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Role of local or systemic Schistosoma infections in driving inflammation and HIV risk in women enrolled in the CAPRISA 004 cohort.
(2016)Female genitourinary schistosomiasis (FGS) has been associated with increased HIV susceptibility, presumably through lesions secondary to parasitic eggs in situ in the female genital tract. We determined the prevalence of ... -
The role of mycobacterium tuberculosis pili in pathogenesis : growth and survival kinetics, gene regulation and host immune response, and in vitro growth kinetics.
(2016)Abstract available in PDF file. -
Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B virus infection in a household-based representative sample of African men and women in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2018)Background: In South Africa, hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality, however, little is known about the prevalence and distribution of HBV in some regions and populations. Methods: ... -
Spatial analysis of HIV infections in high burden sub-districts in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2017)Background: Substantial spatial variations in HIV prevalence and incidence at a global, national and district levels have been shown to occur. However, only a few studies have assessed variability of these infections at a ... -
Systemic lymphocyte trafficking markers in TB and TB/HIV co-infections.
(2019)Background. Several studies demonstrate that immune inflammation and trafficking of immune cells to affected tissues plays a major role in the pathogenesis of tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) ... -
Technologies for a user-friendly microfluidic system for portable applications.
(2015)In the same way that the HIV virus subdues the human immune system, the HIV/AIDS epidemic has severely overloaded the health service infrastructure in resource limited countries and threatens to systematically suppress ... -
Transepithelial migration of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains and their affinity for glial cells in vitro.
(2019)Background: Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by the bacillus M. tuberculosis. It is a disease that mainly infects the lungs, however, almost any other organ of the body can be infected. Central nervous system ...