:

Discovery Health Foundation Award – R90 000 – HIV-1 genetic diversity project

Immune System Regulation, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm,

Sweden (Project Manager) – principal investigator, clinical trial, – rational for the

evaluation of gonadotropin releasing hormone administration in HIV disease;

Annual NHLS Research grant;

Discovery Health Research Grant, renewal. (2013-2014).

CLINICAL ACTIVITIES AND EXPERIENCE:

Registered in Clinical Virology at Health Professions Council of South Africa

(HPCSA);

Medical Advisor for Polmed HIV Your Life programme, Metropolitan Health

Management, South Africa;

Consultant for HIV Medical matters for the SA HIV Clinicians Society;

Infection Control and General Pathology meetings, Steve Biko Academic Hospital;

Clinical case presentations at Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Kalafong Academic

Hospital, Gauteng;

Clinical outreach programmes to Polokwane (Limpopo Province) and Nelspruit

(Mmpumalanga Province) districts;

Clinical case presentations tutorials at the Department of Medical Virology, Faculty

of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, weekly

Journal presentations weekly, Department of Medical Virology, Faculty of Health

Sciences,University of Pretoria;

Clinical ward rounds, Polmed HIV Your Life programme Offices (Metroploitsn

Health Management), in Pretoria, weekly;

Consultant Pathologist and Clinical Virologist, Department of Medical Virology,

Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria/NHLS TAD.

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PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS

INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

1. Webber LM. Els S, Taylor MB, Grabow WOK Assessment of commercial enzyme

immunoassay for hepatitis C virus serotyping. Journal of Clinical Pathology

1996;49:994-997

2. Du Plessis R, Webber LM. Saayman G. Bloodborne viruses in forensic medical

practice in South Africa. American Journal of Forensic and Medical Pathology

1999:20(4):364-366.

(This article was awarded Best Publication by a Junior Researcher,

Faculty of Medicine, University of Pretoria, 2000)

3. Webber LM. Saliva for diagnostics. World Health Organisation Bulletin, Second

Quarter, July 1997

4. Hepatitis B virus - a major threat in African children with cancer. Willers E, Delport,

Webber LM, Kruger M. Journal of Tropical Paediatrics, September 2001;47:220-

225.

(This article was awarded Article of the Month by the International

Journal fraternity, September 2001)

5. Jeffery BS, Webber L, Mokhondo R, Erasmus D. Determination of the effectiveness

of inactivation of human immunodeficiency virus by Pretoria pasteurization. Journal

of Tropical Paediatrics 2001;47:345-349

(This article was awarded Article of the Month by the International

Journal fraternity, December 2001)

(This article received a Merit Award for the Best Overall Publication,

Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, 2002)

6. Loskutoff NM, Huyser C, Singh R, Morfield KA, Walker DL, Thornhill AR, Smith

M, Morris L, Webber L. A novel and effective procedure for removing HIV-1 and

hepatitis B and C viruses from spiked human semen. Reproduction, Fertility and

Development 2004;17(2):243-243.

7. Loskutoff NM, Huyser C, Singh R, Morfield KA, Walker DL, Thornhill AR, Smith

M, Morris L, Webber L. A novel and effective procedure for removing HIV-1 RNA

from human semen. Research Papers in Fertility and Reproductive Medicine

(International Congress Series) 2004;1271C:200-204.

8. Loskutoff NM, Huyser C, Singh R, Morfield KA, Walker DL, Thornhill AR, Smith

M, Morris L. Webber L. Removing HIV-1 and hepatitis C virus from semen: an

improved method using a trypsinized silica particle suspension and a novel tube insert

device. Research Papers in Fertility and Sterility (International Congress Series),

2004;1271C:200-206.

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9. Loskutoff NM, Huyser C, Singh R, Walker DL, Thornhill AR, Morris L, Webber L.

Use of a novel washing method combining multiple density gradients and trypsin for

removing human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus from semen. Fertility

and Sterility 2005;84(4):1001-1010.

10. Weber B, Orazi B, Raineri A, Thorstensson R, Burgisser P, Muhlbacher A,

Areal C, Eiras A, Villaescusa R, Camacho R, Diogo I, Roth HJ, Zahn I, Bartel

J, Bossi V, Piro F, Atamasirikul K, Permpikul P, Webber L, Singh S.

Multicenter evaluation of a new 4th

generation HIV screening assay Elecsys

HIV combi. Clinical Laboratories 2006;52(9- 10):463-473.

11. Syebele K, Butow K-W, Webber LM, Manda S. Quantification of HIV-1 viral load

in the fluid of ranulas in HIV-positive patients. Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine,

Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Edontology (OOOOE) 2011;111:715-719.

12. Morobadi MD, Webber LM. Growing up with HIV in Southern Africa – HIV-infected

children and adolescents. Journal of Human Virology and Retrovirology (JHVRV)

2014;1(1)0005

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NATIONAL JOURNALS

1. Grabow WOK, Taylor BM, Webber LM. Hepatitis E virus in South Africa. South

African Journal of Science 1996;92:178-180.

2. Webber LM, Grabow WOK, Favorov M, Fields H. Comparison of two enzyme

immunoassays for the detection of antibodies to hepatitis E virus. Southern African

Journal of Epidemiology and Infection 1998;13:16-19.

(This article received Best Publication for a Team Effort, Faculty of

Medicine, University of Pretoria, 1999)

3. Webber LM, Swanevelder C, Grabow WOK, Fourie B. Evaluation of a rapid test for

HIV antibodies in saliva and blood. South African Medical Journal 2000;90:1004-

1007.

