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Rickettsia africae, Western Africa

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2010
To the Editor: Rickettsia africae, the causative agent of African tick-bite fever, is transmitted by Amblyomma hebraeum and A. variegatum ticks (1,2). These ticks are common in western, central, and southern Africa. Adults rarely feed on humans, although nymphs attach more frequently and larvae are sometimes serious pests (abundant and aggressive) (3).
/Mediannikov, Oleg, /Trape, Jean-François, Diatta, G., Parola, P., Fournier, P. E., Raoult, Didier   +5 more
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Whole-of-community interventions that address alcohol-related harms: protocol for a scoping review

BMJ Open, 2022
Introduction Alcohol-related harm is a rising global concern particularly in low-income and middle-income countries where alcohol use fuels the high rates of violence, road traffic accidents and is a risk factor for communicable diseases such as HIV/AIDS
Asha S George, Tanya Doherty, Mark Tomlinson, Nandi Siegfried, Ida Okeyo, Ulla Walmisley, Michelle De Jong, Carmen Späth, Nadine Harker   +8 more
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Scoping review protocol exploring the relationship between food insecurity, mental health and diet intake among adolescents across the globe

BMJ Open, 2023
Introduction Studies, exploring the effect of food insecurity on physical and mental health, have shown that food insecurity is associated with lower self-reports of physical and mental health.
Akhona Nkwanyana, Maria Florence, Elizabeth Catherina Swart   +2 more
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Insights and Current Debates on Community Engagement in Higher Education Institutions: Perspectives on the University of the Western Cape

SAGE Open, 2021
This study investigated the insights and current debates on community engagement in higher education institutions with specific reference to the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in South Africa.
Fred Bidandi, Anthony Nforh Ambe, Claudia Haking Mukong   +2 more
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SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AND DISRUPTIVE THEORY: A BIBLIOMETRIC REVIEW [PDF]

Management of Sustainable Development
Sustainable Supply Chain Management stands at the forefront of contemporary business strategies. Concurrently, the emergence of Disruptive Theory has reshaped conventional notions of supply chain dynamics, introducing innovative technologies and ...
BOWERS Dominique, MATLALA Ntswaki, BERHADIEN Moegamat, UMETOR Henry, GONGXEKA Thabo   +4 more
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Reeling them in: taxonomy of marine annelids used as bait by anglers in the Western Cape Province, South Africa [PDF]

PeerJ, 2021
Background Common names are frequently used inconsistently for marine annelid species used as bait in the peer-reviewed literature, field guides and legislative material.
Carol Simon, Jyothi Kara, Alheit du Toit, Hendré van Rensburg, Caveshlin Naidoo, Conrad A. Matthee   +5 more
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South African Higher Education Institutions at the Beginning of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Sense-Making and Lessons Learnt

Frontiers in Education, 2022
After the unprecedented changes experienced in higher education due to the Covid-19 pandemic, there is a need to integrate initial thoughts and reflective experience to decide on the way forward.
Marieta du Plessis, Carel D. Jansen van Vuuren, Abigail Simons, José Frantz, Nicolette Roman, Michelle Andipatin   +5 more
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Synthesis and Reactivities of Conducting Hexathienylbenzene-Co-Poly(3-Hexylthiophene) Star-Branched Copolymer as Donor Material for Organic Photovoltaic Cell

Frontiers in Materials, 2022
The hexathienylbenzene-co-poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5diyl) (HTB-co-P3HT) conducting polymer was synthesized by oxidative co-polymerization of hexathienylbenzene (HTB) and 3-hexylthiophene using iron chloride (FeCl3) as an oxidant.
Morongwa E. Ramoroka, Siyabonga B. Mdluli, Vivian S. John-Denk, Kaylin C. Januarie, Kwena D. Modibane, Kelechi C. Nwambaekwe, Sodiq T. Yussuf, Kefilwe V. Mokwebo, Avril R. Williams, Emmanuel I. Iwuoha   +9 more
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Reassessing the Significance of Firearms in Central Africa: The Case of North-Western Zambia to the 1920s [PDF]

, 2010
Based on a close examination of European travelogues and the evidence produced in the wake of the formulation of colonial gun policies, this article contends that the significance of firearms in Central Africa in the nineteenth and early twentieth ...
GIACOMO MACOLA, Macola, Giacomo, MACOLA G   +2 more
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Evidence of past and current collaborations between traditional health practitioners and biomedical health practitioners: a scoping review protocol

BMJ Open, 2021
Introduction Healthcare seekers around the globe use more than one healthcare system, with most using the traditional and the Western approaches concurrently.
Ngcwalisa Amanda Jama, Anam Nyembezi, Uta Lehmann   +2 more
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