Browsing Health Sciences by Author "Jacobs, Charlene"

Browsing Health Sciences by Author "Jacobs, Charlene"

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  • Epidemiologic investigations into outbreaks of Rift Valley Fever in humans, South Africa, 2008–2011 
    Archer, Brett N.; Thomas, Juno; Weyer, Jacqueline; Cengimbo, Ayanda; Landoh, Dadja E.; Jacobs, Charlene; Ntuli, Sindile; Modise, Motshabi; Mathonsi, Moshe; Mashishi, Morton S.; Leman, Patricia A.; Le Roux, C.A. (Chantel Anne); Jansen van Vuren, Petrus; Kemp, Alan; Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz; Blumberg, Lucille Hellen (Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013-12)
    Rift Valley fever (RVF) is an emerging zoonosis posing a public health threat to humans in Africa. During sporadic RVF outbreaks in 2008–2009 and widespread epidemics in 2010–2011, 302 laboratory-confirmed human infections, ...
  • An outbreak of lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis among mine-workers in South Africa 
    Govender, N.P. (Nelesh); Maphanga, Tsidiso G.; Zulu, Thokozile G.; Patel, Jaymati; Walaza, Sibongile; Jacobs, Charlene; Ebonwu, J.I.; Ntuli, Sindile; Naicker, Serisha D.; Thomas, Juno; Vinetz, Joseph M. (Public Library of Science, 2015-09-25)
    BACKGROUND The largest outbreak of sporotrichosis occurred between 1938 and 1947 in the gold mines of Witwatersrand in South Africa. Here, we describe an outbreak of lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis that was investigated ...