Browsing Research Articles (Medical Virology) by Subject "South Africa"

Browsing Research Articles (Medical Virology) by Subject "South Africa"

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  • Application of a competitive internal amplification control for the detection of sapoviruses in wastewater 
    Murray, Tanya Y.; Mans, Janet; Van Zyl, Walda B.; Taylor, Maureen B. (Springer, 2013-01)
    In this study, a competitive internal amplification control (IAC) was constructed for application in the real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction detection of sapoviruses (SaVs). A SaV RNA standard was ...
  • Diverse norovirus genotypes identified in sewage-polluted river water in South Africa 
    Mans, Janet; Netshikewta, Rembuluwani; Magwalivha, Mpho; Van Zyl, Walda B.; Taylor, Maureen B. (Cambridge University Press, 2012-03-21)
    This study aimed to assess norovirus (NoV) contamination and genotype diversity in surface water in Gauteng, South Africa. Between January 2008 and December 2010, three rivers, namely Klip, Suikerbosrant, and Rietspruit ...
  • Emerging norovirus GII.4 2008 variant detected in hospitalised paediatric patients in South Africa 
    Mans, Janet; De Villiers, J.C. (Johanna Corrie); Du Plessis, Nicolette Marie; Avenant, Theunis Johannes; Taylor, Maureen B. (Elsevier, 2010-08)
    BACKGROUND: Noroviruses (NoVs)are important enteric pathogens that cause gastroenteritis worldwide. The first documented NoV outbreaks in South Africa(SA)were described in 1993. The current NoV prevalence and circulating ...
  • Evaluation of two influenza surveillance systems in South Africa 
    Budgell, Eric; Cohen, Adam L.; McAnerney, Johanna M.; Walaza, Sibongile; Madhi, Shabir A.; Blumberg, Lucille Hellen; Dawood, Halima; Kahn, Kathleen; Tempia, Stefano; Venter, Marietjie; Chohen, Cheryl (Public Library of Science, 2015-03-30)
    BACKGROUND The World Health Organisation recommends outpatient influenza-like illness (ILI) and inpatient severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) surveillance. We evaluated two influenza surveillance systems in South ...
  • Evolutionary dynamics of 2009 pandemic influenza A virus subtype H1N1 in South Africa during 2009–2010 
    Venter, Marietjie; Naidoo, Dhamari; Pretorius, Marthi Andréa; Buys, Amelia; McAnerney, Johanna M.; Blumberg, Lucille Hellen; Madhi, Shabir A.; Cohen, Cheryl; Schoub, Barry D. (Oxford University Press, 2012-12)
    BACKGROUND: 2009 Pandemic Influenza A(H1N1) was first detected in June 2009 in South Africa and later resulted in extensive transmission throughout Africa. Established routine surveillance programmes and collaboration ...
  • Fatal neurologic disease and abortion in mare infected with lineage 1 West Nile virus, South Africa 
    Venter, Marietjie; Human, Stacey; Van Niekerk, Stephanie; Williams, June Heather; Van Eeden, Charmaine; Freeman, Frank (Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011-08)
    In 2010, lineage 1 West Nile virus was detected in South Africa in the brain of a pregnant mare that succumbed to neurologic disease and in her aborted fetus, suggesting an association with abortion in horses. All West ...
  • Human calicivirus diversity in wastewater in South Africa 
    Murray, Tanya Y.; Mans, Janet; Taylor, Maureen B. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013-06)
    AIM : To investigate the diversity of human caliciviruses (HuCVs) in wastewater from small- to medium-sized communities in five provinces of South Africa (SA). METHODS AND RESULTS : Wastewater samples (51) were screened ...
  • Human rabies associated with domestic cat exposures in South Africa, 1983–2018 
    Grobbelaar, Antoinette A.; Blumberg, Lucille Hellen; Dermaux-Msimang, Veerle; Le Roux, Chantel A.; Moolla, Naazneen; Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz; Weyer, Jacqueline (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2020-07-06)
    Rabies is a fatal encephalitic disease caused by lyssaviruses belonging to the family Rhabdoviridae. At the time of this report, a total of 16 species of lyssaviruses, which included the prototype rabies virus (RABV), ...
