Background Among infants, postnatal HIV transmission occurs via the oral route when ingesting breastmilk containing HI-virions (Kuhn et al., 2007). HIV acquisition via this route is however very low, possibly due to the presence of innate proteins in the oral secretions. Such innate proteins with anti-HIV activity include secretory leukocyte protease inhibitors (SLPI) and Elafin/trappin-2 (E/tr-2). At physiological concentrations SLPI and E/tr-2 have been shown to inhibit in vitro HIV replication in human monocytes and epithelial cells, respectively. Study Aims 1) To determine the impact of HIV infection/ exposure on the concentration of SLPI and E/tr-2 in maternal breast milk and infant saliva; 2) To investigate the impact of of feeding mo...
Magister Public Health - MPHIntroduction: Despite overwhelming evidence about benefits of early init...
Masters Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.Background: In pre-eclampsia, immune maladaptati...
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Background Among infants, postnatal HIV transmission occurs via the oral route when ingesting breast...
Identification of HIV-1 Envelope (Env) fitness determinants could provide functionally constrained, ...
Background: It is known that medical male circumcision (MMC) decreases HIV acquisition by up to 60%....
Masters Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.Background: Heterosexual transmission remains t...
Masters Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.Background Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy...
Masters Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.Extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) and/or plas...
Masters Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.Introduction Urinary tract infections (UTIs) ar...
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) remained one of the major infectious diseases worldwide. Smokers are ...
Masters Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.Rationale for the study The growth of pharmaceu...
Masters Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.The increase in antibiotic resistance in food an...
Thesis (MSc)--Stellenbosch University, 2021.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Despite numerous investigations into t...
Vibrio infections remain a serious threat to public health. In the last decade, Vibrio disease outbr...
Magister Public Health - MPHIntroduction: Despite overwhelming evidence about benefits of early init...
Masters Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.Background: In pre-eclampsia, immune maladaptati...
Masters Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.The Fusarium species are major fungal contaminan...
Background Among infants, postnatal HIV transmission occurs via the oral route when ingesting breast...
Identification of HIV-1 Envelope (Env) fitness determinants could provide functionally constrained, ...
Background: It is known that medical male circumcision (MMC) decreases HIV acquisition by up to 60%....
Masters Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.Background: Heterosexual transmission remains t...
Masters Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.Background Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy...
Masters Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.Extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) and/or plas...
Masters Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.Introduction Urinary tract infections (UTIs) ar...
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) remained one of the major infectious diseases worldwide. Smokers are ...
Masters Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.Rationale for the study The growth of pharmaceu...
Masters Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.The increase in antibiotic resistance in food an...
Thesis (MSc)--Stellenbosch University, 2021.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Despite numerous investigations into t...
Vibrio infections remain a serious threat to public health. In the last decade, Vibrio disease outbr...
Magister Public Health - MPHIntroduction: Despite overwhelming evidence about benefits of early init...
Masters Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.Background: In pre-eclampsia, immune maladaptati...
Masters Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.The Fusarium species are major fungal contaminan...