Africa South of the Sahara - Research News and Information

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

The potentially deleterious functional variant flavin-containing monooxygenase 2*1 is at high frequency throughout sub-Saharan Africa.

29 Sep 2008 BACKGROUND: The drug-metabolizing enzyme flavin-containing monooxygenase 2 (FMO2) is the predominant FMO isoform present in the lung of most mammals, including non-human primates. All Europeans and Asians tested have been shown to be homozygous for ... Read more...

Will there be an epidemic of HIV-related chronic kidney disease in sub-Saharan Africa? Too soon to tell.

29 Sep 2008 Most of what we know about HIV-related kidney disease comes from developed settings. However, the greatest population at risk resides in resource-limited areas where monitoring and treatment for kidney dysfunction are outside the scope of medical ... Read more...

[Hormonal status and overexpression of HER2 in breast cancer, Cancerology department of Treichville UHC. Preliminary results]

29 Sep 2008 AIMS: Main objective: determine the profile of the hormonal receptors and HER2 in order to optimize the patient's treatment by hormonotherapy and to propose targeted therapeutic to the few patients can procure themselves, when the indication is ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Africa South of the Sahara'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The potentially deleterious functional variant flavin-containing monooxygenase 2*1 is at high frequency throughout sub-Saharan Africa. 29 Sep 2008
• Will there be an epidemic of HIV-related chronic kidney disease in sub-Saharan Africa? Too soon to tell. 29 Sep 2008
• [Hormonal status and overexpression of HER2 in breast cancer, Cancerology department of Treichville UHC. Preliminary results] 29 Sep 2008
• Effectiveness of artemisinin-based combination therapy used in the context of home management of malaria: a report from three study sites in sub-Saharan Africa. 25 Sep 2008
• Improving palliative care in Africa. 21 Sep 2008
• Male circumcision for HIV prevention in sub-Saharan Africa: who, what and when? 10 Sep 2008
• Reconsidering the impact of conflict on HIV infection among women in the era of antiretroviral treatment scale-up in sub-Saharan Africa: a gender lens. 10 Sep 2008
• Cost-effectiveness of rapid point-of-care prenatal syphilis screening in sub-Saharan Africa. 30 Aug 2008
• A third genotype of the human parvovirus PARV4 in sub-Saharan Africa. 30 Aug 2008
• Education and preparation of physicians entering an international pediatric AIDS program: the Pediatric AIDS Corps. 30 Aug 2008
• Circumcision strategy against HIV continues to prove divisive. 30 Aug 2008
• The health care workforce for epilepsy in resource-poor settings: what will work? What is realistic? 30 Aug 2008
• Commentary on the management of epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa. 30 Aug 2008
• The level of Internet access and ICT training for health information professionals in sub-Saharan Africa. 30 Aug 2008
• HIV immune reconstitution syndrome in sub-Saharan Africa. 18 Aug 2008
• [Heart diseases in Africa] 12 Aug 2008
• Universal access to HIV/AIDS treatment: promise and problems. 4 Aug 2008
• Ocular complications of HIV infection in sub-Sahara Africa. 30 Jul 2008
• Managing tuberculosis and HIV in sub-Sahara Africa. 30 Jul 2008
• Comparison of HIV prevalence estimates from antenatal care surveillance and population-based surveys in sub-Saharan Africa. 30 Jul 2008

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Technical information about 'Africa South of the Sahara'

Definition: All of Africa except Northern Africa (AFRICA, NORTHERN).

Descriptor UI: D017954

Alternative terms: Africa South of the Sahara; Subsaharan Africa; Africa, Sub-Saharan; Sub-Saharan Africa;

Allowable Qualifiers: ethnology; epidemiology;

Tree Number: Z01.058.290;

History Note: 1994

Technical Notes: all of Africa except Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia