Muller, Etienne E.; Ehlers, Marthie Magdaleen(Water Research Council, 2005-04)
E. coli O157:H7 is recognised as an important human pathogen world-wide and has been associated with diseases such as
haemorrhagic colitis (HC), haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) and thrombotic thrombocytopaenic purpura ...
Hamiwe, Thabo; Kock, Marleen M.; Magwira, C.A. (Cliff); Antiabong, John Francis; Ehlers, Marthie Magdaleen(Elsevier, 2019-02)
The development of antibiotic resistance and dissemination of its determinants is an emerging public health problem as it compromises treatment options of infections that were, until recently, treatable. Investigation of ...
After exposure to the oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV), immunocompetent persons excrete poliovirus (PV) vaccine strains for a limited period. In contrast, immunodeficient individuals remain sometimes chronically infected, and ...
Pavlov, Dobromir Nikolov; Van Zyl, Walda B.; Van Heerden, J.; Grabow, W.O.K.; Ehlers, Marthie Magdaleen(Elsevier, 2005-09)
Polioviruses (PVs) are not associated with waterborne transmission to the same extent as many other enteric viruses. However, they are typically transmitted by the faecal-oral route, which implies that the risk of infection ...
Aims: The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of vaccine-derived polioviruses (VDPVs) in stool specimens of immunodeficient patients such as HIV-positive children (including those with an AIDS indicator ...
