Background: Keratoconus (KC) is a non-inflammatory, self-limiting corneal ectasia that causes reduced visual acuity and if left undiagnosed and/or untreated may lead to impairment. Optometrists remain the first point of contact for affected patients, making appropriate timeous care essential. Aim: To investigate keratoconus management in public sector KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Setting: Publi...

Department of Medical Microbiology and Virology, National Health Laboratory Service (D Goedhals MMed [Virol], I Rossouw MMed [Virol], M Mamabolo BSc), and Department of Pediatrics and Child Health (U Hallbauer FC Paed SA), University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa and; Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Mtubatuba, South Africa and; Resea...

Bolstering the framework is free HIV/ AIDS and TB training for campus staff by SAMA’s Foundation for Professional Development (FPD), and access to the HIV911 service run by the Centre for HIV/AIDS Networking (HIVAN), a University of KwaZulu-Natal NGO. The HIV911 service enables appropriate referrals for students and staff by providing a database of information on 6 500 organisations that provid...

S. R. Hassan,1 Sandeep Goyal,1,2 R. Shankar,1 and David Sénéchal3 1The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, C.I.T. Campus, Chennai 600 113, India 2School of Chemistry and physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X54001, Durban 4000, South Africa 3Départment de Physique and RQMP, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada J1K 2R1 (Received 23 January 2012; revised manuscript re...

Ndapewa Laudika Ithete, Samantha Stoffberg, Victor Max Corman, Veronika M. Cottontail, Leigh Rosanne Richards, M. Corrie Schoeman, Christian Drosten, Jan Felix Drexler,1 and Wolfgang Preiser1 Author affiliations: University of Stellenbosch/National Health Laboratory Service, Tygerberg, South Africa (N.L. Ithete, S. Stoffberg, W. Preiser); University of Bonn Medical Centre, Bonn, Germany (V.M. C...

C R Mohanty1,2, A K Swar2, B C Meikap1,3 and J N Sahu1,4* 1Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur 721 302, PO Kharagpur Technology, India 2State Pollution Control Board, Bhubaneswar 751 012, India 3School of Chemical Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Howard College Campus, Durban, 4041, South Africa 4Department of Chemical Engineering, Facult...

1 Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Natural Resources and the Environment, Ecosystems, Forestry and Forest Products Research Centre, PO Box 17001, Congella 4013, South Africa 2 Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Natural Resources and the Environment, Ecosystems, Earth Observation, PO Box 395, Pretoria 0001, South Africa 3 School of Environmental Sciences, University o...

a Finnish Centre of Excellence in Metapopulation Biology, Department of Biosciences, P.O. Box 65 (Viikinkaari 1), FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland b Finnish Museum of Natural History, FI-00014University of Helsinki, Finland c Section of Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Turku d School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 4041, South Africa e Instituto de In...

Thomas Konrad, ∗ Fernando de Melo, † Markus Tiersch, ‡ Christian Kasztelan, § Adriano Aragão, 2, ¶ and Andreas Buchleitner ∗∗ Quantum Research Group, School of Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X54001, Durban 4000, South Africa Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Nöthnitzer Str.38, D-01187 Dresden, Germany Institut für Theoretische Physik C, RWTH Aachen, D-52056 Aa...

We assessed the incidence and predictors of unprotected sex among 152 HIV-positive patients in clinical care in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Nearly 50% were sexually active; 30% of those reported unprotected sex. Alcohol use during sex, reporting forced sex, sex with a perceived HIV-positive partner, and sex with a casual partner predicted more unprotected sex, whereas HIV status disclosure was...