4. Webber LM. Needlestick injuries and healthcare students – review article.

Occupational Health SA 1999:5(6);31-33.

5. Mphahlele MJ, Jenscj S, Clay CG, Moloto MJ, Smit EJ, van der Merwe CF, Webber

LM. HBV viral load testing: clinical significance and choice of assay. Letter, South

African Medical Journal 2001, March 99.

6. Webber LM. Richards P, Grey S. HIV prophylaxis: are South African health-care

students being neglected. South African Journal of Science 2000;96:295-296

7. Webber LM. Bloodborne viruses and occupational exposure in the dental setting -

review article. South African Dental Journal 2000;55:381-382.

8. Webber LM. Viral hepatitis. Health and Hygiene 2000;11:10-12.

9. Webber LM. Prevention and prophylaxis for certain viral infections. Southern

African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection 2000;15:80-83

10. Erasmus B, Gous P, Webber LM. Rapid adenovirus diagnosis in ocular specimens

from clinically selected patients. Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and

Infection June and September 2001;16:62-66.

11. Webber LM. Richards P, Grey S. HIV education in South Africa: where are we

going? Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine August 2001;5:40-43.

12. Taylor MB, Muller T, Bekker PJ, Webber LM. Steynberg MC, Frost FJ, Grabow

WOK. Cryptosporidium antibodies amongst swimmers and canoeists in South

Africa. Letter, Water SA Second Half Reviews, 2003.

13. Webber LM. Cotton M, Stevens W. Guidelines: Diagnosis of perinatal HIV

infection in South Africa. Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine August

2001;5:21-26.

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14 Van Wyk S, von Brandis-Martini P, Pretorius HW, Webber LM. Grimbeeck RJ,

Mokoape CN, Molopyane SM, Sekgothe MJ, Thantsa OM. HIV prevalence on 200

selected patients at Weskoppies Hospital. Southern African Journal of Epidemiology

and Infection 2004;19(2):63-68.

15 Webber LM. The role of HIV oral fluid testing in South Africa. Southern African

Journal of HIV Medicine December 2001;6.

16. Webber LM. Post exposure prophylaxis in the occupational health care setting.

Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine March 2002:8-9.

17. Van Rooyen, Webber LM. HIV and allergy. Southern African Journal of HIV

Medicine December 2001:40-42

18. Webber LM. Therapeutic interventions; the role in the fight against global public

health problem of hepatitis B. Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and

Infection September supplement 2002(17):31-33.

19. Modi SL, Webber LM. HIV infection in India: following in the footsteps of

South Africa? Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine August 2003:46-48.

20 Webber LM, Rautenbach PGD. Exposure to bloodborne pathogens –

general precautions. Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, August 2003:24-28.

21. Modi SL, Webber LM. HIV invasion of China – warning bells for South Africa?

Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection 2004; 19(3,4):80-82.

22. Webber L, Heney C. HIV and herpes simplex virus: the grave consequences of

co- infection. Health and Hygiene, July 2004;15(7):12-14.

23. Webber L. HIV infection – why is the virus still winning the battle? Health

and Hygiene 2004;15(12):5-6.

24. Huyser C, Luskutoff NM, Singh R, Morris L, Webber L. Semen washing of

Spiked HIV positive semen samples: a reproductive biologist‟s practical experience.

Scientific Letter to South African Journal of Medicine, July 2004;15:17.

25. Webber LM and South African HIV Clinicians Society Expert Committee.

Pre-ART Guidelines: amended November 2004. Southern African Journal of HIV

Medicine November 2004;17:18-30.

26. Stevens W, Sherman G, Cotton M, Gerntholtz L, Webber L. Revised guidelines

for the diagnosis of perinatal HIV-1 infection in South Africa. Southern African

Journal of HIV Medicine March 2006:24-28.

27. Modi S, Webber LM. Ritonavir boosting – unravelling the mystery. Southern

African Journal of HIV Medicine, September 2006:23-26.

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28. Webber L. Viruses and cancers: a short discussion on some prognostic

determinants. Menopause 2007:10;6-7.

29. Webber L. Young Researcher‟s Guide. From a practising medical doctor to a

confident researcher:starting an academic paper.The Specialist Forum 2009;9(3):46-47.

(This article received Best Overall Publication – Qualitative Research, runner-

up, at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, 2010)

30. Webber LM. From animals to humans or humans to animals: the emergence of

zoonotic viruses. The Specialist Forum 2009;10:11-15.

31. Webber LM. International AIDS Society Conference 2009: translating science

into practice. The Specialist Forum 2009;10: 32-36.

32. Webber LM, Human S. Viruses affecting the musculoskeletal system: selected

South African arboviral examples. South African Journal of Rheumatology2010;2:

22-29.

33. Webber LM. Guest editorial: why do viruses keep their genome so small.

Continuing Medical Education (CME) 2011;29(5):189-190.

34. Bowyer SM, Sim JGM, Webber LM. Current laboratory diagnosis of hepatitis B

virus infection, including 8 years of retrospective laboratory data. Continuing Medical

Education (CME), 2011;29(5): 210-213.

35. Morris N, du Toit Prinsloo L, Webber L, Saayman G. The prevalence of HIV

in Pretoria‟s medico-legal laboratory cases, RSA, in 2009. Occupational Health

Southern Africa, 2014;20 (2):6-10.

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BOOKS, CHAPTERS, PUBLISHED PROCEEDINGS

1. Webber LM. HIV prophylaxis after needlestick injury. MIMS Medical Specialities

1998;3:63.

