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 ...
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) ...
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 ...
Kritzinger, Alta M. (Aletta Margaretha); Van Rooyen, Elise; Bergh, Anne-Marie(AOSIS, 2024-08-09)
Available evidence of oral sensorimotor interventions for small neonates is not strong.
Evidence of interventions for sick term neonates is largely lacking. Studies are limited by risk
of bias and inconsistency. Evidence ...
Van Niekerk, Andre; Delport, Suzanne D.(Allergy Society of South Africa, 2024-06-01)
The past two decades will be remembered for the rapid advances in our understanding of the significant role that the human
microbiome plays in health, illness and longevity, but it remains a vast concept, one that is ...
OBJECTIVE : Despite the remarkable progress made in the understanding and treatment of childhood nephrotic syndrome (NS), a lot is still unknown about its epidemiology in many African countries. This study sought to determine ...
BACKGROUND : Certain groups of tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) patients require a palliative procedure until factors permit a full surgical repair. An aorto-pulmonary shunt is the gold standard palliative procedure but requires ...
OBJECTIVE :
To determine the trend in adolescent maternal deaths and deliveries over a period of 5 years and 9 months (July 2014–March 2020) at the Ekurhuleni Health District in South Africa.
METHODS :
The present ...
AIM :
To implement a childhood cancer-specific nutritional algorithm adapted for the South African context for interventions at time-set intervals to evaluate differences in the nutritional status of newly diagnosed ...
Wilson, Lindsay A.; Macken, William L.; Perry, Luke D.; Record, Christopher J.; Schon, Katherine R.; Frezatti, Rodrigo S.S.; Raga, Sharika; Naidu, Kireshnee; Köken, Ozlem Yayıcı; Kapapa, Musambo M.; Dominik, Natalia; Efthymiou, Stephanie; Morsy, Heba; Nel, Melissa; Fassad, Mahmoud R.; Gao, Fei; Patel, Krutik; Schoonen, Maryke; Bisschoff, Michelle; Vorster, Armand; Jonvik, Hallgeir; Human, Ronel; Lubbe, Elsabeth (Elsa); Nonyane, Malebo; Vengalil, Seena; Nashi, Saraswati; Srivastava, Kosha; Lemmers, Richard J.L.F.; Reyaz, Alisha; Mishra, Rinkle; Topf, Ana; Trainor, Christina I.; Steyn, Elizabeth C.; Mahungu, Amokelani C.; Van der Vliet, Patrick J.; Ceylan, Ahmet Cevdet; Hiz, A. Semra; Cavdarlı, Bussranur; Gunduz, C. Nur Semerci; Ceylan, Gulay Gulec; Nagappa, Madhu; Tallapaka, Karthik B.; Govindaraj, Periyasamy; Van der Maarel, Silvere M.; Narayanappa, Gayathri; Nandeesh, Bevinahalli N.; Somwe, Wa Somwe; Bearden, David R.; Kvalsund, Michelle P.; Ramdharry, Gita M.; Oktay, Yavuz; Yis, Uluc; Topaloglu, Haluk; Sarkozy, Anna; Bugiardini, Enrico; Henning, Franclo; Wilmshurst, Jo M.; Heckmann, Jeannine M.; McFarland, Robert; Taylor, Robert W.; Smuts, Izelle; Van der Westhuizen, Francois H.; Da Rosa Sobreira, Claudia Ferreira; Tomaselli, Pedro J.; Marques Jr, Wilson; Bhatia, Rohit; Dalal, Ashwin; Srivastava, M.V. Padma; Yareeda, Sireesha; Nalini, Atchayaram; Vishnu, Venugopalan Y.; Thangaraj, Kumarasamy; Straub, Volker; Horvath, Rita; Chinnery, Patrick F.; Pitceathly, Robert D.S.; Muntoni, Francesco; Houlden, Henry; Vandrovcova, Jana; Reilly, Mary M.; Hanna, Michael G.(Oxford University Press, 2023-07)
Neuromuscular diseases (NMDs) affect ∼15 million people globally. In high income settings DNA-based diagnosis has transformed care pathways and led to gene-specific therapies. However, most affected families are in ...
Measures of physical growth, such as weight and height have long been the predominant outcomes for monitoring child health and evaluating interventional outcomes in public health studies, including those that may impact ...
Population-based serological testing is important to understand the epidemiology and estimate the true cumulative incidence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) to inform public health interventions. ...
Johnstone, Siobhan; Erasmus, Linda; Thomas, Juno; Groome, Michelle J.; Du Plessis, Nicolette Marie; Avenant, Theunis Johannes; De Villiers, Maryke; Page, N.A. (Nicola)(Public Library of Science, 2023-09-08)
Diarrhoea is a recognised complication of HIV-infection, yet there are limited local aetiological
data in this high-risk group. These data are important for informing public health interventions
and updating diagnostic ...
Infectious diarrhoea contributes to high morbidity and mortality in young children from
sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of single and multiple
diarrhoeal-causing pathogen combinations ...
Post-natal growth influences short- and long-term preterm infant outcomes. Different growth charts, such as the Fenton Growth Chart (FGC) and INTERGROWTH-21st Preterm Post-natal Growth Standards (IG-PPGS), describe different ...
Appropriate feeding practices are protective against malnutrition and poor growth. We compared feeding practices and growth in HIV-exposed-uninfected (HEU) and HIV-unexposeduninfected (HUU) between 6-12 months of age in ...
Fucosidosis (OMIN# 230000) is a rare lysosomal storage disorder (LSDs) caused by mutations in the FUCA1
gene, leading to alpha-L-fucosidase deficiency; it is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. Fucosidosis represents
a ...
Von Gottberg, Anne; Kleynhans, Jackie; De Gouveia, Linda; Tempia, Stefano; Meiring, Susan; Quan, Vanessa; Du Plessis, Mignon; Von Mollendorf, Claire; Crowther-Gibson, Penny; Avenant, Theunis Johannes; Du Plessis, Nicolette Marie; Kularatne, Ranmini; Chibabhai, Vindana; Madhi, Shabir A.; Klugman, Keith P.; Whitney, Cynthia G.; Cohen, Cheryl(Elsevier, 2024-09)
BACKGROUND :
In South Africa, 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) was introduced in 2009 and 13-valent PCV (PCV13) was introduced in 2011, both in a two plus one schedule. We evaluated the ongoing effects of ...
BACKGROUND :
Self-monitoring of glucose is an essential component of type 1 diabetes (T1D) management. In recent years, continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) has provided an alternative to daily fingerstick testing for ...