Epidemiology and Genomic Analysis of Equine Encephalosis Virus Detected in Horses with Clinical Signs in South Africa, 2010-2017
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Calcium sensing receptor hyperactivation through viral envelop protein E of SARS CoV2: A novel target for cardio-renal damage in COVID-19 infection
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Staphylococcus aureus in Intensive Pig Production in South Africa: Antibiotic Resistance, Virulence Determinants, and Clonality
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Leveraging gains from African Center for Integrated Laboratory Training to combat HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa
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Higher SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in workers with lower socioeconomic status in Cape Town, South Africa
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An overview of vaccine development for COVID-19
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Admixture/fine-mapping in Brazilians reveals a West African associated potential regulatory variant (rs114066381) with a strong female-specific effect on body mass and fat mass indexes
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Pharmacoinformatics approach based identification of potential Nsp15 endoribonuclease modulators for SARS-CoV-2 inhibition
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Characterization of antimicrobial-resistant Gram-negative bacteria that cause neonatal sepsis in seven low- and middle-income countries
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The first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa: a cross-sectional study
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Impact of Plasma IP-10/CXCL10 and RANTES/CCL5 Levels on Neurocognitive Function in HIV Treatment-Naive Patients.
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Immunodeficiency and Cancer in 3.5 Million People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV): The South African HIV Cancer Match Study
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Virus Etiology, Diversity and Clinical Characteristics in South African Children Hospitalised with Gastroenteritis
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Targeting Fc effector function in vaccine design
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Variation in SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks across sub-Saharan Africa
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Multistage and transmission-blocking targeted antimalarials discovered from the open-source MMV Pandemic Response Box
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First genome sequence of Aeromonas hydrophilia novel sequence type 658 strain isolated from livestock in South Africa
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Genetic characterization of G12P[6] and G12P[8] rotavirus strains collected in six African countries between 2010 and 2014
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The performance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody point-of-care tests on oral fluid or whole blood and dried blood spot testing for HCV serology and viral load among individuals at higher risk for HCV in South Africa
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Intraoperative Cell Saving: Is the Solution the Actual Problem?
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Neonatal sepsis in a tertiary unit in South Africa
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Low Pretreatment Viral Loads in Infants With HIV in an Era of High-maternal Antiretroviral Therapy Coverage
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Insight into the screening of potential beta-lactamase inhibitors as anti-bacterial chemical agents through pharmacoinformatics study
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Artificial Intelligence-Based Screening for Mycobacteria in Whole-Slide Images of Tissue Samples
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A Digital Pathology Solution to Resolve the Tissue Floater Conundrum
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