2022

Mokoala KMG, Lawal IO, Maserumule LC, Hlongwa KN, Ndlovu H, Reed J, et al. A Prospective Investigation of Tumor Hypoxia Imaging with (68)Ga-Nitroimidazole PET/CT in Patients with Carcinoma of the Cervix Uteri and Comparison with (18)F-FDG PET/CT: Correlation with Immunohistochemistry. J Clin Med. 2022;11(4).


Tempia S, Moyes J, Cohen AL, Walaza S, McMorrow ML, Treurnicht FK, et al. The national burden of influenza-like illness and severe respiratory illness overall and associated with nine respiratory viruses in South Africa, 2013-2015. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2022;16(3):438-51. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35150059/


Takuva S, Takalani A, Seocharan I, Yende-Zuma N, Reddy T, Engelbrecht I, et al. Safety evaluation of the single-dose Ad26.COV2.S vaccine among healthcare workers in the Sisonke study in South Africa: A phase 3b implementation trial. PLoS Med. 2022;19(6):e1004024. https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1004024&type=printable


Taku O, Onywera H, Mbulawa ZZA, Businge CB, Meiring TL, Williamson AL. Molecular Identification of Cervical Microbes in HIV-Negative and HIV-Positive Women in an African Setting Using a Customized Bacterial Vaginosis Microbial DNA Quantitative PCR (qPCR) Array. Microbiol Spectr. 2022;10(3):e0222921. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35647888/


Tanko RF, Bunjun R, Dabee S, Jaumdally SZ, Onono M, Nair G, et al. The Effect of Contraception on Genital Cytokines in Women Randomized to Copper Intrauterine Device, Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate, or Levonorgestrel Implant. J Infect Dis. 2022;226(5):907-19. https://academic.oup.com/jid/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/infdis/jiac084


Stepniewska K, Allen EN, Humphreys GS, Poirot E, Craig E, Kennon K, et al. Safety of single-dose primaquine as a Plasmodium falciparum gametocytocide: a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data. BMC Med. 2022;20(1):350. https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s12916-022-02504-z.pdf


Steegen K, Levin L, Evans D, Technau KG, Hans L. Minimal Cross-resistance to Tenofovir in Children and Adolescents Failing ART Makes Them Eligible for Tenofovir-Lamivudine-Dolutegravir Treatment. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2022;41(10):827-34. https://journals.lww.com/pidj/Fulltext/2022/10000/Minimal_Cross_resistance_to_Tenofovir_in_Children.9.aspx


Singh S, Hans S, Ahmad A, Fatima Z, Hameed S. Unique roles of aminophospholipid translocase Drs2p in governing efflux pump activity, ergosterol level, virulence traits, and host-pathogen interaction in Candida albicans. Int Microbiol. 2022;25(4):769-79. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10123-022-00262-9


Scheepers C, Kgagudi P, Mzindle N, Gray ES, Moyo-Gwete T, Lambson BE, et al. Dependence on a variable residue limits the breadth of an HIV MPER neutralizing antibody, despite convergent evolution with broadly neutralizing antibodies. PLoS Pathog. 2022;18(9):e1010450. https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1010450&type=printable


Reichert E, Schaeffer B, Gantt S, Rumpler E, Govender N, Welch R, et al. Methods for early characterisation of the severity and dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 variants: a population-based time series analysis in South Africa. Lancet Microbe. 2022;3(10):e753-e61. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(22)00182-3/fulltext


2021

Scliar MO, Sant’Anna HP, Santolalla ML, Leal TP, Araújo NM, Alvim I, et al. 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. Int J Obes (Lond). 2021;45(5):1017-29.


Skinner MW, Négrier C, Paz-Priel I, Chebon S, Jiménez-Yuste V, Callaghan MU, et al. The effect of emicizumab prophylaxis on long-term, self-reported physical health in persons with haemophilia A without factor VIII inhibitors in the HAVEN 3 and HAVEN 4 studies. Haemophilia. 2021;27(5):854-65.


Tiiti TA, Mashishi TL, Nkwinika VV, Benoy I, Selabe SG, Bogers J, et al. High-risk human papillomavirus detection in self-collected vaginal samples compared with healthcare worker collected cervical samples among women attending gynecology clinics at a tertiary hospital in Pretoria, South Africa. Virol J. 2021;18(1):192.


homson KM, Dyer C, Liu F, Sands K, Portal E, Carvalho MJ, et al. Effects of antibiotic resistance, drug target attainment, bacterial pathogenicity and virulence, and antibiotic access and affordability on outcomes in neonatal sepsis: an international microbiology and drug evaluation prospective substudy (BARNARDS). Lancet Infect Dis. 2021;21(12):1677-88.


Thompson GR, 3rd, Le T, Chindamporn A, Kauffman CA, Alastruey-Izquierdo A, Ampel NM, et al. Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of the endemic mycoses: an initiative of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology in cooperation with the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology. Lancet Infect Dis. 2021;21(12):e364-e74.


Shrivastava G, Aljabali AA, Shahcheraghi SH, Lotfi M, Shastri MD, Shukla SD, et al. Targeting LIN28: a new hope in prostate cancer theranostics. Future Oncol. 2021;17(29):3873-80.


Sidorov S, Fux L, Steiner K, Bounlom S, Traxel S, Azzi T, et al. CD4 + T cells are found within endemic Burkitt lymphoma and modulate Burkitt lymphoma precursor cell viability and expression of pathogenically relevant Epstein-Barr virus genes. Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2021.


amsamy Y, Mlisana KP, Amoako DG, Abia ALK, Ismail A, Allam M, et al. Mobile genetic elements-mediated Enterobacterales-associated carbapenemase antibiotic resistance genes propagation between the environment and humans: A One Health South African study. Sci Total Environ. 2022;806(Pt 3):150641.


Petersen E, Ntoumi F, Hui DS, Abubakar A, Kramer LD, Obiero C, et al. Emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern Omicron (B.1.1.529) – highlights Africa’s research capabilities, but exposes major knowledge gaps, inequities of vaccine distribution, inadequacies in global COVID-19 response and control efforts. Int J Infect Dis. 2022;114:268-72.