• SARS-CoV-2 infections in a triad of primary school learners (Grades 1-7), their parents, and teachers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa : protocol for a cross-sectional and nested case-cohort study 

  Dassaye, Reshmi; Chetty, Terusha; Daniels, Brodie; Gaffoor, Zakir; Spooner, Elizabeth; Ramraj, Trisha; Mthethwa, Ncengani; Nsibande, Duduzile Faith; Pillay, Saresha; Bhana, Arvin; Magasana, Vuyolwethu; Reddy, Tarylee; Mohlabi, Khanya; Moore, Penelope Linda; Burgers, Wendy A.; De Oliveira, Tulio; Msomi, Nokukhanya; Goga, Ameena Ebrahim (JMIR Publications, 2024-12)

  BACKGROUND : In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) such as South Africa, there is paucity of data on SARS-CoV-2 infections among children attending school, including seroprevalence and transmission dynamics. OBJECTIVE ...
• Safety of a second homologous Ad26.COV2.S vaccine among healthcare workers in the phase 3b implementation Sisonke study in South Africa 

  Takalani, Azwidihwi; Robinson, Michelle; Jonas, Phumeza; Bodenstein, Annie; Sambo, Vuyelo; Jacobson, Barry; Louw, Vernon; Opie, Jessica; Peter, Jonny G.; Rowji, Pradeep; Seocharan, Ishen; Reddy, Tarylee; Yende-Zuma, Nonhlanhla; Khutho, Kentse; Sanne, Ian; Bekker, Linda-Gail; Gray, Glenda; Garrett, N.; Goga, Ameena Ebrahim (Elsevier, 2024-02)

  The Sisonke 2 study provided a homologous boost at least 6 months after administration of the priming dose of Ad26.COV2.S for healthcare workers enrolled on the Sisonke phase 3b implementation study. Safety monitoring was ...
• Machine learning to predict interim response in pediatric classical Hodgkin lymphoma using affordable blood tests 

  Geel, Jennifer A.; Hramyka, Artsiom; Du Plessis, Jan; Goga, Yasmin; Van Zyl, Anel; Hendricks, Marc G.; Naidoo, Thanushree; Mathew, Rema; Louw, Lizette; Neethling, Beverley; Schickerling, Tanya M.; Omar, Fareed E.; Du Plessis, Liezl; Madzhia, Elelwani; Netshituni, Vhutshilo; Eyal, Katherine; Ngcana, Thandeka V.Z.; Kelsey, Tom; Ballott, Daynia E.; Metzger, Monika L. (American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2024-10-24)

  PURPOSE : Response assessment of classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) with positron emission tomography-computerized tomography (PET-CT) is standard of care in well-resourced settings but unavailable in most African countries. ...
• Measurement of district health system strengthening efforts for maternal and newborn health service delivery: synchronized application of evaluation models in the West Nile region, Uganda, 2019-2021 

  Muhumuza, Simon; Lutalo, Ibrahim M.; Ssendiwala, Julius; Latigi, Grace; Pirio, Patricia; Msukwa, Chimwemwe; Mwanyumba, Fabian; Gohar, Fatima; Hailegebriel, Tedbabe Degefie; Asfaw, Atnafu Getachew; Bergh, Anne-Marie (BMC, 2025-02)

  INTRODUCTION : Uganda has high maternal, neonatal, and under-five mortality rates. Between 2019 and 2021, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and other partners, ...
• Frequency, kinetics and determinants of viable SARS-CoV-2 in bioaerosols from ambulatory COVID-19 patients infected with the Beta, Delta or Omicron variants 

  Jaumdally, S.; Tomasicchio, M.; Pooran, A.; Esmail, A.; Kotze, A.; Meier, S.; Wilson, L.; Oelofse, S.; Van der Merwe, C.; Roomaney, A.; Davids, M.; Suliman, T.; Joseph, R.; Perumal, T.; Scott, A.; Shaw, M.; Preiser, W.; Williamson, C.; Goga, Ameena Ebrahim; Mayne, E.; Gray, G.; Moore, P.; Sigal, A.; Limberis, J.; Metcalfe, J.; Dheda, K. (Nature Research, 2024-03-05)

  Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 aerosol remains contentious. Importantly, whether cough or breath-generated bioaerosols can harbor viable and replicating virus remains largely unclarified. We performed size-fractio ...
• Guest editorial : Inborn errors of immunity 

  Van Niekerk, Andre (Allergy Society of South Africa, 2024-03)

  It was around 1973. Two years after the birth of David Vetter. David’s story captivated the mainstream media and the hearts of those who followed his sad case. He suffered from severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) and his ...
• Dr Spur's mystery case : connecting the dots in IEI : infections and tumours 

  Teixeira, Miguel Jose; Nagel, Lizelle; Van den Berg, Sylvia (Allergy Society of South Africa, 2024-09)

  I am seeing a 25-year-old female patient who has a history of frequent respiratory infections since adolescence. She had an uneventful childhood, but started getting infections of increasing frequency and severity during ...
• Dr Spur's mystery case HSV : can it be a clue to an underlying inborn error of immunity? 

