• Sociocultural theory for academic literacy research involving argumentation in institutions of higher learning 

  Eybers, Oscar Oliver; Paulet, Emma (Higher Education South Africa, 2022-05-23)

  Researchers in the field of academic literacy, specifically those focused on the first-year level in universities, are often required to articulate the theoretical framework that informs their critical orientation. In this ...
• Weakly totally permutable products and fitting classes 

  Madanha, Sesuai Yasha (University of Isfahan, 2021-03)

  Please read abstract in the article.
• A homogenously weighted moving average scheme for observations under the effect of serial dependence and measurement inaccuracy 

  Thanwane, Maonatlala; Shongwe, Sandile C.; Aslam, Muhammad; Malela-Majika, Jean-Claude; Albassam, Mohammed (Growing Science, 2021-05-11)

  The combined effect of serial dependency and measurement errors is known to negatively affect the statistical efficiency of any monitoring scheme. However, for the recently proposed homogenously weighted moving average ...
• COVID-19 vaccines under the international health regulations – we must use the WHO international certificate of vaccination or prophylaxis 

  Petersen, Eskild; Lucey, Daniel; Blumberg, Lucille Hellen; Kramer, Laura D.; Al-Abri, Seif; Lee, Shui Shan; De Castro Abreu Pinto, Tatiana; Obiero, Christina W.; Rodriguez-Morales, Alfonso J.; Yapi, Richard; Abubakar, Aisha; Tambyah, Paul Anantharajah; Holmes, Allison; Chen, Lin H. (Elsevier, 2021-01)

  The first vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 have now received emergency use authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), European Medicines Agency (EMA) and national authorities in China, India, UK, and ...
• COVID-19 pandemic in Malawi : did public sociopolitical events gatherings contribute to its first-wave local transmission? 

  Nyasulua, Juliet Charity Yauka; Munthali, Richard Junganiko; Nyondo-Mipando, Alinane Linda; Pandya, Himani; Nyirenda, Laywell; Nyasulu, Peter Suwirakwenda; Manda, S.O.M. (Samuel) (Elsevier, 2021-05)

  INTRODUCTION : The COVID-19 pandemic in Malawi emerged amidst widespread anti-government demonstrations and subsequent mass gatherings. This paper describes the incidence and factors associated with the spread of the ...
• The impact of the South African antiretroviral treatment programme on the age-standardised incidence rate of Kaposi sarcoma, 1999-2016 : an interrupted time series analysis 

  Majaya, Evidence; Girdler-Brown, B.V. (Brendan); Muchengeti, Mazvita; Singh, Elvira (Elsevier, 2021-01)

  OBJECTIVE : The objective of this study was to quantify the impact of the South African antiretroviral treatment programme on the age-standardised incidence rate of Kaposi sarcoma among black South African residents of ...
• Answer to Paredes et al. commenting on “COVID-19 vaccines under the International Health Regulations — we must use the WHO international certificate of vaccination or prophylaxis” 

  Petersen, Eskild; Lucey, Daniel; Blumberg, Lucille Hellen; Kramer, Laura D.; Al-Abri, Seif; Lee, Shui Shan; De Castro Abreu Pinto, Tatiana; Obiero, Christina W.; Rodriguez-Morales, Alfonso J.; Yapi, Richard; Abubakar, Aisha; Tambyah, Paul Anantharajah; Holmes, Allison; Chen, Lin H. (Elsevier, 2021-02)

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• Adiponectin as a potential biomarker for pregnancy disorders 

  Pheiffer, Carmen; Dias, Stephanie; Jack, Babalwa; Malaza, Nompumelelo; Adam, Sumaiya [ (MDPI Publishing, 2021-02)

  Adiponectin is an adipocyte-derived hormone that plays a critical role in energy homeostasis, mainly attributed to its insulin-sensitizing properties. Accumulating studies have reported that adiponectin concentrations ...
• Epidemiology and genomic analysis of equine encephalosis virus detected in horses with clinical signs in South Africa, 2010-2017 

  Snyman, Jumari; Koekemoer, Otto; Van Schalkwyk, Antoinette; Van Vuren, Petrus Jansen; Snyman, Louwtjie P.; Williams, June; Venter, Marietjie (MDPI, 2021-03)

  Equine encephalosis virus (EEV) is a neglected virus endemic to South Africa and is considered to generally result in mild disease in equines. Specimens were analyzed from live horses that presented with undefined ...
• Insights into the pathogenesis of viral haemorrhagic fever based on virus tropism and tissue lesions of natural Rift Valley fever 

  Odendaal, Lieza; Davis, A. Sally; Venter, Estelle Hildegard (MDPI, 20-04)

  Rift Valley fever phlebovirus (RVFV) infects humans and a wide range of ungulates and historically has caused devastating epidemics in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Lesions of naturally infected cases of Rift Valley ...
• Detection of insect-specific flaviviruses in mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in northeastern regions of South Africa 

  Guarido, Milehna M.; Govender, Kamini; Riddin, Megan A.; Schrama, Maarten; Gorsich, Erin E.; Brooke, Basil D.; Almeida, Antonio Paulo Gouveia; Venter, Marietjie (MDPI, 2021-10)

