Search Results - "Zar, HJ"

Associations of antenatal maternal psychological distress with infant birth and development outcomes: Results from a South African birth cohort by MacGinty, RP, Kariuki, SM, Barnett, W, Wedderburn, CJ, Hardy, A, Hoffman, N, Newton, CR, Zar, HJ, Donald, KA, Stein, DJ

“…•High levels of antenatal maternal psychological distress in a South African context.•Maternal childhood trauma, PTSD and depression linked with psychological…”
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GeneXpert polymerase chain reaction for spinal tuberculosis by Held, M, Laubscher, M, Zar, HJ, Dunn, R N

“…The lack of an accurate, rapid diagnostic test for mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) is a major handicap in the management of spinal TB. GeneXpert, a new, rapid…”
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Asthma Inception: Epidemiologic Risk Factors and Natural History Across the Life-Course by Melén, Erik, Zar, Heather J, Siroux, Valerie, Shaw, Dominic, Saglani, Sejal, Koppelman, Gerard H, Hartert, Tina, Gern, James E, Gaston, Benjamin, Bush, Andrew, Zein, Joe

“…Asthma is a descriptive label for an obstructive, inflammatory disease in the lower airways manifesting with symptoms including breathlessness, cough,…”
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Investigating the psychosocial determinants of child health in Africa: The Drakenstein Child Health Study by Stein, D.J., Koen, N., Donald, K.A., Adnams, C.M., Koopowitz, S., Lund, C., Marais, A., Myers, B., Roos, A., Sorsdahl, K., Stern, M., Tomlinson, M., van der Westhuizen, C., Vythilingum, B., Myer, L., Barnett, W., Brittain, K., Zar, H.J.

“…•The Drakenstein Child Health Study (DCHS) is a multidisciplinary birth cohort in South Africa.•We review the psychosocial measures used in the DCHS and…”
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Induced sputum versus gastric lavage for microbiological confirmation of pulmonary tuberculosis in infants and young children: a prospective study by Zar, Heather J, Hanslo, David, Apolles, Patricia, Swingler, George, Hussey, Gregory

“…For microbiological confirmation of diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in young children, sequential gastric lavages are recommended; sputum induction has not…”
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WHO universal definition of severe asthma by Bush, Andrew, Zar, Heather J

“…PURPOSE OF REVIEWIn 2009, an expert panel met to propose a WHO definition of asthma severity and control, and criteria for describing exacerbations and their…”
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Antenatal and early life tobacco smoke exposure in an African birth cohort study by Vanker, A., Barnett, W., Brittain, K., Gie, R. P., Koen, N., Myers, B., Stein, D. J., Zar, H. J.

“…BACKGROUND: Exposure to tobacco smoke in African infants has not been well studied, despite the high burden of childhood respiratory disease in these…”
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Maternal and infant factors had a significant impact on birthweight andￂ longitudinal growth in a South African birth cohort by Budree, S, Stein, DJ, Brittain, K, Goddard, E, Koen, N, Barnett, W, Myer, L, Zar, HJ

“…Aim This birth cohort study investigated longitudinal infant growth and associated factors in a multiethnic population living in a low-resource district…”
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Maternal and infant factors had a significant impact on birthweight and longitudinal growth in a South African birth cohort by Budree, S, Stein, DJ, Brittain, K, Goddard, E, Koen, N, Barnett, W, Myer, L, Zar, HJ

“…Aim This birth cohort study investigated longitudinal infant growth and associated factors in a multiethnic population living in a low‐resource district…”
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Temporal association of rotavirus vaccination and genotype circulation in South Africa: Observations from 2002 to 2014 by Page, N.A., Seheri, L.M., Groome, M.J., Moyes, J., Walaza, S., Mphahlele, J., Kahn, K., Kapongo, C.N., Zar, H.J., Tempia, S., Cohen, C., Madhi, S.A.

“…•Rotavirus vaccination was associated with temporal changes in circulating genotypes.•The proportion of genotype G1 strains declined after vaccine…”
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Finger clubbing in children with human immunodeficiency virus infection by ZAR, H. J, HUSSEY, G

“…We investigated the frequency of finger clubbing in 150 HIV-infected children consecutively hospitalized for acute pneumonia in South Africa and described…”
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Illness episodes in a cohort of preterm infants in their first year of life by Muller, SJ, Zar, HJ, Tooke, L

“…Background. There are limited data available regarding the illness episodes and hospital admissions of preterm infants after initial discharge in low- and…”
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Community-acquired pneumonia in HIV-infected children: a global perspective by Gray, DM, Zar, HJ

