This study examines the th e a tr ic a l career o f th e I ta l i a n playw rightcum -actot, Dario to , who from r m id -P ifties tecame a co n tro v e rsial fig u re in I ta l y tecause he proposed a m ilita n t th e a ...

Anopheles funestus Giles is a major vector of malaria in Africa and pyrethroid resistance observed in this species has disrupted malaria control in southern Africa. Metabolic detoxification, based on the overproduction of ...

Human herpes virus type 8 (HHV-8) is strongly implicated as the etiological agent of Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS). The incidence of KS in South Africa is increasing in parallel with the HIV-1 epidemic. Molecular and serological ...

A study was conducted to investigate the genetic diversity of HIV-1 in South Africa. Blood was collected from 172 HIV-1 seropositive individuals, representing different risk groups,and subtyped by heteroduplex mobility ...

Since the early 1980's, global trends in dental caries have indicated that 80% of the caries is present in approximately 20% of the population which suggests a variation in susceptibility to the disease. In Sub-Saharan ...

Haemophilia A (HA) is a an X-linked bleeding disorder that manifests due to a mutation in the F8 gene encoding the coagulation factor VIII (FVIII) protein. Therapeutic management of HA involves intravenous FVIII infusions ...

HIV-associated sensory neuropathy (HIV-SN) is a common complication associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infection. A common symptom of HIV-SN is pain. Variation at specific loci within certain candidate genes ...

Introduction The association of the HLA shared epitope with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in black South Africans is well established. The aims of the thesis were to identify non-HLA risk loci associated with RA using the ...

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) encompasses a range of conditions induced by prenatal alcohol exposure. Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is the most severe of these conditions. FAS is characterised by discriminating ...