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Prioritising prevention strategies for patients in antiretroviral treatment programmes in resource-limited settings

Spaar A.; Graber C.; Dabis F.; Coutsoudis A.; Bachmann L.; McIntyre J.; Schechter M.; Prozesky H.W.; Tuboi S.; Dickinson D.; Kumarasamy N.; Pujdades-Rodriquez M.; Sprinz E.; Schilthuis H.J.; Cahn P.; Low N.; Egger M. (2010)

Expanded access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) offers opportunities to strengthen HIV prevention in resource-limited settings. We invited 27 ART programmes from urban settings in Africa, Asia and South America to participate ...

Semenology training programs: 8 years' experience

Franken D.R.; Aneck-Hahn N.; Lombaard C.; Kruger T.F. (2010)

Objective: To evaluate the immediate effect of hands-on training on the quality of technical skills of laboratory technicians. Design: Retrospective analytical study. Setting: Academic institutions and private infertility ...

Non-familial visceral myopathy: Clinical and pathologic features of degenerative leiomyopathy

Moore S.W.; Schneider J.W.; Kaschula R.D.C. (2002)

Degenerative leiomyopathy (DL) is a distinctive form of acquired degenerative visceral myopathy of uncertain etiology that occurs largely in Africa and results in intestinal pseudo-obstruction (IP). In this review of 39 ...

Hoarding in obsessive-compulsive disorder: Clinical and genetic correlates

Lochner C.; Kinnear C.J.; Hemmings S.M.J.; Seller C.; Niehaus D.J.H.; Knowles J.A.; Daniels W.; Moolman-Smook J.C.; Seedat S.; Stein D.J. (2005)

Objective: Hoarding may be an important symptom dimension in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Hoarding in OCD has been associated with poor insight, poorer response to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors than other ...

Outcome of children treated for cancer in the republic of Namibia

Wessels G.; Hesseling P.B. (1996)

The data of a survey undertaken to record all cases of childhood cancer in Namibia from 1983 to 1988 were analyzed to estimate 5-year survival rates. The projected survival rate for 150 children with cancer was 37% with ...

External genital human papillomavirus prevalence and associated factors among heterosexual men on 5 continents

Vardas E.; Giuliano A.R.; Goldstone S.; Palefsky J.M.; Moreira Jr. E.D.; Penny M.E.; Aranda C.; Jessen H.; Moi H.; Ferris D.G.; Liaw K.-L.; Marshall J.B.; Vuocolo S.; Barr E.; Haupt R.M.; Garner E.I.O.; Guris D. (2011)

Background. We examined the baseline prevalence of penile, scrotal, and perineal/perianal human papillomavirus (HPV) in heterosexual men (HM). We also evaluated baseline characteristics of HM to assess factors associated ...

The spectrum of anorectal malformations in Africa

Moore S.W.; Alexander A.; Sidler D.; Alves J.; Hadley G.P.; Numanoglu A.; Banieghbal B.; Chitnis M.; Birabwa-Male D.; Mbuwayesango B.; Hesse A.; Lakhoo K. (2008)

Anorectal malformations (ARM) remain a significant birth defect with geographic variation in incidence, individual phenotypes and regional geographic subtypes. Although early studies indicated a low incidence in Black ...

Genome-wide analysis of the structure of the South African Coloured Population in the Western Cape

De Wit E.; Delport W.; Rugamika C.E.; Meintjes A.; Moller M.; Van Helden P.D.; Seoighe C.; Hoal E.G. (2010)

Admixed populations present unique opportunities to discover the genetic factors underlying many multifactorial diseases. The geographical position and complex history of South Africa has led to the establishment of the ...

Are Polymorphic Markers within the α-1-Antitrypsin Gene Associated with Risk of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease?

Hayes V.M.; Gardiner-Garden M. (2003)

We sought to determine whether variants of the human α-1-antitrypsin (AAT) gene, also known as "PI," or "SERPINA1," are associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in 2 African-based populations from ...

Positive and negative symptoms in affected sib pairs with schizophrenia: Implications for genetic studies in an African Xhosa sample

Niehaus D.J.H.; Koen L.; Laurent C.; Muller J.; Deleuze J.-F.; Mallet J.; Seller C.; Jordaan E.; Emsley R. (2005)

Careful phenotyping and the identification of subtypes of schizophrenia can contribute significantly to the success of genetic studies in schizophrenia. The phenomenology of schizophrenia in affected sib pairs has been ...