2. Webber LM. HIV Prophylaxis for occupational related injuries and after sexual

assault or rape. In HIV Medicine, lecture notes of the SAMA FPD HIV Medicine

Diploma, 2002,South Africa.

3. Webber LM, Botes ME. HIV: diagnosis and treatment. MIMS Medical Specialty

Reviews, Update 2003, 2003;342-347.

4. Webber LM. HIV and the management of opportunistic infections. MIMS Medical

Specialty Reviews, Update 2003, 2003:349-354.

5. Webber LM. HIV and post exposure prophylaxis. Proceedings of the NOSHCON

Health and Safety Congress, 18-23 June 2003, Sun City, South Africa.

6. Loskutoff NM, Huyser C, Singh R, Morfield KA, Walker D, Thornhill AR, Smith M,

Morris L, Webber L. A novel and effective procedure for removing HIV-1 RNA

from human semen. International Congress Series: special issue. Proceedings of the

18th

World Congress on Fertility and Sterility (IFFS 2004). Editors: Daya S, Pierson R

and Gunby J. (2004)

7. Webber L. Chapter 16. Post exposure prophylaxis. In HIV/AIDS Clinical

Management Programme for the Foundation of Professional Development, Edition

2 January 2004.

8. Petersen A, Webber L. Assistant author of report. Ethical dimensions of HIV/

AIDS. Pugwash meeting no: 310. 3rd

Pugwash Workshop on Science, Ethics and

Society. Ajaccio, Corsica, France, 29 – 02 October 2005.

9 Webber L. Chapter 16: Post exposure prophylaxis. In HIV/AIDS Management

for Professional Nurses for the Foundation for Professional Development, Edition 2,

January 2006. (by Sue Roberts and Kathy Dennil).

10. Webber L. HIV in the Workplace. Proceedings; Annual Dentistry Congress, Sun City,

4- 6 August 2007.

11. Webber LM. Hepatitis viruses in South Africa. MIMS Medical Specialities,

published March 2007.

12. Brink G, Schoub B, de Frey A, Ross M, Webber L et al. Guidelines for the

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vaccination of a traveller. Congress Proceedings of the Travel Medicine Society

of Southern Africa, 2007.

13. Webber LM. The pathogenesis of HIV-1 infection and disease progression. Chapter

Two in the book entitled “HIV/AIDS: a clinical resource for communication, hearing

and swallowing disorders, eds De Wet Swanepoel, Brenda Louw, Plural Publishing,

San Diego, CA, first edition, 2010.

14. Webber LM. Viral hepatitis. MIMS Medical Specialities, April 2010.

15. Webber LM. Antiretroviral Therapy. MIMS Medical Specialities, April 2010.

16. Webber LM. Editor: the integrated management of TB, HIV and STI in the

primary healthcare setting. Edition 2, June 2011, published through the Foundation for

Professional Development, Lynnwood Ridge, South Africa.

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PAPERS, POSTERS, INVITED LECTURES AND PLENARY SESSIONS

PRESENTED AT SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL MEETINGS

1. Webber LM. Els S, Taylor MB, Grabow WOK. Hepatitis C virus serotyping:

assessment of a commercial enzyme immunoassay. Poster presentation.

BUSHPATH „96, 36th

Annual Congress of the Federation of South African Societies

of Pathology, 29 June - 3 July 1996: Karos Kruger Lodge, Mpumalanga, South Africa

2. Webber LM. Grabow WOK, Favorov MO. Assessment of techniques for the

detection of hepatitis E virus antibodies. Oral paper. 23 rd Faculty Day, Faculty of

Medicine, University of Pretoria, 27 - 28 August 1996, Pretoria

3. Webber LM. Grabow WOK. Occupational exposure of health-care workers and

students to HIV and HBV. Poster presentation. 24th

, Faculty Day, Faculty of

Medicine, University of Pretoria, 26 - 27 August 1997, Pretoria

4. Ionescu GO, Kirsten M, Webber LM. Dinkel JE, Banieghbal B, Fonesca J.

Implications of HIV positive status in paediatric surgery: a preliminary study. Oral

presentation. Paediatric Surgical Conference, 20 - 24 February 1998, Cape Town

5. Webber LM. du Plessis R, Scholtz L, Nel E, Saayman G. Bloodborne viral

pathogens and autopsies: is there cause for concern. Oral presentation.

FUTUREPATH „98, 38th

annual congress of the Federations of South African

Societies of Pathology, University of Pretoria, 28 June - 1 July 1998, Pretoria

6. Clay CG, Vivier C, Erasmus D, Webber LM. Taylor MB. The value of enteroviral

RT-PCR in the diagnosis of acute viral central nervious system. Oral presentation.

FUTUREPATH „98 - 38th

annual congress of the Federations of the South African

Societies of Pathology, University of Pretoria, 28 June - 01 July 1998, Pretoria

7. Webber LM. Swanevelder C, Grabow W, Fourie B. Detection of HIV antibodies in

serum, plasma and saliva using test-strips: a pilot study. Oral presentation.

