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Detection of enteroviruses in untreated and treated drinking water supplies in South Africa

Ehlers, M.M. (Marthie Magdaleen); Grabow, W.O.K.; Pavlov, Didi N. (Elsevier, 2005-06)

Enteric viruses have been detected in many drinking water supplies all over the world. A meaningful number of these supplies were treated and disinfected according to internationally acceptable methods. In addition, counts ...
Viral hepatitis

Brink, Delene (Medpharm Publications, 2006-09)

The hepatitis A, B, C, D and E viruses primarily target the liver to cause viral hepatitis. Hepatitis A (HAV) and E (HEV) viruses are transmitted by the faecal-oral route and cause acute viral hepatitis. Acute viral hepatitis ...
GES : an emerging family of extended spectrum beta-lactamases

Weldhagen, Gerhard Frederick (Elsevier, 2006-10)

Extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) are well known for their role in bacterial resistance to β-lactam antibiotics. They occupy a wide variety of geographical niches and occur almost freely in some nosocomial environments. ...
Awaking a sleeping epidemic

Van Coller, Riaan; Van Rensburg, Elna; Schutte, Clara; Brink, Delene; Welthagen, Gerhard Frederick; Dove, Mike G. (South African Medical Association, 2007-04)

Two patients with African sleeping sickness (SS) presented to the neurology unit, Pretoria Academic Hospital, during 2004 and 2005. SS has shown a recent resurgence, with epidemics in the Sudan, Angola and the Democratic ...
Genotypic and demographic characterization of invasive isolates of Salmonella Typhimurium in HIV co-infected patients in South Africa

Keddy, Karen H.; Dwarika, Sarika; Crowther, Penny; Perovic, Olga; Wadula, Jeanette; Hoosen, Anwar Ahmed; Sooka, Arvinda; Crewe-Brown, Heather H.; Smith, Anthony M. (Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2009)

BACKGROUND: Non-typhoidal Salmonella are frequently food-borne zoonotic pathogens that may cause invasive disease in HIV-positive individuals. METHODOLOGY: Invasive isolates (n = 652) of Salmonella Typhimurium from human ...
HPV genotypes in women with squamous intraepithelial lesions and normal cervixes participating in a community-based microbicide study in Pretoria, South Africa

Said, Halima M.; Ahmed, K.; Burnett, R.; Allan, B.R.; Williamson, A.-L.; Hoosen, Anwar Ahmed (Elsevier, 2009)

BACKGROUND: Little is known regarding the human papillomaviruses (HPV) genotypes prevalent inwomen in South Africa, a country with a high incidence of cervical cancer. OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence and HPV genotypes ...
Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of selected invasive pathogens from public sector hospitals in South Africa, 2007

Bamford, C.; Badenhorst, L.; Duse, A.G.; Hoosen, Anwar Ahmed; Nchabeleng, Maphoshane; Oliver, S.; Perovic, Olga; Sein, P.P.; Simpson, J.; Wadula, Jeannette; Wasserman, E. (Federation of Infectious Diseases Societies of South Africa, 2009)

Retrospective antibiotic surveillance data of selected invasive pathogens isolated from blood and cerebrospinal fluid at public sector hospitals in South Africa in 2007 are presented. Antimicrobial susceptibilities were ...
Co-infection with Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis and Trichomonas vaginalis in symptomatic South African men with urethritis : implications for syndromic management

De Jongh, M.; Le Roux, M.; Adam, Anvir; Caliendo, A.M.; Hoosen, Anwar Ahmed (Bentham Science, 2009)

BACKGROUND: This study was undertaken to determine co-infection rates of common aetiological agents of urethritis and information regarding sexual contacts of symptomatic males presenting to a family practitioner. METHODS: ...
Hospital and community isolates of uropathogens at a tertiary hospital in South Africa

Habte, T.M.; Dube, S.; Ismail, Nazir Ahmed; Hoosen, Anwar Ahmed (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2009-08)

AIM: To investigate the profile of common uropathogens isolated from urine specimens submitted to the diagnostic microbiology laboratory at a tertiary teaching hospital and assess their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns ...
Clostridium difficile infections in a tertiary hospital : value of surveillance

Lekalakala, M.R.; Lewis, E.; Hoosen, Anwar Ahmed (Elsevier, 2010)

No abstract available.
A phase 2 study to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of a recombinant HIV type 1 vaccine based on adeno-associated virus

Vardas, Eftyhia; Kaleebu, Pontiano; Bekker, Linda-Gail; Hoosen, Anwar Ahmed; Chomba, Elwyn; Johnson, Philip R.; Anklesaria, Pervin; Birungi, Josephine; Barin, Burc; Boaz, Mark; Cox, Josephine; Lehrman, Jennifer; Stevens, Gwynn; Gilmour, Jill; Tarragona, Tony; Hayes, Peter; Lowenbein, Sarah; Kizito, Eva; Fast, Patricia; Heald, Alison E.; Schmidt, Claudia (Mary Ann Liebert, 2010)

