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Hepatitis E virus in patients with acute hepatitis in Cape Town, South Africa, 2011 by Korsman, S., Kaba, M., Hardie, D.

“…Background. Early hepatitis E virus (HEV) seroprevalence studies in South Africa (SA) showed seroprevalence rates of 2 - 10%, and suggested waterborne…”
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Hepatitis E in pig-derived food products in Cape Town, South Africa, 2014 by Brombacher, M., Halley-Stott, R.P., Giuricich, A., Bloemberg, J., Kaba, M., Korsman, S.

“…Background. Hepatitis E virus (HEV) genotypes 3 and 4 are zoonoses, with domestic pigs being the most important reservoir. A high anti- HEV IgG seroprevalence…”
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Direct-acting antiviral therapy for hepatitis C : the initial experience of the University of Cape Town/ Groote Schuur Hospital Liver Clinic, South Africa by Gogela, N., Smuts, H., Hardie, D., Korsman, S., Spearman, W., Sonderup, M.W., Nordien, R.

“…Background. An estimated 600 000 South Africans are chronically infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). To date, accurate prevalence data are lacking, but…”
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Blood and virus detection on barber clippers by Davids, L.M., Mbhele, S., Korsman, S., Nicol, M., Africa, M., Zemanay, W., Spengane, Z., Khumalo, N.P., Ngwanya, D., Mkentane, K., Gumedze, F.

“…Background. Bleeding from the popular clean-shave ‘chiskop’ haircut was recently reported as prevalent in South Africa (SA), a country with 6.9 million…”
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Fulminant hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in an infant following mother-to-child transmission of an e-minus HBV mutant : time to relook at HBV prophylaxis in South African infants by Korsman, S., Smuts, H., Hardie, D.R., Eley, B., Babatunde, O., de Lacy, R.

“…The prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in pregnant women is high in South Africa (SA), yet prophylaxis to prevent motherto- child transmission…”
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Blood and virus detection on barber clippers by Spengane, Z, Korsman, S, Mkentane, K, Davids, L M, Zemanay, W, Africa, M, Mbhele, S, Nicol, M, Gumedze, F, Ngwanya, D, Khumalo, N P

“…Bleeding from the popular clean-shave 'chiskop' haircut was recently reported as prevalent in South Africa (SA), a country with 6.9 million HIV-infected…”
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Pitfalls with rapid HIV antibody testing in HIV-infected children in the Western Cape, South Africa by Claassen, M., van Zyl, G.U., Korsman, S.N.J., Smit, L., Cotton, M.F., Preiser, W.

“…Rapid HIV antibody tests are commonly used for HIV diagnosis in the developing world. These tests are generally reported as sensitive, despite paucity of…”
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False-negative HIV-1 polymerase chain reaction in a 15-month-old boy with HIV-1 subtype C infection by Oladokun, R., Korsman, S., Ndabambi, N., Hsiao, N., Williamson, C., Abrahams, M.R., Eley, B., Hans, L.

“…Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing is the gold standard for determining the HIV status in children < 18 months of age. However, when clinical…”
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NucliSens EasyQ ® HIV-1 V1.2 system: Detection of human plasma-derived background signal by van Zyl, G.U., Korsman, S.N.J., Maree, L., Preiser, W.

“…Until recently the NucliSens EasyQ ® HIV-1 V1.2 system has been used throughout South Africa as part of the national antiretroviral roll-out programme for the…”
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Invisible bleeding from clean-shave haircuts: detection with blood specific RNA markers by Khumalo, N P, Mkentane, K, Muthukarapan, C, Hardie, D, Korsman, S, Hu, N, Mthebe, T, Davids, L M, Rousseau, J

“…'Haircut-associated bleeding' is a newly recognized entity that affects at least a quarter of African men who wear shiny clean-shave ('chiskop') haircuts. This…”
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Fulminant hepatitis B virus by Eley, B, Hardie, D.R, Babatunde, O, Korsman, S, Smuts, H, de Lacy, R

“…The prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in pregnant women is high in South Africa (SA), yet prophylaxis to prevent motherto-child transmission…”
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Fulminant hepatitis B virus HBV infection in an infant following mothertochild transmission of an eminus HBV mutant: Time to relook at HBV prophylaxis in South African infants by D Hardie, O Babatunde, H Smuts, B Eley, S Korsman, R de Lacy

“…The prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in pregnant women is high in South Africa (SA), yet prophylaxis to prevent mother-to-child transmission…”
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False-negative HIV-1 polymerase chain reaction in a 15-month-old boy with HIV-1 subtype C infection : case report by Oladokun, R., Korsman, S., Abrahams, M.R., Hans, L., Hsiao, N., Ndabambi, N., Williamson, C., Eley, B., Korsman, S., Williamson, C., Abrahams, M.R., Ndabambi, N., Hsiao, N.

“…Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing is the gold standard for determining the HIV status in children < 18 months of age. However, when clinical…”
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Guidelines for the management of acute meningitis in children and adults in South Africa by Boyles, T.H., Bamford, C., Bateman, K., Blumberg, L., Dramowski, A., Karstaedt, A., Korsman, S., le Roux, D.M., Maartens, G., Madhi, S., Naidoo, R., Nuttall, J., Reubenson, G., Taljaard, J., Thomas, J., van Zyl, G., von Gottberg, A., Whitelaw, A., Mendelson, M.

“…This guideline provides a rational and cost-effective approach to patients with acute meningitis, which causes considerable morbidity and mortality,…”
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