FUTUREPATH „98

8. Botha ME, Webber LM. GrabowW. A rubella outbreak amongst medical and dental

students at the University of Pretoria. Oral presentation. FUTUREPATH „98

9. Webber LM. Retief J, Vivier C, Davel G, Grabow W. Acute hepatitis E: a case

study. Oral presentation. FUTUREPATH „98

10. Webber LM. du Plessis R, Saayman G. Seroprevalence of bloodborne viruses in

forensic autopsies. Oral presentation. Virology Congress of Southern Africa, UCT

Waterfront Campus, 28 - 30 October 1998, Cape Town

11. Webber LM. du Plessis R, Els S, Saayman G. Bloodborne viral pathogens and

autopsies: is there cause for concern? Oral presentation. 25th

Faculty Day, Faculty of

Medicine, University of Pretoria, 25 - 26 August 1998, Pretoria

12. Webber LM. Swanevelder C, Grabow W, Fourie B. Rapid testing for HIV

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antibodies: a pilot study. Poster presentation. Virology Congress of Southern Africa,

UCT Waterfront Campus, 28 - 30 October 1998, Cape Town

13. Grabow W, Vivier JC, Clay CG, Webber LM. Detection of hepatitis E in serum and

stool specimens of South African patients. Oral presentation. Virology Congress of

Southern Africa, UCT Waterfront Campus, 28 - 30 October 1999, Cape Town

14. Webber LM. du Plessis R, Saayman G. Bloodborne viruses in forensic medicine in

South Africa. Poster presentation and oral presentation. XIth International Congress

of Virology, 9 - 13 August 1999, Sydney

15. Webber LM. Needlestick injuries. Oral presentation. International Association for

Dental Research, 27 August 1999, Krugersdorp

16. Webber LM. Bloodborne viruses and needlestick injuries. The South African

Society of Occupational Medicine Congress, CSIR, 30 July 1999, Pretoria

17. Moloto MJ, Burnett R, Webber LM, Mogotlane SM, Aspinall S and Mphahlele MJ.

Investigation of hepatitis B virus surface gene variants in South Africa. MEDUNSA

Academic Day, July 1999, Pretoria

18. Mphahlele MJ, Jensch S, Clay CG, Moloto MJ, Smit EJ, van der Merwe CF, Webber

LM. HBV viral load testing: clinical significance and choice of the assay.

MEDUNSA Academic Day, July 1999, Pretoria

19. Molefe A, Clay C, Webber LM. HIV diagnostic dilemmas: survey from a virology

laboratory. Poster presentation. Lesedi Afrika „99, IUSTI/STD/HIV 6th

World

Congress and 38th

IUSTI General Assembly, Sun City, 21 - 24 November 1999

20. Moloto MJ, Burnett RJ, Webber LM. Mogotlane SM, Aspinall S, Mphahlele MJ.

Investigation of hepatitis B virus surface gene variants in South Africa. Poster

presentation. Lesedi Afrika „99, IUSTI/STD/HIV 6th

World Congress and 38th

IUSTI

General Assembly, Sun City, 21 - 24 November 1999

21. Mphahlele MJ, Jensch S, Clay CG, Moloto MJ, Smit EJ, van der Merwe CF, Webber

LM. Clinical significance of HBV viral load testing in South Africa. Poster

presentation. Lesedi Afrika „99, IUSTI/STD/HIV 6th

World Congress and 38th

IUSTI

General Assembly, Sun City, 21 - 24 November 1999

22. Botha ME, Vivier JC, Webber LM. Grabow WOK, Clay CG. Enteroviral infections:

how many cases are we missing? Poster presentation. Lesedi Afrika „99,

IUSTI/STD/HIV 6th

World Congress and 38th

IUSTI General Assembly, Sun City, 21

- 24 November 1999

23. Webber LM. Richards PDG, Grabow WOK, Taylor MB. Basic medical virology

practical sessions: does the student really benefit? Poster presentation. IX

International Ottawa Congress on Medical Education, Cape Town, 28 February - 01

March 2000

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24. Webber LM. Broodryk F, Richards PA. The implications of HIV prophylaxis for

health care students. Oral presentation. IX International Ottawa Congress on Medical

Education, Cape Town, 28 February - 01 March 2000

25. Webber LM. HIV: new concepts. Oral presentation. Dermatology Congress 2000,

Sun City, 30 March - 2 April 2000

26. Webber LM. HIV: new developments and current concepts. Oral presentation.

Maxillo-Facial and Oral Surgeons Congress 2000, Valley Lodge, Magaliesberg, 1-3

June 2000

27. Jeffery BS, Webber LM, Mohondo R. Pretoria pasteurisation study. Oral

presentation. XIII International AIDS Conference, Durban 9-14 July 2000

28. Jeffery BS, Webber LM. Mokhondo R. Determination of the effectiveness of

Pretoria Pasteurisation to inactivate HIV in human milk. Poster presentation. XIII

International AIDS Congress, Durban, 9-14 July 2000

29. Webber LM. du Plessis R. Bloodborne viruses in forensic medical practice: a sherp

rise in HIV seroprevalence. Oral presentation. Path 2000 Congress, Warmbaths, 2-5

July 2000

30. Botha ME, Viviers C, Webber LM. Grabow WOK. Enteroviral infections: how

many cases are we missing? Oral presentation. Path 2000 Congress, Warmbaths, 2-5

July 2000

31. Moloto MJ, Burnett RJ, Webber LM. Mphahlele MJ, Naturally occurring HBV

surface gene variants from serologically negative HBV infections and HBsAg

carriers. Oral presentation. Path 2000 Congress, Warmbaths, 2-5 July 2000

32. Webber LM. Bloodborne viruses and the funeral industry in South Africa. Oral

presentation. Path 2000 Congress, Warmbaths, 2-5 July 2000

33. Webber LM. Therapeutic interventions in the fight against the global public health

problem of hepatitis B. Oral presentation. VLR Network Hepatitis B International

Meeting, Johannesburg, 15-16 May 2001

34. Webber LM. Future directions for the control and management of hepatitis B in Sub

Saharan Africa. Oral presentation. VLR Network Hepatitis B International Meeting,