The recombinant vaccine, tgAAC09, based on an adeno-associated virus serotype 2 (AAV2) vector encoding HIV-1 subtype C Gag, protease, and part of reverse transcriptase, induced robust T cell and antibody responses in ...
Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of gonococcal isolates in Pretoria, South Africa, over a 20-year period (1984-2004)

Dangor, Y.; De Jongh, M.; Adam, Anvir; Hoosen, Anwar Ahmed (Federation of Infectious Diseases Societies of South Africa, 2010)

This paper reviews the susceptibility profiles of Neisseria gonorrhoeae over a 20-year period in the Pretoria region. Endourethral specimens were collected from adult men with symptoms of urethritis attending primary ...
Pediatric disease burden and vaccination recommendations : understanding local differences

Gentile, Angela; Bhutta, Zulfiqar; Bravo, Lulu; Samy, Aly Gamal; Garcia, R. Dennis J.; Hoosen, Anwar Ahmed; Islam, Tazul; Karimi, Abdollah; Salem, Mona; Simasathien, Sriluck; Sohail, Amir; Watanaveeradej, Veerachai; Wiedenmayer, Karin; Schmitt, Heinz-J. (Elsevier, 2010)

BACKGROUND: Diphtheria (D), tetanus (T), pertussis (P), hepatitis B (HepB), invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) disease, and measles cause substantial global morbidity and mortality. METHODS: This unique review ...
A phase 2 study to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of a recombinant HIV type 1 vaccine based on adeno-associated virus

Vardas, Eftyhia; Kaleebu, Pontiano; Bekker, Linda-Gail; Hoosen, Anwar Ahmed; Chomba, Elwyn; Johnson, Philip R.; Anklesaria, Pervin; Birungi, Josephine; Barin, Burc; Boaz, Mark; Cox, Josephine; Lehrman, Jennifer; Stevens, Gwynn; Gilmour, Jill; Tarragona, Tony; Hayes, Peter; Lowenbein, Sarah; Kizito, Eva; Fast, Patricia; Heald, Alison E.; Schmidt, Claudia (Mary Ann Liebert, 2010)

The recombinant vaccine, tgAAC09, based on an adeno-associated virus serotype 2 (AAV2) vector encoding HIV-1 subtype C Gag, protease, and part of reverse transcriptase, induced robust T cell and antibody responses in ...
Latex allergy in health care workers : prevalence and knowledge at a tertiary teaching hospital in a developing country

Ismail, Nazir Ahmed; Hoosen, Anwar Ahmed; Mehtar, Shaheen (International Federation of Infection Control (IFIC), 2010)

Latex allergy is an important concern from an occupational safety aspect and affects compliance of glove usage, which directly influences infection control practices aimed at providing safe medical care for both the health ...
Mycoplasma genitalium : a brief review

Le Roux, Marie C.; Hoosen, Anwar Ahmed (Federation of Infectious Diseases Societies of South Africa, 2010-06)

Mycoplasma genitalium belongs to the class Mollicutes and is the smallest prokaryote capable of independent replication. It was originally isolated from the urethras of two men with non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU). It has ...
Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of selected bacteraemic isolates from South African public sector hospitals, 2010

Bamford, Colleen; Bonorchis, Kim; Ryan, Anthea; Simpson, John; Elliott, Eugenne; Hoffmann, Rena; Naicker, Preneshni; Ismail, Nazir; Mbelle, Nontombi; Nchabeleng, Maphoshane; Nana, Trusha; Sriruttan, Charlotte; Seetharam, Sharona; Wadula, Jeannette (Federation of Infectious Diseases Societies of South Africa, 2011)

We report on antimicrobial susceptibility surveillance data for six key bloodstream pathogens (Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterobacter spp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter baumannii and Staphylococcus ...
Human leukocyte antigens A*3001 and A*3002 show distinct peptide-binding Patterns of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein TB10.4 : consequences for immune recognition

Axelsson-Robertson, Rebecca; Ahmed, Raija K.; Weichold, Frank F.; Ehlers, M.M. (Marthie Magdaleen); Kock, Marleen M.; Sizemore, Donata; Sadoff, Jerry; Maeurer, Markus (American Society for Microbiology, 2011-01)

High-tuberculosis (TB)-burden countries are located in sub-Saharan Africa. We examined the frequency of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles, followed by recombinant expression of the most frequent HLA-A alleles, i.e., ...
Infection prevention and control for viral infections

Lekalakala, M.R. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2011-05)

Infection prevention and control (IPC) is the new terminology used for what was previously referred to as simply 'infection control'. It is an important component of health care and all health care workers (doctors, nurses, ...
More about... medical virology : Human papillomavirus (HPV)

Visser, Adele; Hoosen, Anwar Ahmed (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2011-05)

The WHO advocates introduction of routine HPV vaccination as part of a national EPI programme provided HPV prevention is considered a health priority, and the programme is logistically feasible and financially sustainable. ...

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