Dr Hellferscee, Orienka

Dr Orienka Hellferscee works as a Medical Scientist in the Centre for Emerging Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases. Her research interest includes research on arboviruses with a special focus on molecular epidemiology and development of serological assays for detection of emerging arboviruses.
She has previously conducted research on respiratory viruses and has over 40 publications and 650 citations in international journals. She has acted as technical advisor to the World Health Organization on influenza surveillance and is registered with the South African Health Professional Council as a Medical Scientist.