“…PURPOSE OF REVIEWPneumonia is a leading cause of morbidity and death in HIV-infected children. The aim of this study was to review recent advances in the…”
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Prevalence of symptoms of asthma, rhinitis and eczema in 13- to 14-year-old children in Africa: the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood Phase III by Ait-Khaled, N, Odhiambo, J, Pearce, N, Adjoh, K.S, Maesano, I.A, Benhabyles, B, Bouhayad, Z, Bahati, E, Camara, L, Catteau, C, El Sony, A, Esamai, F.O, Hypolite, I.E, Melaku, K, Musa, O.A, Ng'ang'a, L, Onadeko, B.O, Saad, O, Jerray, M, Kayembe, J.M, Koffi, N.B, Khaldi, F, Kuaban, C, Voyi, K, M'Boussa, J, Sow, O, Tidjani, O, Zar, H.J

“…Phase I of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood has provided valuable information regarding international prevalence patterns and…”
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Sputum induction for microbiological diagnosis of childhood pulmonary tuberculosis in a community setting by MOORE, H. A, APOLLES, P, DE VILLIERS, P. J. T, ZAR, H. J

“…SETTING: Sputum induction has increasingly enabled microbiological confirmation of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in hospitalised children, but it has not been…”
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Lung function in African infants: A pilot study by Gray, D.M., Willemse, L., Alberts, A., Simpson, S., Sly, P.D., Hall, G.L., Zar, H.J.

“…Summary Background The burden of childhood respiratory illness is large in low and middle income countries (LMICs). Infant lung function (ILF) testing may…”
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Body mass index and vigorous physical activity in children and adolescents: an international cross‐sectional study by Murphy, Rinki, Wall, Clare R., Beasley, Richard, Mitchell, Edwin A., Aït‐Khaled, N, Anderson, HR, Asher, MI, Björkstén, B, Brunekreef, B, Ellwood, P, Foliaki, S, Forastiere, F, García‐Marcos, L, Lai, CKW, Mallol, J, Montefort, S, Odhiambo, J, Pearce, N, Robertson, CF, Georges, St, Mutius, E, Weiland, SK, Weinmayr, G, Williams, H, Wong, G, Clayton, TO, Ellwood, E, Baena‐Cagnani, CE, Gómez, M, Weyler, J, Cunha, AJLA, Ferguson, A, Aguilar, P, Amarales, L, Benavides, LAV, Contreras, A, Chen, Y‐Z, Kunii, O, Pan, Q, Zhong, N‐S, Cepeda, AM, Koffi, BN, Bustos, C, Riikjärv, M‐A, Sa'aga‐Banuve, R, Zsigmond, G, Mantri, SN, Sharma, SK, Kartasasmita, CB, Konthen, P, Suprihati, W, Masjedi, M‐R, Odajima, H, Kudzyte, J, Barragán‐Meijueiro, M, Linares‐Zapién, FJ, Ramírez‐Chanona, N, Romero‐Tapia, S, Bouayad, Z, MacKay, R, Pattemore, P, Onadeko, BO, Chiarella, P, Brêborowicz, A, Lis, G, Câmara, R, Santos, JM, Nunes, C, Pinto, JE, Goh, DYT, Zar, HJ, Lee, H‐B, Blanco‐Quirós, A, Busquets, RM, Carvajal‐Urueña, I, García‐Hernández, G, García‐Marcos, L, Díaz, C, Varela, A, Morales‐Suárez‐Varela, MM, Pérez‐Yarza, EG, Al‐Rawas, O, Mohammad, S, Mohammad, Y, Huang, J‐L, Kao, C‐C, Trakultivakorn, M, Vichyanond, P, Windom, HH, Holgado, D, Lapides, MC, Solé, D, Sears, M, Aguirre, V, Waqatakirewa, L, Shah, J, Baratawidjaja, K, Nishima, S, Baeza‐Bacab, M, Lee, B‐W

“…Aim To examine the relationship between reported vigorous physical activity (VPA) and body mass index (BMI) in children (6–7 years) and adolescents (13–14…”
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Reduced glutamate in white matter of male neonates exposed to alcohol in utero: a super(1)H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy study by Howells, F M, Donald, KA, Roos, A, Woods, R P, Zar, HJ, Narr, K L, Stein, D J

“…In utero exposure to alcohol leads to a spectrum of fetal alcohol related disorders (FASD). However, few studies used have used proton magnetic resonance…”
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Diagnostic accuracy of chest radiography in detecting mediastinal lymphadenopathy in suspected pulmonary tuberculosis by Swingler, G H, du Toit, G, Andronikou, S, van der Merwe, L, Zar, H J

“…Objective: To estimate the diagnostic accuracy of chest radiography in the detection of chest lymphadenopathy in children with clinically suspected pulmonary…”
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Diverse Pseudomonas aeruginosa gene products stimulate respiratory epithelial cells to produce interleukin-8 by DiMango, E, Zar, H J, Bryan, R, Prince, A

“…Respiratory epithelial cells play a crucial role in the inflammatory response during Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in the lungs of patients with cystic…”
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