†Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Natural Resources and the Environment, Ecosystems, Earth Observation, P.O. Box 320, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa ‡RIT: Center for Imaging Science, Laboratory for Imaging Algorithms and Systems, 54 Lomb Memorial Drive, Building 17–3173, Rochester, NY 14623, USA §University of KwaZulu-Natal, School of Environmental Sciences, King George V Avenue...

We describe a death associated with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and HIV infection outside Africa that can be linked to Tugela Ferry (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa), the town most closely associated with the regional epidemic of drug-resistant tuberculosis. This case underscores the international relevance of this regional epidemic, particularly among health care workers.

OBJECTIVES Syndromic sexually transmitted infection (STI) treatment remains a cost-saving HIV prevention intervention in many countries in Africa. We estimate the effectiveness of syndromic treatment for curable STIs in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and the trend in STI prevalences before and after the introduction of syndromic treatment in 1995. METHODS Data were available from various ...

BACKGROUND Asymptomatic malaria infection in refugees is both a threat to the lives of the individuals and the public in the host country. Although South Africa has been experiencing an unprecedented influx of refugees since 1994, data on malaria infection among refugees is lacking. Such information is critical since South Africa is among the countries that have planned to eliminate malaria. Th...

1 Interdisciplinary Center for Energy Planning, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil, 2 School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, KZN, South Africa, 3 Dartmouth College, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth, NH, USA, 4 New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), Johannesburg, GT, South Africa, 5 Faculty of Agricultu...

Copula based multisite model for daily precipitation simulation A. Bárdossy and G. Pegram Institute of Hydraulic Engineering, University of Stuttgart, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany Civil Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa Received: 25 May 2009 – Accepted: 26 May 2009 – Published: 19 June 2009 Correspondence to: A. Bárdossy ([email protected]) Published by Cope...

a South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Private Bag 1015, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa b CAIR: Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research, School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X54001, Durban 4000, South Africa c CAIR: Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research, CSIR Meraka Institute, P.O. Box 395, Pretoria 0001, South A...

M. van der Laan1, J.G. Annandale1*, C.C. du Preez2 and S.A. Lorentz3 1 Department of Plant Production and Soil Science, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa 2Department of Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa 3School of Bioresources Engineering and Environmental Hydrology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg 3209...

1 Departments of Emergency and Surgery, Emergency Surgery and Trauma Surgery Unit, Trauma Center, Maggiore Hospital–Bologna Local Health District, Bologna, Italy, 2 Department of Radiology, Maggiore Hospital–Bologna Local Health District, Bologna, Italy, 3 Department of Emergency and Transplant Surgery, S. Orsola Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy, 4 Addington Hospital, Durban, KwaZul...

The helminths of 4 suni, Neotragus moschatus, from the Tembe National Elephant Park, KwaZulu, Natal, were collected, counted and identified. Cooperia hungi, a race of Cooperia rotundispiculum, Haemonchus vegliai, Setaria cornuta, a Skrjabinema sp., Strongyloides papillosus, Trichostrongylus anomalus and Trichostrongylus deflexus are new parasite records for suni in Africa. Megacooperia woodford...