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  • Noise-induced hearing loss and hearing protection : Attitudes at a South African coal mine 
    Naicker, Kavitha (AOSIS, 2024-01)
    BACKGROUND : Negative attitudes and beliefs are major contributing factors to the rising numbers of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) cases in coal mines both locally and internationally. International literature confirms ...
  • Noma : a neglected oro-facial childhood disease 
    Khammissa, Razia Abdool Gafaar; Lemmer, Johan; Feller, Liviu (Elsevier, 2021-10)
    WHO's World Health Assembly 2021 has recognised the impact of certain oral diseases on general health, and consequently the need to incorporate oral health strategies into universal health care, particularly for remote ...
  • Noma staging : a review 
    Khammissa, Razia Abdool Gafaar; Lemmer, Johan; Feller, Liviu (BMC, 2022-06-13)
    Noma is a bacterial, non-communicable, grossly destructive and disfiguring necrotising oro-facial disease. It is rare, but occurs most commonly in chronically malnourished children with other debilitating illnesses, in ...
  • Nomenclature- and database-compatible names for the two Ebola virus variants that emerged in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2014 
    Kuhn, Jens H.; Andersen, Kristian G.; Baize, Sylvain; Bào, Yīmíng; Bavari, Sina; Berthet, Nicolas; Blinkova, Olga; Brister, J. Rodney; Clawson, Anna N.; Fair, Joseph; Gabriel, Martin; Garry, Robert F.; Gire, Stephen K.; Goba, Augustine; Gonzalez, Jean-Paul; Günther, Stephan; Happi, Christian T.; Jahrling, Peter B.; Kapetshi, Jimmy; Kobinger, Gary; Kugelman, Jeffrey R.; Leroy, Eric M.; Maganga, Gael Darren; Mbala, Placide K.; Moses, Lina M.; Muyembe-Tamfum, Jean-Jacques; N’Faly, Magassouba; Nichol, Stuart T.; Omilabu, Sunday A.; Palacios, Gustavo; Park, Daniel J.; Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz; Radoshitzky, Sheli R.; Rossi, Cynthia A.; Sabeti, Pardis C.; Schieffelin, John S.; Schoepp, Randal J.; Sealfon, Rachel; Swanepoel, Robert; Towner, Jonathan S.; Wada, Jiro; Wauquier, Nadia; Yozwiak, Nathan L.; Formenty, Pierre (MDPI Publishing, 2014-11)
    In 2014, Ebola virus (EBOV) was identified as the etiological agent of a large and still expanding outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa and a much more confined EVD outbreak in Middle Africa. Epidemiological ...
  • Non-acid gastro-oesophageal reflux is associated with squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus 
    Kgomo, Mpho K.; Mokoena, Taole; Ker, James A. (BMJ Publishing Group, 2017)
    INTRODUCTION : Squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus is a common cancer among South Africans. Due to the absence of effective screening and surveillance programme for early detection and late presentation, ...
  • Non-antimicrobial activity of macrolides : therapeutic potential in chronic inflammatory airway disorders 
    Feldman, Charles; Anderson, Ronald (Federation of Infectious Diseases Societies of South Africa, 2009)
    In addition to their conventional antimicrobial activity, the macrolide group of antibiotics are known to have a number of anti-inflammatory/ immunomodulatory activities, which may be of benefit to patients with chronic ...
  • Non-compliance of cannabinoid containing oils sold in South Africa to national legislation 
    Akhtar, Sana'a (Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, 2021)
  • Non-directive counselling for fetal anomalies 
    Adam, Sumaiya; Lindeque, B. Gerhard (In House Publications, 2017)
    A 17-year-old woman at 20 weeks gestation is referred for a detailed anomaly scan. The fetus is diagnosed with anencephaly.
  • Non-IgE-mediated food allergies 
    Terblanche, Alta J.; Lang, A.C.; Gray, Claudia L.; Goddard, E.; Karabus, S.; Kriel, M.; Manjra, Ahmed I.; Risenga, Samuel Malamulele; Van der Spuy, D.A.; Levin, M.E. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2015-01)
    Non-imunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated conditions include combined IgE and cell-mediated conditions such as atopic dermatitis and eosinophilic oesophagitis, and pure T-cell-mediated conditions such as food protein-induced ...
  • Non-indicated scheduled caesarean deliveries in low-risk pregnancies have harmful effects on gene expression and immune function 
    Van Niekerk, Andre; Delport, Suzanne D. (Allergy Society of South Africa, 2020-10)
    Medicalised birth is increasing on a global scale. Scheduled caesarean deliveries have become the most common delivery mode in the South African private sector despite evidence that a vaginal delivery is the safest delivery ...
  • Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor levels among HIV-exposed uninfected infants at the time of HIV PCR testing – findings from a tertiary healthcare facility in Pretoria, South Africa 
    Mazanderani, Ahmad Haeri; Murray, Tanya Y.; Sherman, Gayle G.; Snyman, Tracy; George, Jaya; Avenant, Theunis Johannes; Goga, Ameena Ebrahim; Pepper, Michael Sean; Du Plessis, Nicolette Marie (Wiley Open Access, 2019-06)
    INTRODUCTION : To date, very little programmatic data has been published regarding serial antiretroviral (ARV) levels in infants exposed to maternal treatment and/or infant prophylaxis during the first months of life. Such ...
  • Non-operative treatment of odontoid peg fractures 
    Sukati, Falethu M.; Ngcelwane, Mthunzi Victor; Maku, Maleho Michael (Scientific Research Publishing, 2020-03)
    OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to review the results of non-operative treatment of odontoid fractures in Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Pretoria. METHODS: Records for all patients treated for odontoid fractures from ...
  • Non-pharmacological treatment modalities for atopic dermatitis 
    Todd, G.; Manjra, Ahmed I.; Sinclair, Werner; Levin, Michael; Green, Robin J. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2014-10)
    Non-pharmacological measures to improve the management of atopic dermatitis (AD) are as important as pharmacotherapy for true healing of the skin. Skin dryness (which contributes to inflammation, loss of suppleness (leading ...
  • Non-SHEF2 model related containment and control measures against COVID-19 in Africa 
    Wirsiy, Frankline Sevidzem; Nkfusai, Claude Ngwayu; Bede, Fala; Nzoyom, Rosette Boseme; Cumber, Samuel Nambile (African Field Epidemiology Network, 2020-06-21)
    COVID-19 Pandemic has the potential to overwhelm the underserved health care systems of African countries characterized by inadequate infrastructure and too few medical personnel. In responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic, ...
  • A non-specific biomarker of disease activity in HIV/AIDS patients from resource-limited environments 
    Bipath, Priyesh; Levay, Peter Ferenc; Olorunju, Steve; Viljoen, Margaretha (Makerere University Medical School, 2015-06)
    BACKGROUND : A general non-specific marker of disease activity that could alert the clinician and prompt further investigation would be of value in patients with HIV/AIDS, especially in resource limited environments. OBJECTIVE ...
  • Non-surgical treatment of anterior open bite and its assessment using the Dawjee analysis : a case report 
    Dawjee, Salahuddien M.; Oberholzer, T.G.; Hlongwa, P. (South African Dental Association, 2008-05)
    Anterior open bite (AOB) is a dentofacial problem occurring more commonly in race groups of African origin. Although multi-factorial, the aetiology exerts its influence in tandem with craniofacial development. Diagnosis ...
  • Non-termination of sickness behavior as precipitating factor for mental disorders 
    Viljoen, Margaretha; Panzer, Annie (Elsevier, 2005)
    Sickness behavior can be defined as a combination of coordinated behavioral and physiological changes that develop in response to any condition that elicits pro-inflammatory activity. It is an adaptational homeostasis ...
  • Non-toxicity of IV injected perfluorocarbon oxygen carrier in an animal model of liver regeneration following surgical injury 
    Nieuwoudt, Martin J.; Engelbrecht, Gert H.C.; Sentle, Lebo; Auer, Roland E.J.; Kahn, Del; Van der Merwe, Schalk Willem (Taylor & Francis, 2009-06)
    Lethal dose experiments in animals have demonstrated that second-generation perfluorocarbon oxygen carriers are remarkably non-toxic. However, this non-toxicity has not previously been demonstrated in a liver failure ...
  • Non-traumatic injury profile of amateur cyclists 
    Van der Walt, A.J.; Janse van Rensburg, Dina Christina; Fletcher, Lizelle; Grant, C.C. (Catharina Cornelia); Van der Walt, Alta (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2014)
    BACKGROUND : Non-traumatic bicycle injuries are common. However, research available on non-traumatic injuries in amateur cyclists is more than a decade old, and most of the research on this topic has been done in Europe ...
  • The noncommunicable disease outcomes of primary healthcare screening in two rural subdistricts of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa 
    Rheeder, Paul; Morris-Paxton, Angela A.; Ewing, Rose-Marie G.; Woods, Dillon (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-10-27)
    BACKGROUND : Middle and lower income countries are challenged with a double burden of disease: while still coping with the onslaught of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and increasing levels of tuberculosis (TB), there ...