South Africa
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

African tick bite Fever in a Taiwanese traveler returning from South Africa: molecular and serologic studies.

30 Oct 2009 We report the first imported case of African tick bite fever (ATBF) in a patient from Taiwan who returned from a 10-day trip to South Africa. Diagnosis was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from eschar biopsies. Portions of rickettsial ... Read more...

Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a South African community with high HIV prevalence.

13 Oct 2009 To explore the relationship between human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypes, we performed IS6110-based restriction fragment-length polymorphism analysis on M. tuberculosis culture specimens from patients with ... Read more...

Modern human cranial diversity in the Late Pleistocene of Africa and Eurasia: evidence from Nazlet Khater, Pestera cu Oase, and Hofmeyr.

29 Sep 2009 The origin and evolutionary history of modern humans is of considerable interest to paleoanthropologists and geneticists alike. Paleontological evidence suggests that recent humans originated and expanded from an African lineage that may have ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'South Africa'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• African tick bite Fever in a Taiwanese traveler returning from South Africa: molecular and serologic studies. 30 Oct 2009
• Mobilising the community in the fight against HIV/AIDS. 29 Oct 2009
• The state of health in South Africa: quo vadis? 29 Oct 2009
• Salim "Slim" Abdool Karim: attacking AIDS in South Africa. Interview by Amy Maxmen. 24 Oct 2009
• The myth of the virgin rape myth. 22 Oct 2009
• Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a South African community with high HIV prevalence. 13 Oct 2009
• Modern human cranial diversity in the Late Pleistocene of Africa and Eurasia: evidence from Nazlet Khater, Pestera cu Oase, and Hofmeyr. 29 Sep 2009
• The history and composition of the Raymond A. Dart Collection of Human Skeletons at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. 29 Sep 2009
• Size variation in early human mandibles and molars from Klasies River, South Africa: comparison with other middle and late Pleistocene assemblages and with modern humans. 29 Sep 2009
• Greenhouse gas emissions from global cities. 29 Sep 2009
• Browsing and fire interact to suppress tree density in an African savanna. 29 Sep 2009
• A fence line in time demonstrates grazing-induced vegetation shifts and dynamics in the semiarid Succulent Karoo. 29 Sep 2009
• Hunting a croc killer. 29 Sep 2009
• Improvement in healing and reduction in HIV shedding with episodic acyclovir therapy as part of syndromic management among men: a randomized, controlled trial. 29 Sep 2009
• A developing country response to Lavery et al. "In global health research, is it legitimate to stop clinical trials early on account of their opportunity costs?". 28 Sep 2009
• Impact of select immunologic and virologic biomarkers on CD4 cell count decrease in patients with chronic HIV-1 subtype C infection: results from Sinikithemba Cohort, Durban, South Africa. 13 Sep 2009
• Quarraisha Abdool Karim: investigating HIV/AIDS in South Africa. Interview by Priva Shetty. 10 Sep 2009
• [Mr and/or Mrs Caster Semenya (2)] 7 Sep 2009
• The global and the local: changes at Groote Schuur Hospital. 3 Sep 2009
• Rural hospital beats the odds in South Africa. 3 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'South Africa'

Definition: A republic in southern Africa, the southernmost part of Africa. It has three capitals: Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), and Bloemfontein (judicial). Officially the Republic of South Africa since 1960, it was called the Union of South Africa 1910-1960.

Descriptor UI: D013019

Alternative terms: South Africa; Union of South Africa; Republic of South Africa;

Allowable Qualifiers: ethnology; epidemiology;

Tree Number: Z01.058.290.175.735;

Technical Notes: do not confuse with geographic designation AFRICA, SOUTHERN