• Simian immunodeficiency viruses (SIVs) from eastern and southern Africa : detection of a SIVagm variant from a chacma baboon 

  Janse van Rensburg, Estrelita; Engelbrecht, Susan; Mwenda, Jason M.; Laten, Janetta D.; Robson, Brenda A.; Stander, Tania; Chege, Gerald K. (American Society for Microbiology, 1998)

  Simian immunodeficiency viruses (SIVs) have been shown to infect many old world African primate species. Thus far, no work has been published on southern African primates. In this study we investigated the genetic diversity ...
• Subtyping of human t cell lymphotropic virus type I from tropical spastic paraparesis/HTLV-associated myelopathy patients in Mozambique 

  Engelbrecht, Susan; Koulinska, Irene; Smith, Tracey-Lee; Robson, Brenda A.; Barreto, Jorge; Janse van Rensburg, Estrelita (Mary Ann Liebert, 1999-01)
• Absence of human herpesvirus-8 DNA in Kaposi's sarcoma following postmastectomy lymphoedema 

  Du Plessis, D.G.; Schneider, Johann W.; Treurnicht, Florette K.; Engelbrecht, Susan; Janse van Rensburg, Estrelita (Blackwell, 2000-05)

  No abstract available
• Characterization and phylogenetic analysis of South African HIV-1 subtype C accessory genes 

  Scriba, Thomas Jens; Treurnicht, Florette K.; Zeier, Michelle D.; Engelbrecht, Susan; Janse van Rensburg, Estrelita (Mary Ann Liebert, 2001-05)

  To acquire new knowledge about the genetic diversity and potential impact on vaccine strategies of HIV-1 subtype C in South Africa, we have characterized the vif, vpr, and vpu genes of 15 isolates. Phylogenetic analysis ...
• Genetic analysis of the complete gag and env genes of HIV type 1 subtype C primary isolates from South Africa 

  Engelbrecht, Susan; De Villiers, Tania; Sampson, Candice C.; Zur Megede, Jan; Barnett, Susan W.; Janse van Rensburg, Estrelita (Mary Ann Liebert, 2001-11)

  South Africa has one of the fastest growing HIV-1 epidemics, with an estimated 4.7 million people infected. To better understand the genetic diversity of this epidemic and its potential impact on vaccine development, we ...
• Change in co-receptor usage of current South African HIV-1 subtype C primary isolates 

  Janse van Rensburg, Estrelita; Smith, Tracey-Lee; Zeier, Michelle D.; Robson, Brenda A.; Sampson, Candice C.; Treurnicht, Florette K.; Engelbrecht, Susan (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2002-12-06)
• Novel evolutionary analyses of full-length HIV type 1 subtype C molecular clones from Cape Town South Africa 

  Cassol, Sharon; Zur Megede, Jan; Engelbrecht, Susan; De Oliveira, Tulio; Scriba, Thomas Jens; Janse van Rensburg, Estrelita; Barnett, Susan W. (Mary Ann Liebert, 2002-11)

  Understanding the origin, distribution, and evolving dominance of HIV-1 subtype C strains is an important component in the design and evaluation of a globally effective AIDS vaccine. To better understand subtype C viruses, ...
• An automated genotyping system for analysis of HIV-1 and other microbial sequences 

  De Oliveira, Tulio; Deforche, Koen; Cassol, Sharon; Salminen, M.; Paraskevis, D.; Seebreghts, C.; Snoeck, J.; Janse van Rensburg, Estrelita; Wensing, A.M.J.; Van der Vijver, D.A.; Boucher, C.A.; Camacho, R.; Vandamme, Anne-Mieke (Oxford University Press, 2005-10-01)

  Motivation: Genetic analysis of HIV-1 is important not only for vaccine development, but also to guide treatment strategies, track the emergence of new viral variants and ensure that diagnostic assays are contemporary and ...
• Correlation between p53 gene mutation, p53 protein labeling and PCNA expression in oral squamous cell carcinomas 

  Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus; Janse van Rensburg, Estrelita; Hemmer, J.; Raubenheimer, E.J.; Engelbrecht, Susan (International Institute of Anticancer Research, 1998-01)

  The prevalence of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) among the black community in South Africa is unacceptably high. The association between p53 protein, and PCNA overexpression and the presence of p53 gene mutations was ...
• Functional analysis of novel SLC11A1 (NRAMP1) promoter variants in susceptibility to HIV-1 

  Donninger, Howard; Cashmore, T.J.; Scriba, Thomas Jens; Petersen, Desiree C.; Janse van Rensburg, Estrelita; Hayes, Vanessa M. (BMJ Publishing Group, 2004-04)

  The divalent cation transporter is the natural resistance associated macrophage protein 1 (formerly NRAMP1 and now named SLC11A1) for solute carrier 11A1 (OMIM accession number 600266). The gene that codes for this ...
• Detection of EBV DNA in oral squamous cell carcinomas in a black African population sample 

  Janse van Rensburg, Estrelita; Engelbrecht, Susan; Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus; Raubenheimer, E.J.; Schoub, Barry D. (International Institute of Anticancer Research, 1995-05)

  The purpose of this study was to determine the presence of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) DNA in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) patients from a black African population. Formalin fixed paraffin embedded blocks of OSCC of ...
• Variation in HIV type 1 V3 region env sequences from Mozambique 

  Engelbrecht, Susan; Koulinska, Irene; Smith, Tracey-Lee; Baretto, J.; Janse van Rensburg, Estrelita (Mary Ann Liebert, 1998-06-10)

  No abstract available.
• HIV type 1 V3 region subtyping in KwaZulu-Natal, a high-seroprevalence South African region 

  Moodley, D.; Smith, Tracey-Lee; Janse van Rensburg, Estrelita; Moodley, J.; Engelbrecht, Susan (Mary Ann Liebert, 1998-07-20)

  No abstract available.
• Human papillomavirus DNA in oral squamous cell carcinomas from an African population sample 

  Janse van Rensburg, Estrelita; Engelbrecht, Susan; Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus; Raubenheimer, E.J.; Schoub, Barry D. (International Institute of Anticancer Research, 1996-03)

  BACKGROUND: The incidence of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is on the increase in developing countries. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Formalin fixed paraffin embedded blocks of OSCCs from a black South African population ...
• Prevalence of EBV in oral squamous cell carcinomas in young patients 

  Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus; Janse van Rensburg, Estrelita; Engelbrecht, Susan; Raubenheimer, E.J. (International Institute of Anticancer Research, 1995-09)

  BACKGROUND: Recent studies reported a difference in the age distribution of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) between black and white South Africans with OSCC more prevalent in black patients under the age of 50 compared ...
• Identification of env subtypes in fourteen HIV type 1 isolates from South Africa 

  Engelbrecht, Susan; Laten, Janetta D.; Smith, Tracey-Lee; Janse van Rensburg, Estrelita (Mary Ann Liebert, 1995-10)

  All subtypes of HIV-1 have been identified in Africa. The envelope glycoprotein of the HIV-1 is the most variable region of the virus, with the third variable region, including the V3 loop, a major target of vaccine research. ...
• Characterisation of the South African HIV-1 subtype C complete 5’ LTR, nef and regulatory genes 

  Scriba, Thomas Jens; De Villiers, Tania; Treurnicht, Florette K.; Zur Megede, Jan; Barnett, Susan W.; Engelbrecht, Susan; Janse van Rensburg, Estrelita (Mary Ann Liebert, 2002-01)

  Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) subtype C has become the major etiological agent in the global and especially African epidemic. To gain better understanding of the genetic diversity and rapid transmission of ...
• Evaluation of envelope vaccines derived from the South African subtype C Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 TV1 strain 

  Lian, Ying; Srivastava, Indresh; Gomez-Roman, V.R.; Zur Megede, Jan; Sun, Yide; Kan, Elaine; Hilt, Susan; Engelbrecht, Susan; Himathongkham, Sunee; Luciw, Paul A.; Otten, Gillis; Ulmer, Jeffrey; Donnelly, John J.; Rabussay, Dietmar; Montefiori, David; Janse van Rensburg, Estrelita; Barnett, Susan W. (American Society for Microbiology, 2005-11)

  Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) subtype C infections are on the rise in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Therefore, there is a need to develop an HIV vaccine capable of eliciting broadly reactive immune responses ...
• Molecular characteristics of HIV-1 Subtype C viruses from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: implications for vaccine and antiretroviral control strategies 

  Cassol, Sharon; Gordon, Michelle; De Oliveira, Tulio; Bishop, Karen; Coovadia, H.M.; Madurai, L.; Engelbrecht, Susan; Janse van Rensburg, Estrelita; Mosam, A.; Smith, A. (American Society for Microbiology, 2003-02)

  The KwaZulu-Natal region of South Africa is experiencing an explosive outbreak of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Subtype C infections. Understanding the genetic diversity of C viruses and the biological ...
• Rhinovirus induction of the CXC chemokine epithelial-neutrophil activating peptide-78 in bronchial epithelium 

  Donninger, Howard; Glashoff, Richard H.; Haitchi, Hans-Michael; Syce, James A.; Ghildyal, Reena; Janse van Rensburg, Estrelita; Bardin, Philip G. (University of Chicago Press, 2003-06-01)

  Epithelial-neutrophil activating peptide-78 (ENA-78) induces neutrophil migration, an early response to viral infection. Rhinovirus serotype 16 (RV16) was used to infect primary bronchial epithelial cells and a cell line ...

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