Johannesburg, 15-16 May 2001

35. Webber LM. Guide 15189 for the accreditation of medical laboratories. Oral

presentation. International Meeting on the Accreditation of Medical Laboratories, 08

June 2001, Cape Town

36. Pretorius HW, van Wyk S, von Brandis-Martini P, Webber LM. Grimbeeck RJ,

Mokoape CN, Molopyane SM, Sekgothe MJ, Thantsa OM. The prevalence of HIV

infection in two hundred successive admissions to a psychiatric hospital in Gauteng -

a pilot study. Poster presentation. South African Biological Psychiatry Congress,

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Pretoria, October 2001

37. Webber LM. Measurement uncertainty in HIV testing repeatedly revisited. Oral

presentation. NLA Test and Measurement Congress, Pretoria, 10 - 12 September

2001

38. Webber LM. HIV prevention of mother/child transmission and perinatal treatment.

Medicine Update Congress for the General Practitioner. 15 -16 September 2001

39. Webber LM. HIV epidemiology. The South African Head and Neck Oncology

Society Congress, Pretoria, 5 - 6 October 2001

40. Webber LM. Erasmus D, Mhkondo R, Jeffery B. Measurement and propagation of

HIV-1 in breast milk from selected patients in South Africa. Oral presentation.

Infectious Diseases and STD Congress, 2 - 6 December 2001, Cape Town

41. Webber LM. Post exposure prophylaxis in the occupational setting. Oral

presentation. Infectious Diseases and STD Congress, 2 - 6 December 2001, Cape

Town

42. Van Rooyen C, Webber LM. Evaluation of the laboratory diagnosis of respiratory

syncytial virus (RSV) infection. Poster presentation. Infectious Diseases and STD

Congress, 2 - 6 December 2001, Cape Town

43. Webber LM. Hepatitis C virus: a true mistress of deception. Oral presentation. Test

and Measurement Congress, 16 August 2002, Roodevallei Lodge, Pretoria

44. Loskutoff NM, Huyser C, Webber L, Morgan C, Snyckers D. Determining the

efficacy of the Novel Semen Disinfection procedure for eliminating HIV and hepatitis

B and C viruses from the semen of infected humans. Oral presentation. 3rd

Annual

Embryology Summit Conference, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA – 21

September 2002.

45. Zingela Z, Esterhuizen F, Kruger C, Webber LM. Prevalence of HIV infection in a

group of adult psychiatric in-patients from two wards ant the Weskoppies Hospital.

Poster presentation. National psychiatry Conference, Cape Town, 23-28 September

2002

46. Koorts P, Webber LM. Kruger M. HIV oral fluid testing in paediatric populations.

Poster presentation. In preparation for national paediatric society annual congress.

October 2002.

47. Webber LM The changing face of medicine in emerging and re-emerging diseases.

Symposium: the threat of emerging and re-emerging diseases to global health

security. Oral presentation. Pretoria Technikon, Pretoria, 4 - 5 September 2002

48. Webber LM, Jentsch U, Mokgatle Z. Compensation on occupationally acquired

HIV/AIDS; technical issues related to South Africa. Oral Presentation. Medical

Virology Congress of South Africa, 18-21 May 2003, Kruger National Park, South

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Africa.

49. Gove E, Webber LM. Rapid assays to distinguish between viral and inhalation

anthrax associated influenza-like illness (ILI). Oral presentation. Medical Virology

Congress of South Africa, 18-21 May 2003, Kruger National Park, South Africa.

50. Webber LM. Vaccines: exciting discoveries. Guest Speaker and Oral presentation.

Medical Virology Congress of South Africa, 18-21 May 2003, Kruger National Park,

South Africa.

51. Webber LM, Botes ME, Hills J, Botma K. Oral fluid testing for HIV antibodies for

South African conditions. Poster presentation. Medical Virology Congress of South

Africa, 18-21 May 2003, Kruger National Park, South Africa.

52. Modi SL, Webber LM. HIV epidemic: can India learn from South Africa? Poster.

Medical Virology Congress of South Africa, 18-21 May 2003, Kruger National Park,

South Africa.

53. Webber LM. Jeffery B, Tlale EM, Mokhondo R. HIV RNA measurement in human

breast milk: a comparative evaluation of two methods. Poster. Medical Virology

Congress of South Africa, 18-21 May 2003, Kruger National Park, South Africa.

54. Nieman HLJ, Webber LM, Botes ME. Occult hepatitis B infection in HIV-infected

individuals: reason for concern? Poster. Medical Virology Congress of South Africa,

18-21 May 2003, Kruger National Park, South Africa.

55. Seautlweng R, Webber LM, Madumo JS. Occupational HIV exposure events; can

trends identified assist in prevention? Poster. Medical Virology Congress of South

Africa, 18-21 May 2003, Kruger National Park, South Africa.

56. Webber LM. HIV and occupational exposure risks. Oral presentation. NOSHCON

Health and Safety Congress, 18-23 June 2003, Sun City, South Africa.

57. Webber LM, Taylor MB. HIV and groundwater: a grave concern for South Africa?

Poster. International Water Conference, 18-23 September 2003, Cape Town, South

Africa.

58. Webber LM. HIV and post exposure prophylaxis. SA Blood Transfusion Services

Academic Workshop, 14 August 2003, Alpha Training Centre, Broederstroom,

Pretoria, South Africa.

59. Webber LM. Vaccine resistance. Oral presentation. Travel Medicine and Parasitology

Congress, 07 October 2003, Farm Inn, Pretoria, South Africa.

60. Webber LM. Viral technology. Plenary Speaker. Emerging Infectious Diseases

International Conference, 05 May 2004, CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa.

61. Loskutoff NM, Singh R, Huyser C, Morfield KA, Walker D, Thornhill AR, Smith M,

Morris L, Webber L. . A novel and effective procedure for removing HIV from

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human semen. Oral presentation. IFFS 18th

World Congress on Fertility and Sterility,

May 23-28, 2004, Montreal, Canada.

62. Skosana JS, Ahmed K, Webber L. Evaluation of HIV rapid test against HIV-RNA

PCR. Oral presentation, Medunsa Academic Day 2004, 13 June 2004, Medunsa

Faculty, Pretoria, South Africa.

63. Webber LM. New developments in HIV Medicine. Nosa Training and Consulting

Services HIV/AIDS seminar, invited speaker, 25 August 2004, Holiday Inn, Pretoria,

South Africa.

64. Webber LM. HIV and new developments – part 1. Invited speaker. Oral Health Care

Congress, 16 July 2004, Merryll Lynch Board Room, Johannesburg, South Africa.

65. Webber LM. HIV and new developments – part 2. Invited speaker. Oral Health Care

Congress, 16 July 2004, Merryll Lynch Board Room, Johannesburg, South Africa.

66. Webber LM. HIV and ethics. South African Society of Orthodontics Academia Day

2004, invited speaker, 10 September 2004, Sandton Convention Centre,

Johannesburg, South Africa.

67. Webber LM. HIV 2004 – a grave concern for Southern Africa. Nambian Denta

Association Health Care Congress, invited speaker, 30 September 2004, Midgard

Lodge, Windhoek, Nambia..

68. Webber LM. Opportunistic infections. Nambian Dental Association Health Care

Congress, invited speaker, 01 October 2004, Midgard Lodge, Windhoek, Nambia.

69. Webber LM. Antiretroviral therapy. Nambian Dental Association Health Care

Congress, invited speaker, 02 October 2004, Midgard Lodge, Windhoek, Nambia.

70. Webber LM. HIV: disease profile and policies for the workplace. Club Xchange

Annual Meeting, South African Finance Houses, invited speaker, 04 October 2004,

Nedbank Mangement Centre, Muldersdrift, South Africa.

71. Webber LM. HIV: new developments and concerns for Southern Africa. South

African Dental Associaton, Limpopo Province Branch, Annual Dental Course, invited

speaker, 09 October 2004, Polokwane Country Club, Polokwane, South Africa.

72. Webber LM. HIV in the workplace. Guest speaker. Oral Health Promotion and

Information Care Congress, 19 November 2004, Gallagher Estate, Midrand, South

Africa.

73. Webber LM. HIV – a grave concern for South Africa. HIV/AIDS Integration

Conference, Invited Speaker, Sammy Marks Building, Pretoria, 19 November 2004.

74. Webber LM. New developments in HIV medicine and preventative aspects. Mines

and Hospital Associations. Oral presentation, Rustenburg Golf Club, Rustenburg, 17

March 2005.

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75. Webber LM. HIV and Immunology. Continuous Medical Education Seminar,

Northern Branch, Venda Sun, Thohoyandou, 02 April 2005. Oral presentation.

76. Webber LM. Antiretroviral adverse effects and management. Continuous Medical

Education Seminar, Northern Branch, Venda Sum, Thohoyandou, 02 April 2005. Oral

presentations.

77. Webber LM. HIV preventative strategies. Invited Speaker. International Pugwash

Scientific Meeting, Gordons Bay, Cape Town 29 April – 2 May 2005.

78. Webber LM. Invited Guest Speaker. Rubella and other viral diagnostic techniques.

Scientific meeting, Roche Headquarters, Munich, Germany, 12 May 2005.

79. Webber LM. National AIDS Conference. Roche Satellite Symposium. New

developments – HIV testing continues to expand. Oral presentation and invited

speaker. Hilton Hotel, Durban, 08 June 2005.

80. Huyser C, Loskutoff NM, Singh R, Webber L. Quantification of HIV-1 RNA in

washed sperm samples. Oral presentation 21st Annual Meeting of the European

Society of Human Reproduction and embryology, Copenhagen, Denmark, 19-22 June

2005.

81. Webber LM. Infection Control in Virology – what the textbooks do not teach us? The

2nd

Hospital Acquired Infections Africa 2005 Conference and Workshop. Oral

presentation Hilton Hotel, Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa, 4-6 July 2005.

82. Webber LM. Plenary speaker. The importance of measurement. National Laboratory

Association: Test and Measurement Conference 2005, Emporer‟s palace, Gauteng, 5-

7 September 2005.

83. Webber LM. Invited speaker and chairperson. HIV preventative strategies – ethical

dimensions? 3RD

International Pugwash workshop on Science, Ethics and Society:

Ethical HIV/AIDS dimensions of HIV/AIDS in developing countries, Ajaccio,

Corsica, France, 29 September – 02 October 2005.

84. Webber LM. Invited speaker. HIV and Southern Africa. Southern Branch of the

Medical Technology Society Conference. Mine Hospital, Orkney, Gauteng, 08

October 2005.

85. Webber LM. Guest speaker. Viruses, including HIV. Branch of the South African

Dental Society Annual Meeting, Klerksdorp, Gauteng, 08 October 2005.