  Mosquitoes in the Aedes and Culex genera are considered the main vectors of pathogenic flaviviruses worldwide. Entomological surveillance using universal flavivirus sets of primers in mosquitoes can detect not only ...
• Elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus is omnipresent in elephants in European zoos and an Asian elephant range country 

  Hoornweg, Tabitha E.; Schaftenaar, Willem; Maurer, Gilles; Van den Doel, Petra B.; Molenaar, Fieke M.; Chamouard-Galante, Alexandre; Vercammen, Francis; De Haan, Cornelis A. M.; Rutten, Victor P.M.G.; De Haan, Cornelis A.M. (MDPI, 2021-02)

  Elephant endotheliotropic herpesviruses (EEHVs) may cause acute, often lethal, hemorrhagic disease (EEHV-HD) in young elephants. Prevalence of EEHV in different elephant populations is still largely unknown. In order to ...
• Clinical course of infection and cross-species detection of equine parvovirus-hepatitis 

  Reinecke, Birthe; Klöhn, Mara; Brüggemann, Yannick; Kinast, Volker; Todt, Daniel; Stang, Alexander; Badenhorst, Marcha; Koeppel, Katja; Guthrie, Alan; Groner, Ursula; Puff, Christina; De le Roi, Madeleine; Baumgärtner, Wolfgang; Cavalleri, Jessika-M. V.; Steinmann, Eike (MDPI, 2021-08)

  Since its first discovery by Arnold Theiler in 1918, serum hepatitis also known as Theiler’s disease has been reported worldwide, causing idiopathic acute hepatitis and liver failure in horses. Recent studies have suggested ...
• An investigation of culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) as potential vectors of medically and veterinary important arboviruses in South Africa 

  Snyman, Jumari; Venter, Gert J.; Venter, Marietjie (MDPI, 2021-10)

  Culicoides-borne viruses such as bluetongue, African horse sickness, and Schmallenberg virus cause major economic burdens due to animal outbreaks in Africa and their emergence in Europe and Asia. However, little is known ...
• Characterization of foot-and-mouth disease viruses in Zambia-implications for the epidemiology of the disease in southern Africa 

  Banda, Frank; Sinkala, Yona; Mataa, Liywalli; Lebea, Phiyani; Sikombe, Tingiya; Kangwa, Henry L.; Fana, Elliot M.; Mokopasetso, Mokganedi; Wadsworth, Jemma; Knowles, Nick J.; King, Donald P.; Quan, Melvyn (MDPI, 2021-10)

  The livestock industry supports livelihood and nutritional security of at least 42% of people in the Southern African Development Community region. However, presence of animal diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease poses ...
• Assessing the effects of land use on surface water quality in the lower uMfolozi floodplain system, South Africa 

  Dlamini, Mandla; Chirima, Johannes George; Jovanovic, Nebo; Adam, Elhadi (MDPI Publishing, 2021-01-20)

  This study investigated the impacts of cultivation on water and soil quality in the lower uMfolozi floodplain system in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. We did this by assessing seasonal variations in purposefully ...
• Impacts of high environmental temperatures on congenital anomalies : a systematic review 

  Haghighi, Marjan Mosalman; Wright, Caradee Yael; Ayer, Julian; Urban, Michael F.; Pham, Minh Duc; Boeckmann, Melanie; Areal, Ashtyn; Wernecke, Bianca; Swift, Callum P.; Robinson, Matthew; Hetem, Robyn S.; Chersich, Matthew F.; Lusambili, Adelaide; Chikandiwa, Admire; Ngugi, Anthony K.; Manyuchi, Albert; Nakstad, Britt; Part, Cherie; Scorgie, Fiona; Kadio, Kadidiatou; Harden, Lois; Roos, Nathalie; Kouanda, Seni; Luchters, Stanley; Roux, Thomas; Filippi, Veronique (MDPI Publishing, 2021-05-05)

  Links between heat exposure and congenital anomalies have not been explored in detail despite animal data and other strands of evidence that indicate such links are likely. We reviewed articles on heat and congenital ...
• Effect of sanitation interventions on health outcomes : a systematic review of cluster-randomized controlled trials in rural communities of low- and middle-income countries 

  Kanda, Artwell; Ncube, Esper Jacobeth; Voyi, K.V.V. (Kuku) (MDPI Publishing, 2021-08-05)

  A systematic review of published literature (2000–2019) evaluating the impact of sanitation interventions on the prevalence of disease, parasite infestation, and/or child growth using randomized controlled trials (RCTs) ...
• Climate change, pesticides and health : considering the risks and opportunities of adaptation for Zimbabwean smallholder cotton growers 

  Zinyemba, Cliff; Archer, Emma Rosa Mary; Rother, Hanna-Andrea (MDPI Publishing, 2021-01)

  There is potential for increased pesticide-related adverse health outcomes in the agricultural sector linked to adaptive increases in pesticide use necessitated, in part, by climate change-related increases in pest ...
• Community-based ototoxicity monitoring for drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa : an evaluation study 

  Stevenson, Lucia Jane; Biagio-de Jager, Leigh; Graham, Marien Alet; Swanepoel, De Wet (MDPI Publishing, 2021-10-28)

  In response to the drug-resistant tuberculosis (DRTB) ototoxicity burden in South Africa, ototoxicity monitoring has been decentralised, with community health workers (CHWs) acting as facilitators. This study describes ...

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