Browsing by UP Author "Morris, Neil Kenneth"

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  • Deaths from bee stings : a report of three cases from Pretoria, South Africa 
    Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Morris, Neil Kenneth; Meyer, Pieter Willem Adriaan; Saayman, Gert (Springer, 2016-03)
    In South Africa bee stings are most commonly caused by either Apis mellifera capensis or A. mellifera scutellata, indigenous species which are notoriously aggressive when compared to European honey bees. According to ...
  • Drowning in Pretoria, South Africa : a 10-year review 
    Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Saayman, Gert; Morris, Neil Kenneth (Elsevier, 2016-01)
    Drowning is classified as the 3rd leading cause of accidental deaths worldwide and is deemed to be a preventable cause of death. Bodies retrieved from a water medium pose several challenges to the forensic pathologist ...
  • The prevalence of HIV in Pretoria’s Medico-Legal Laboratory cases, RSA, in 2009 
    Morris, Neil Kenneth; Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Webber, Lynne M.; Saayman, Gert (EDP Sciences, 2014-03)
    The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of Human Immunodefi ciency Virus (HIV) amongst decedents admitted to the Pretoria Medico-Legal Laboratory (MLL). The study was designed as a cross sectional study. ...
  • The prevalence of HIV in the sudden, unexplained and unexpected death population at the Pretoria Medico-Legal Laboratory 
    Morris, Neil Kenneth; Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Webber, Lynne M.; Saayman, Gert (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016-05-31)
    PURPOSE : To determine the prevalence of HIV in the sudden, unexplained and unexpected (SUU) death population admitted to the Pretoria Medico-Legal Laboratory. METHODS : This study was conducted at the Pretoria Medico-Legal ...
  • Re-defining the extent of malaria transmission in South Africa : implications for chemoprophylaxis 
    Morris, Neil Kenneth; Frean, J.; Baker, Lee; Ukpe, I.S. (Indongesit Sunday); Barnes, K.I.; Kruger, P.; Mabuza, A.; Raswiswi, E.; Maharaj, Rajendra; Blumberg, Lucille Hellen; Moonasar, Devanand (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2013-11)
    BACKGROUND. Malaria case numbers reported in South Africa have reduced considerably over the last decade, necessitating a revision of the national risk map to guide malaria prevention, including the use of chemoprophyla ...
  • Registrars teaching undergraduate medical students : a pilot study at the University of Pretoria, South Africa 
    Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Morris, Neil Kenneth; Lee, M.; Pickworth, G.P. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016-10)
    BACKGROUND. Registrars play a vital role in teaching undergraduate (UG) medical students. Previous studies indicate that registrars contribute as much as 30% of medical students’ knowledge and that up to 20% of a registrar’s ...
  • A simple mathematical model for Ebola in Africa 
    Tsanou, Berge; Lubuma, Jean M.-S.; Moremedi, G.M.; Morris, Neil Kenneth; Kondera-Shava, R. (Taylor and Francis, 2017)
    We deal with the following question: Can the consumption of contaminated bush meat, the funeral practices and the environmental contamination explain the recurrence and persistence of Ebola virus disease outbreaks in Africa? ...
  • Successfully controlling malaria in South Africa 
    Moonasar, Devanand; Raman, Jaishree; Morris, Neil Kenneth; Ukpe, I.S. (Indongesit Sunday); Maharaj, Rajendra; De Jager, Christiaan; Blumberg, Lucille Hellen; Frean, J.; Asomugha, Chika; Baker, Lee; Barnes, K.I.; Brooke, Basil D.; Coetzee, M.; Duvenage, C.; Groepe, M.A.; Kleinschmidt, I.; Koekemoer, Lizette L.; Kruger, P.; Mabuza, A.; Margo, B.; Mayet, N.T.; Misiani, Eunice; Mokate, R.; Raswiswi, E. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2014-03)
    Following major successes in malaria control over the past 75 years, South Africa is now embarking on a malaria elimination campaign with the goal of zero local transmission by the year 2018. The key control elements have ...
  • Suicide in Pretoria : a retrospective review, 2007 - 2010 
    Engelbrecht, C.; Blumenthal, Ryan; Morris, Neil Kenneth; Saayman, Gert (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2017-08)
    BACKGROUND : The World Health Organization has declared suicide a global health crisis, predicting that ~1.53 million people will commit suicide annually by 2020. OBJECTIVE : A study from South Africa reviewed 1 018 ...
  • Tandem bullet injury : an unusual variant of an unusual injury 
    Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Morris, Neil Kenneth; Saayman, Gert (Springer, 2014-06)
    A 41-year old male sustained a fatal gunshot wound during a house robbery. Police enquiries and scene investigation revealed that a single shot had been fired and that one spent 9 mm cartridge case was retrieved from the scene.