OSTRICH FARMING IN SOUTH AFRICA1

Microfinance and Poverty Alleviation in South Africa1

Sexual Power and HIV Risk, South Africa1

Gender power inequities are believed to play a key role in the HIV epidemic through their effects on women's power in sexual relationships. We hypothesized that lack of sexual power, measured with a four-point relationship control scale and by a woman's experience of forced sex with her most recent partner, would decrease the likelihood of consistent condom use and increase the risk for HIV inf...

Farming in South Africa

Minimal Diversity of Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains, South Africa1

Multidrug- (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB) are commonly associated with Beijing strains. However, in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, which has among the highest incidence and mortality for MDR and XDR TB, data suggest that non-Beijing strains are driving the epidemic. We conducted a retrospective study to characterize the strain prevalence among drug-susceptible, MDR, an...

Yawning and Other Maintenance Activities in the South African Ostrich

BEHAVIOR functions according to the principles of homeostasis and may therefore be called regulatory. The term "maintenance beh'avior" is used here to describe activities that help regulate the physiological state of the organism. When given in the presence of another organism, certain maintenance activities may have secondary, communicative effects through "sympathetic induction" causing socia...