  • Investigation of two suspected diarrhoeal-illness outbreaks in Northern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces, South Africa, April–July 2013 : the role of rotavirus 
    Shonhiwa, Andronica Moipone; Ntshoe, Genevie M.; Crisp, Noreen; Olowolagba, Ayo J.; Mbuthu, Vusi; Taylor, Maureen B.; Thomas, Juno; Page, Nicola Anne (AOSIS, 2020-07-22)
    BACKGROUND : Suspected diarrhoeal-illness outbreaks affecting mostly children < 5 years were investigated between May and July 2013 in Northern Cape province (NCP) and KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province. This study describes ...
  • Loss to follow-up in a community clinic in South Africa – roles of gender, pregnancy and CD4 count 
    Wang, Bingxia; Losina, Elena; Stark, Ruth; Munro, Alison; Walensky, Rochelle P.; Wilke, Marisa; Martin, Desmond J.; Lu, Zhigang; Freedberg, Kenneth A.; Wood, Robin (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2011-04)
    BACKGROUND: Faith-based organisations have expanded antiretroviral therapy (ART) in community clinics across South Africa. Loss to follow-up (LTFU), however, limits the potential individual and population treatment benefits ...
  • Respiratory viral coinfections identified by a 10-plex real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction assay in patients hospitalized with severe acute respiratory iIllness, South Africa, 2009–2010 
    Pretorius, Marthi Andréa; Madhi, Shabir A.; Cohen, Cheryl; Naidoo, Dhamari; Groome, Michelle; Moyes, Jocelyn; Buys, Amelia; Walaza, Sibongile; Dawood, Halima; Chhagan, Meera; Haffejee, Summaya; Kahn, Kathleen; Puren, Adrian; Venter, Marietjie (Oxford University Press, 2012)
    BACKGROUND: Data about respiratory co-infections of Influenza A H1N1 during the pandemic in Africa are limited. We used an existing surveillance programme for severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) to evaluate a new ...
  • Severe influenza-associated respiratory infection in high HIV prevalence setting, South Africa, 2009-2011 
    Cohen, Cheryl; Moyes, Jocelyn; Tempia, Stefano; Groome, Michelle; Walaza, Sibongile; Pretorius, Marthi Andréa; Dawood, Halima; Chhagan, Meera; Haffejee, Summaya; Variava, Ebrahim; Kahn, Kathleen; Tshangela, Akhona; Von Gottberg, Anne; Wolter, Nicole; Cohen, Adam L.; Kgokong, Babatyi; Venter, Marietjie; Madhi, Shabir A. (Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013-11)
    Data on influenza epidemiology in HIV-infected persons are limited, particularly for sub-Saharan Africa, where HIV infection is widespread. We tested respiratory and blood samples from patients with acute lower respiratory ...
  • Sindbis and Middelburg old world alphaviruses associated with disease in horses, South Africa 
    Van Niekerk, Stephanie; Human, Stacey; Williams, June Heather; Van Wilpe, Erna; Pretorius, Marthi Andréa; Swanepoel, Robert; Venter, Marietjie (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, 2015-12)
    Old World alphaviruses were identified in 52 of 623 horses with febrile or neurologic disease in South Africa. Five of 8 Sindbis virus infections were mild; 2 of 3 fatal cases involved co-infections. Of 44 Middelburg ...
  • West Nile virus neurologic disease in humans, South Africa, September 2008-May 2009 
    Zaayman, Dewald; Venter, Marietjie (Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012-12)
    We investigated West Nile virus (WNV) as a possible disease etiology in persons hospitalized in South Africa. Of 206 specimens tested, 36 had WNV neutralizing antibodies, signifi cantly more than in similar earlier ...