86. Webber LM. Preventative strategies for HIV in Southern Africa. Guest speaker. Out

of Africa Medical Conference, Swakopmund Casino and Hotel, Swakopmund,

Namibia, 19-23 October 2005.

87. Webber LM, Ebraheim O. HIV – positive: but where is the virus? Oral

presentation. Virology Africa 2005 Conference, UCT Graduate School of Business

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and Breakwater Lodge, Cape Town, 8-11 November 2005.

88. Tsilimigras C, Webber L. Detection of human papillomavirus genotypes in clinical

specimens. Oral presentation. Virology Africa Conference, UCT Graduate School of

Business and Breakwater Lodge, Cape Town, 8-11 November 2005.

89. Webber L. The impact of avian influenza. Oral presentation. Faculty of Medicine

Infectious Diseases Forum, Medical Campus, University of Pretoria, 27 March 2006.

90. Webber L. Avian influenza in South African Oral presentation. The Society of

Sciences and Associated Sciences in South Africa (S2A3), University of Pretoria

Main Campus, 05 April 2006.

91. Webber L. HIV in the Workplace: Management and Awareness. Oral presentation.

Strategic Management of HIV in the Workplace Workshop, Gold Reef City, Crown

Reef Conference Centre, Johannesburg, 24-26 April 2006.

92. Webber L. Introduction to Infection Control Practices. Guest speaker. Acquired

Hospital Infections and Good House Keeping Practices: international best practices in

combating nosocomial infections Conference, Karos Indaba Hotel, Fourways,

Johannesburg, 05 – 07 June 2006.

93. Webber L. Immunology in Travel Medicine. Invited Speaker. Society of Travel

Medicine Gauteng Meeting, Rosebank Hotel, Johannesburg, 20 May 2006.

94. Webber L. Avian influenza: Time flies…? Plenary Speaker. The Centre for

International Political Studies at the University of Pretoria and the South African

National Pugwash Group Seminar, Main Campus, University of Pretoria, 30 May

2006.

95. Webber L. Treatment and care of diseases relevant to our time and country:

HIV/AIDS. Guest Speaker. Third Annual Symposium on Diseases Relevant to South

Africa. The School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences of the North-West

University and the North West Branch of the Pharmaceutical Society of South Africa.

Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa, 14-15 July 2006.

96. Webber L. Strategic use of antivirals for pandemic and seasonal influenza. Guest

Speaker. Training and Sponsored Meeting for Professional Education Network and

Life Flora Clinic, Flora Clinic Training Room, Johannesburg, 25 July 2006.

97. Webber L. New developments in virology. Invited speaker. South African Society of

Optometry Annual Congress, Gallagher Estate, Midrand, 17 September 2006.

98. Webber L. Viruses and Cancer. Plenary Speaker. Multi-Disciplinary Approach to

Gynaecological Cancers Annual Meeting, Sandton Convention Centre, 17 November

2006.

99. Ebraheim O, Webber L, Tsilimigras C. CMV infection in an immuno-competent

HIV-infected patient: Are we missing cases? In submission to the 3rd

South African

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AIDS Conference: 2007, Durban, as a poster presentation.

100. Pool N, Trusler J, Webber L, Tsilimigras C. Lower analytical range sensitivity

comparison between the Roche Cobas Amplicor assay and the Roche Cobas Taqman

assay for HIV-1 RNA viral load testing. In submission to the 3rd

South African AIDS

Conference, 2007, Durban, as a poster presentation.

101. Webber L. HIV in the workplace. Invited speaker, South African Society for

Occupational Medicine (SASOM) Congress, 08 March 2007, Cape Town.

102. Webber L. HIV in the workplace. Plenary speaker. Annual Dentistry Congress, 4-6

August 2007, Sun City.

103. Webber L. HIV in the workplace. Invited speaker. SASOM Congress, CSIR

Conference Centre, August 2007.

104. Webber L. Human papillomavirus and cervical cancer. Plenary speaker. Roche

Diagnostics Forum, 10 September, Johannesburg 2007.

105. Webber L. Respiratory viruses and avian influenza/pandemic. Invited speaker. Travel

Medicine Congress, 27 September 2007, Kopanong Hotel, Benoni, Johannesburg.

106. Webber LM. Virology Updates. Invited speaker, Women in Dentistry Workshop,

Caesar‟s Palace, Johannesburg, 21 September 2008.

107. Webber LM. New developments in virology for technologists. Guest speaker.

Southern Branch of Medical Technologists Congress, AngloGold Ashanti and West

Vaal Hospital, North West Province, 11 October 2008.

108. Webber LM. Respiratory aspects of virology. Guest speaker. Continuing Medical

Training Workshop, Garden Court Hotel, Cape Town, 24 October 2008.

109. Webber LM. HIV resistance testing. Invited speaker. Pretoria HIV Resistance Group,

Brooklyn, Pretoria, 26 November 2008.

110. Webber LM, Sifris D, Myhre J, Ward S. Prevalence of anti-R7V antibodies in a

cohort of HIV-infected South African patients on HAART. Oral presentation. HIV

and AIDS Research Indaba, University of Pretoria, 26-27 February 2009.

111. Webber L. Cytomegalovirus infection in an immunocompetent HIV-infected patient:

are we underestimating its presence? Oral presentation. HIV and AIDS Research

Indaba, University of Pretoria, 26-27 February 2009.

112. Webber L. HIV in the workplace. Invited speaker. International Congress of

Occupational Health, Cape Town, 23-27 March 2009.

