Safety and immunogenicity of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 in people living with and without HIV in South Africa: an interim analysis of a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 1B/2A trial
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Association of Group B Streptococcus (GBS) Serum Serotype-Specific Anticapsular Immunoglobulin G Concentration and Risk Reduction for Invasive GBS Disease in South African Infants: An Observational Birth-Cohort, Matched Case-Control Study
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Impact of level five lockdown on the incidence of COVID-19: lessons learned from South Africa
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Ten-year risk of fatal cardiovascular disease and its association with metabolic risk factors among waste pickers in South Africa
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Clinical Characteristics and Histopathology of Coronavirus Disease 2019-Related Deaths in African Children
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The effect of freezing and thawing of samples for anti-factor Xa testing for the determination of enoxaparin activity
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Derivatives Are Potent against Multiple Life Cycle Stages of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Parasites
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Factors associated with serious outcomes of pneumonia among children in a birth cohort in South Africa
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Demographic and Behavioral Risk Factors Associated with Reduced Susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to First-Line Antimicrobials in South African Men with Gonococcal Urethral Discharge
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Taxonomic update of phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales
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SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Interest and Concern naming scheme conducive for global discours
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Molecular characterisation of NPM1 and FLT3-ITD mutations in a central South African adult de novo acute myeloid leukaemia cohort
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A KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa public sector perspective
Khathali LC, Nhlonzi GB, Mwazha A. Histoplasma capsulatum var. duboisii: A KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa public sector perspective. J Cutan Pathol. 2022;49(2):139-46.
Application of culture, PCR, and PacBio sequencing for determination of microbial composition of milk from subclinical mastitis dairy cows of smallholder farms
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Primary cardiac lymphoma in HIV infected patients: A clinicopathological report of two cases
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Antimycobacterial Activity, Synergism, and Mechanism of Action Evaluation of Novel Polycyclic Amines against Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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Has translational genomics come of age in Africa?
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Diarrhoeal diseases in Soweto, South Africa, 2020: a cross-sectional community survey
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Achieving consistency in measures of HIV-1 viral suppression across countries: derivation of an adjustment based on international antiretroviral treatment cohort data
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Difference in mortality among individuals admitted to hospital with COVID-19 during the first and second waves in South Africa: a cohort study
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Risk factors for COVID-19-related in-hospital mortality in a high HIV and tuberculosis prevalence setting in South Africa: a cohort study
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Isolate of Kedougou Virus (KEDV) from Ndumu, South Africa, Expands the Geographic and Temporal Range of KEDV in Africa
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Scientific insights into brain fog during the menopausal transition
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Recommendations for the diagnosis and management of vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia
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Health Care Provider Perceptions of Facilitators and Barriers to Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Delivery in Five Countries
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