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Challenges and clinical relevance of molecular detection of Bordetella pertussis in South Africa
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019 Background We assessed the utility of a multi-target, real-time PCR assay for Bordetella pertussis detection and diagnosis in patients with severe respiratory illness (SRI), influenza-like illness (ILI), and asymptomatic controls.
Fahima Moosa +10 more
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Artificial Intelligence in Differential Diagnostics of Meningitis: A Nationwide Study
Diagnostics, 2021 Differential diagnosis between bacterial and viral meningitis is crucial. In our study, to differentiate bacterial vs. viral meningitis, three machine learning (ML) algorithms (multiple logistic regression (MLR), random forest (RF), and naïve-Bayes (NB))
Alexios-Fotios A. Mentis +6 more
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Scientific Reports, 2018 Although rare in the U.S., outbreaks due to Neisseria meningitidis do occur. Rapid, early outbreak detection is important for timely public health response. In this study, we characterized U.S.
Melissa J. Whaley +10 more
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The economic burden of RSV-associated illness in children aged < 5 years, South Africa 2011–2016
BMC Medicine, 2023 Background Data on the economic burden of RSV-associated illness will inform decisions on the programmatic implementation of maternal vaccines and monoclonal antibodies.
Jocelyn Moyes +11 more
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mSphere, 2022 Predictions of vaccine efficacy against Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B (NmB) disease are hindered by antigenic variability, limiting the representativeness of individual NmB isolates.
Alessandro Muzzi +8 more
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BMC Public Health, 2021 Background Describing contact patterns is crucial to understanding infectious disease transmission dynamics and guiding targeted transmission mitigation interventions. Data on contact patterns in Africa, especially South Africa, are limited.
Jackie Kleynhans +13 more
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Meningitis, Meninges, Meninx [PDF]
European Neurology, 2008 But meningitis has its verbal roots in the older anatomical term meninx , plural meninges . The OED tells us that meninx came from the post-classical Latin (attested about 1553 but probably earlier) whose plural form meninges is of 6th century origin.
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Subjective Fatigue in Children With Unaided and Aided Unilateral Hearing Loss
The Laryngoscope, Volume 133, Issue 1, Page 189-198, January 2023., 2023 Objectives Fatigue is frequently observed in children with chronic diseases and can affect the quality of life (QoL). However, research in children with unilateral hearing loss (UHL) is scarce. Subsequently, no studies investigated the effects of hearing aids on fatigue in children.
Kim H. E. Bakkum +4 more
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Starting ART following cryptococcal meningitis:The optimal time has yet to be defined
Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, 2013 Ever since the public sector rollout of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in 2004, the question of the optimal time to start ART following diagnosis of an opportunistic infection has aroused controversy among South African HIV clinicians and researchers.
T A Bicanic +3 more
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