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The febrile parturient: choice of anesthesia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Krzysztof M Kuczkowski --- Departments of Anesthesiology and Reproductive Medicine, -
Marburg haemorrhagic fever: A rare but fatal disease
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: GA Ogunbanjo --- Dept. of Family Medicine & PHC, -
Mosquitoes as vectors of human disease in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: PG Jupp --- National Institute for Virology and National Institute for Communicable Diseases,While malaria is the most important mosquito-borne disease in South Africa, there are also several mosquito-borne viruses that also cause human disease. The most significant are chikungunya, West Nile, Sindbis and Rift Valley fever viruses. In this review these are... -
A review of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: T Kerry --- uMgungundlovu Health District,The IMCI approach ensures that a comprehensive and accurate assessment is made of a sick child using simple yet reliable clinical signs at the first contact level. Also doctors, especially those working in the public sector need to understand the... -
Fever in children: how to minimise risk and provide appropriate therapy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Robin J Green --- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, South Africa Adéle Pentz --- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, South AfricaThe management of fever in children is a subject that garners many different opinions and interventions. Various approaches seem to be acceptable, from the physician who never uses antipyretic medication, to the use of multiple combination therapies. Following the recent... -
Adoption of East Coast Fever Vaccine among Smallholder Dairy Farmers in Kenya: The Case of North Rift Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: Tabby Karanja-Lumumba --- Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation, Kenya John Mugambi --- Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation, Kenya Fred Wesonga --- Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation, KenyaDiseases are a major constraint limiting dairy cattle production, with East Coast Fever (ECF) ranking among those of high economic importance. The high cost of ECF control and treatment led to the development of the ECF vaccine, which is envisaged... -
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever presenting with undiagnosed chronic myeloid leukaemia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Marius J Coetzee --- Department of Haematology and Cell Biology, South Africa Lucille H Blumberg --- Centre for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, South Africa Janusz T Paweska --- Special Pathogens Unit, South Africa Pat Leman --- Special Pathogens Unit, South Africa Robert Swanepoel --- Special Pathogens Unit, South Africa André de Kock --- Department of Haematology and Cell Biology, South AfricaA patient with Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) presented with a high white cell count and splenomegaly. Underlying chronic myeloid leukaemia was diagnosed. The management of this complex case was difficult, and the patient demised. This case illustrates that in patients...