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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, -
Intraspecific host preferences of mopane moths (Imbrasia belina) in mopane (Colophospermum mopane) woodland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Halszka Hrabar --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa Dawood Hattas --- Department of Botany, South Africa Johan T. du Toit --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South AfricaColophospermum mopane trees are a common larval food plant of the mopane moth (Imbrasia belina),which commonly reaches outbreak proportions. Our study investigated factors determining host tree choice by ovipositing mopane moths within a single host species (C. mopane). Tree size... -
Epidemiology of an outbreak of cholera in a south-west state of Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection • Authors: Akinola Fatiregun --- Department of Epidemiology, Nigeria Samuel Olowookere --- Department of Community Health, Elvis Isere --- Department of Epidemiology, Nigeri Adejumoke Ayede --- Department of Paediatrics, NigeriaOn 19 August 2011, 11 suspected cholera cases were reported by three private hospitals to the Disease Surveillance Unit of Ede District in Osun State, Nigeria. Diagnoses were confrmed using the cholera rapid diagnostic test kit. A feld investigation to... -
Epidemiological description of cholera outbreak in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa, December 2008–March 2009
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Themba T Sigudu --- Department of Environmental Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Khin S Tint --- South African Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme, South Africa Brett Archer --- South African Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme, South AfricaBackground: In developing countries, cholera often occurs in large-scale outbreaks and causes high burden of disease and leads to death in some cases. The purpose of the study was to describe and characterise cholera cases, and also to identify environmental... -
First outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus in a haematology unit in Durban, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Yesholata Mahabeer --- Department of Medical Microbiology, South Africa Warren Lowman --- Vermaak and Partners Pathologists, South Africa Chetna N Govind --- School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, South Africa Khine Swe-Swe-Han --- Department of Medical Microbiology, South Africa Koleka P Mlisana --- Department of Medical Microbiology, South AfricaVancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) are increasingly important causes of morbidity and mortality in developed countries. Although VRE is a significant cause of nosocomial sepsis in these countries, limited data is available on the role that this pathogen plays in South... -
Cholera and household water treatment why communities do not treat water after a cholera outbreak: a case study in Limpopo Province
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Lutendo Sylvia Mudau --- Norwich School of Medicine, UK Murembiwa Stanley Mukhola --- Norwich School of Medicine, UK Paul Raymond Hunter --- Norwich School of Medicine, UKBackground: Cholera is one of the common diseases in developing countries caused by consumption of contaminated and untreated drinking water. A study was conducted 7 months after a cholera outbreak in Vhembe district, Limpopo, South Africa. The aim of the study... -
Bridging cultural gaps in health communication: Indigenous language as a catalyst for combatting monkeypox in Lagos, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Evaristus Adesina --- Northwest University, South Africa Abiodun Salawu --- Northwest University, South Africa Babatunde Adeyeye --- Northwest University, South AfricaInfectious diseases such as monkeypox have continued to pose significant threats to global health, demanding effective strategies for prevention and control. Existing studies have primarily focused on monkeypox clinical analysis, with less attention given to adopting indigenous languages as a...