  Brauer, Marieke; Nagel, Lizelle; Van den Berg, Sylvia (Allergy Society of South Africa, 2024-12)

  HSV - can it be a clue to an underlying inborn error of immunity? I was recently contacted by a wife, concerned about her previously healthy 54-year-old husband, who suddenly complained of a severe headache. She noticed ...
• Bronchiectasis in children in a high HIV and tuberculosis prevalence setting 

  Juggernath, Pearline; Mopeli, Keketso; Masekela, Refiloe; Dangor, Ziyaad; Goga, Ameena Ebrahim; Gray, Diane M.; Verwey, Charl (South African Medical Association, 2024-12)

  BACKGROUND: Bronchiectasis, a chronic suppurative lung condition, is a largely neglected disease, especially in low- to middle-income countries (LMICs), from which there is a paucity of data. Post-infectious causes are ...
• Vaccine stock-outs : a preventable health facility obstacle contributing to missed vaccinations in South African children 

  Masemola, Natasha M.; Burnett, Rosemary J.; Makamba-Mutevedzi, Portia C.; Schonfeldt, Marione; Bamford, Lesley; Ismail, Zeenat; Madhi, Shabir A.; Meyer, Johanna C. (Elsevier, 2025-01)

  In 2019 the National Department of Health (NDoH) conducted a national immunisation coverage survey of caregivers of children aged 24–35 months in all 52 districts of South Africa, and reported a national fully immunised ...
• Vaccine safety surveillance in South Africa through COVID-19 : a journey to systems strengthening 

  Sankar, Chenoa; Meyer, Johanna C.; Schonfeldt, Marione; Gunter, Hannah; Dawood, Halima; Sekiti, Victoria; Pickard, Naseera; Mubaiwa, Lawrence; Mawela, Dini; Dlamini, Sipho; Peter, Jonny; Spencer, David; Gray, Clive; Patel, Vinod; Bamford, Lesley; Sehloho, Tohlang; McCarthy, Kerrigan (Elsevier, 2025-02)

  BACKGROUND : Surveillance systems for monitoring and reporting adverse events following immunisation (AEFI) and adverse events of special interest (AESI) are vital in understanding safety profiles of post-marketed vaccines. ...
• Dietary intake and growth of HIV exposed and unexposed 6-12 months old infants in South Africa 

  Tshiambara, Phumudzo; Hoffman, Marinel; Legodi, Heather; Balakrishna, Yusentha; Feucht, Ute Dagmar (Wiley, 2025-01)

  Factors affecting the growth of HIV‐exposed‐uninfected (HEU) children are multi‐factorial, with limited information available on the dietary intake from 6 months. This study compared the dietary intake, micronutrient ...
• Inborn errors of immunity in paediatric neurology 

  Smuts, Izelle; Human, Freda P. (Allergy Society of South Africa, 2024-03)

  Inborn errors of immunity has become a rapidly evolving medical field, with nearly 500 conditions; as a result, the sheer volume of information can be overwhelming. In order to make a sound diagnosis, clinicians must adopt ...
• One-year anthropometric follow-up of South African preterm infants in kangaroo mother care : which early-life factors predict malnutrition? 

  Nel, Sanja; Wenhold, Friedeburg Anna Maria; Botha, Tanita; Feucht, Ute Dagmar (Wiley, 2024-04)

  BACKGROUND : Preterm infants often have poor short- and long-term growth. Kangaroo mother care supports short-term growth, but longer-term outcomes are unclear. METHODS : This study analysed longitudinally collected ...
• Neonatal encephalopathy due to suspected hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy : pathophysiology, current, and emerging treatments 

  Babbo, Carina Corte-Real; Mellet, Juanita; Van Rensburg, Jeanette; Pillay, Shakti; Horn, Alan Richard; Nakwa, Firdose Lambey; Velaphi, Sithembiso Christopher; Kali, Gugulabatembunamahlubi Tenjiwe Jabulile; Coetzee, Melantha; Masemola, Mogomane Yvonne Khomotso; Ballot, Daynia Elizabeth; Pepper, Michael Sean (Springer, 2024-11)

  BACKGROUND : Neonatal encephalopathy (NE) due to suspected hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), referred to as NESHIE, is a clinical diagnosis in late preterm and term newborns. It occurs as a result of impaired ...
• Retention in care of infants diagnosed with HIV at birth : beyond the diagnostic strategy 

  Christie, Michael; Du Plessis, Nicolette Marie (AOSIS, 2024-03-30)

  BACKGROUND : Birth HIV point-of-care (POC) tests curtail analytical testing issues and expedite diagnosis, potentially allowing for earlier mother-infant pair engagement and improved outcomes. Many children are lost post ...
• Dr Spur’s mystery case : monthly fevers? Can you aid me with this family’s grievances? 

  Nagel, Lizelle; Teixeira, Miguel Jose; Van den Berg, Sylvia; Van Niekerk, Andre (Allergy Society of South Africa, 2024-03-01)

  No abstract available.
• How paediatric HIV services weathered the COVID-19 storm in Tshwane District, South Africa 

  Christie, Michael; Mazanderani, Ahmad Haeri; Sherman, Gayle G.; Feucht, Ute Dagmar (AOSIS, 2024-05-20)

  BACKGROUND : The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic disrupted paediatric HIV services across South Africa. Shortly before COVID-19, updated national HIV guidelines were released. OBJECTIVES : This study describes ...
• Chronic beryllium disease : an unexpected occupational hazard for a jeweller 

  Teixeira, Miguel Jose; Nagel, Lizelle; Plekker, Dante; Van der Merwe, Cassandre; Van den Berg, Sylvia (Allergy Society of South Africa, 2024-09-01)

  Beryllium is used widely in industry due to its favourable elemental properties. Its extraction and subsequent incorporation into alloys and composites generate hazardous fumes and dust. Chronic beryllium disease (CBD) ...
• Neurological examination of healthy term infants at ages 6 and 10 weeks in Tshwane District 

  Nel, Marna; Feucht, Ute Dagmar; Mulol, Helen; Eksteen, Carina A. (AOSIS, 2024-08-30)

  BACKGROUND : Globally, there is a significant gap in detailed neurodevelopmental data for infants under 3 months, despite 6 weeks being identified a critical milestone for neuro-behavioural development. Normative values ...

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