113. Webber L. HIV updates 2009. Invited lecturer. Pretoria Doctors Academic Group,

Garden Court Holiday Inn, Pretoria, 15 May 2009.

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114. Webber L. Invited speaker. New aspects in virology. Johannesburg Doctors Group,

Protea Hotel, Midrand, 12 May 2009.

115. Webber LM. Plenary speaker.Viruses emerging in the dentitstry disciplines. North-

West Dental Conference, 06 June 2009, Holiday Inn, Potchefstroom.

116. Webber LM. Invited lecturer. CMT Conference for Dentists, Kopanong Hotel,

Gauteng, 05 June 2009.

117. Webber LM. Invited speaker. New updates on viral post exposure prophylaxis.

South African HIV Clinicians Society, Muelmed Hospital board room, Pretoria,

02 July 2009.

118 Webber LM. Diagnostic developments in HIV testing and monitoring with a

Swine „flu update. Gauteng Northern Branch, South African Medical Association, 20

August 2009, CSIR Conference Centre, Invited speaker.

119 Webber LM. Invited speaker. Ethics in infectious diseases, Congress

For Continuing Medical Training, Kopanong Hotel, 05 September 2009 Benoni,

Gauteng

120 Webber LM. Invited speaker. New developments in virology. Afrikaners

Dokters Vereenigning Congress, ALV Building, 11 September 2009, Pretoria.

121 Webber LM. Post-exposure prophylaxis. Midrand Conference Centre, 16

October 2009, Gauteng Province

122 Webber LM. How should the approach to teaching medicine change?

Oral presentation. University of Pretoria HIV and AIDS Research Indaba, 27

February 2010, SRC Chambers, University of Pretoria

123 Webber LM. HIV drug resistance testing: a case study from Kenya, University

of Pretoria HIV and AIDS Research Indaba, 28 February 2010, SRC Chambers,

University of Pretoria

124 Webber LM. Virus ontwikkelinge. Invited speaker, Afrikaners Dokters

Vereniging Congress, Pretoria, 12 March 2010.

125 Webber LM. Virology Updates. Invited speaker, Smile for Joy Congress,

Oral Hygiene for HIV Orphans, Bronkhorstspruit, 01 May 2010.

126 Webber LM. Plenary speaker. Developments in AIDS management,

North-West Dental Conference, Potchefstroom University, 06 June 2010.

127 Webber JM. Comprehensive HIV and AIDS Care, Management and Treatment

for South Africa, 16-20 August 2010, Department of Defence, Thaba Tshwane,

SANDF Training Centre, Pretoria

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128 Webber LM. Invited speaker. Infectious Diseases for the Sports-person,

MSc Sports Medicine Course, 19 August 2010, Department of Orthopaedics, Sports

Centre, University of Pretoria.

129 Webber LM. Invited Speaker. HIV Resistance; Clinical Relevance.

HIV-1 Resistance Interest Group, 01 September 2010, Die Werf Conference

Centre, Pretoria.

130 Webber LM. Plenary Speaker. HIV Updates, HIV Seminar, South

African Medical Association Congress, CSIR, Pretoria, 15 September 2010.

131 Webber LM. Die Soonose – gevaar vir die mens”, Afrikaanse Doketrs

Verening, Transvaal Landbou Unie, 15 September 2010, Pretoria.

132 Webber LM. Guest Speaker, “Does leprosy deserve attention and is there a

right to die?” WHO World Leprosy Day, Adrianus Pijper Lecture Room, Institute

of Pathology, 31 January 2011, Pretoria.

133 Webber LM. Invited Speaker. Management and Prevention of Viral

Infections, CMT Dental Conference, 5-7 May 2011, Kopanong Conference Centre,

Benoni, South Africa.

134 Webber LM. Invited Speaker. Latest Developments in HIV Diagnosis

and Prevention. 14th Annual Conference of the Medical Mineworkers Professional

Association, Sparkling Waters Conference Centre, Rustenburg, South Africa,

November 2011.

135 Webber LM. Ticks, fleas, mosquitoes, flies and viruses. Guest presenter.

Medical ethics, legislation and bundu bashing Congress. South African Society of

Occupational Medicine, Bundu Lodge, White River, South Africa, 24 November

2012.

136 Webber LM. Plenary speaker. Viruses in dentistry. South African Dental

Association (SADA), North West Branch, Garden Court hotel, Potchefstroom, 31

August 2013.

137 Webber LM. Guest speaker. Hepatitis A and B. Hepatitis Meeting.

Aspen-pharma, Emperor‟s Palace, South Africa, 09 January 2014.

138 Webber LM. Invited lecturer. Viral hepatitis. Aspen National Sales

Congress. Emperor‟s Palace, 11 January 2014.

139 Webber LM. Key note speaker. Updates on HIV. ARAOH/SASOM

Congress. Emperor‟s Palace, South Africa, 1-3 August 2014

140 Webber LM. Invited speaker. Ebola and viral hepatitis. Illovo Hotel,

Johannesburg, South Africa, 13 August 2014, Aspen Open Day and National Sales

Conference.

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141 Webber LM. Invited speaker. Challenges of healthcare worker exposures. BD

Safety Summit, Radisson Blu Gautrain Hotel, 20 August 2014.

142 Webber LM. Guest speaker. Managing the risk of travel in the mining industry:

an update on Ebola, meningococcal meningitis and other infections. Mine Medical

Professionals Association 17th

Annual Congress, Kloofzicht Lodge, Muldersdrift,

South Africa, 05-06 September 2014.