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Female breast cancer classification using immunohistochemistry biomarkers staining in Botswana

Authors: Andrew Khulekani Ndlovu, Ishmael Kasvosve, Patricia S. Rantshabeng, Kirthana Sharma, Dhiren Govender and Richard Naidoo

Citation: BMC Cancer 2025 25:893

Content type: Research Published on: 19 May 2025
Efficacy of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) in people living with HIV (PLHIV) diagnosed with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Africa: a WWARN systematic review

Authors: Abena Takyi, Aboubakar Soma, Marianna Przybylska, Eli Harriss, Karen I. Barnes, Prabin Dahal, Philippe J. Guérin, Kasia Stepniewska and Verena I. Carrara

Citation: Malaria Journal 2025 24:153

Content type: Research Published on: 16 May 2025
Exome sequencing revealed a novel homozygous variant in TRMT61 A in a multiplex family with atypical Cornelia de Lange Syndrome from Rwanda

Authors: Esther Uwibambe, Abdoulaye Yalcouyé, Elvis Twumasi Aboagye, Lettilia Xhakaza, Kalinka Popel, Norbert Dukuze, Thashi Bharadwaj, Carmen de Kock, Isabelle Schrauwen, Suzanne M. Leal, Leon Mutesa and Ambroise Wonkam

Citation: BMC Medical Genomics 2025 18:85

Content type: Case Report Published on: 13 May 2025
Maternal asthma and newborn DNA methylation

Authors: Casper-Emil Tingskov Pedersen, Thanh T. Hoang, Jianping Jin, Anna Starnawska, Raquel Granell, Hannah R. Elliott, Anke Huels, Heather J. Zar, Dan J. Stein, Yining Zhang, Herman T. den Dekker, Liesbeth Duijts, Janine F. Felix, Júlia Sangüesa, Mariona Bustamante, Maribel Casas…

Citation: Clinical Epigenetics 2025 17:79

Content type: Research Published on: 10 May 2025
Heat Adaptation Benefits for Vulnerable groups In Africa (HABVIA): a study protocol for a controlled clinical heat adaptation trial

Authors: Michaela Deglon, Chad Africa, Larske Marit Soepnel, Thandi Kapwata, Ama de-Graft Aikins, Kweku Bedu-Addo, Guy Howard, Estelle Victoria Lambert, Dale Elizabeth Rae, Martha Sibanda, Christopher Gordon, Mark New and Lara Ruth Dugas

Citation: BMC Public Health 2025 25:1725

Content type: Study Protocol Published on: 9 May 2025
Evaluation of Ficolin-3 deficiency as a risk factor in the development of rheumatic heart disease

Authors: Zahra Parker, M Taariq Salie, Kélin Engel, Liesl J Zühlke, Mark E Engel and Timothy F Spracklen

Citation: BMC Research Notes 2025 18:205

Content type: Research Note Published on: 8 May 2025
Socio-economic inequalities in malaria prevalence among under-five children in Ghana between 2016 and 2019: a decomposition analysis

Authors: Marian Yaa Abrafi Edusei, Olufunke Alaba, Denis Okova and Amarech Obse

Citation: Malaria Journal 2025 24:147

Content type: Review Published on: 8 May 2025
CVOT summit report 2024: new cardiovascular, kidney, and metabolic outcomes

Authors: Oliver Schnell, Jaime Almandoz, Lisa Anderson, Katharine Barnard-Kelly, Tadej Battelino, Matthias Blüher, Luca Busetto, Doina Catrinou, Antonio Ceriello, Xavier Cos, Thomas Danne, Colin M. Dayan, Stefano Del Prato, Beatriz Fernández-Fernández, Paola Fioretto, Thomas Forst…

Citation: Cardiovascular Diabetology 2025 24:187

Content type: Comment Published on: 2 May 2025
Creating different global health futures: mapping the health research ecosystem and taking decolonial action

Authors: Nadia Tagoe, Seye Abimbola, Davide Bilardi, Dorcas Kamuya, Lucy Gilson, Kui Muraya, Sassy Molyneux and Caesar Atuire

Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:565

Content type: Comment Published on: 17 April 2025
Epigenetic timing effects on child developmental outcomes: a longitudinal meta-regression of findings from the Pregnancy And Childhood Epigenetics Consortium

Authors: Alexander Neumann, Sara Sammallahti, Marta Cosin-Tomas, Sarah E. Reese, Matthew Suderman, Silvia Alemany, Catarina Almqvist, Sandra Andrusaityte, Syed H. Arshad, Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg, Lawrence Beilin, Carrie Breton, Mariona Bustamante, Darina Czamara, Dana Dabelea, Celeste Eng…

Citation: Genome Medicine 2025 17:39

Content type: Research Published on: 14 April 2025
Intimate partner violence among lesbian, bisexual, and queer women students on campuses in South Africa: a qualitative study exploring context, drivers, and impacts

Authors: Pinky Mahlangu, Carrie Brooke-Sumner, Yandisa Sikweyiya, Kristin Dunkle, Ntlotleng Mabena, Rachel Jewkes, Sinegugu Duma, Nelisiwe Khuzwayo, Elizabeth Dartnall, Managa Pillay and Mercilene Tanyaradzwa Machisa

Citation: BMC Global and Public Health 2025 3:33

Content type: Research Published on: 8 April 2025
Clinical trials of broadly neutralizing monoclonal antibodies in people living with HIV – a review

Authors: Sharana Mahomed, Kayla Pillay, Razia Hassan-Moosa, Bruna P. G. V. Galvão, Wendy A. Burgers, Penny L. Moore, Melissa Rose-Abrahams, Carolyn Williamson and Nigel Garrett

Citation: AIDS Research and Therapy 2025 22:44

Content type: Review Published on: 6 April 2025
The effect of expanded access to mental health care on economic status of households with a person with a mental disorder in rural Ethiopia: a controlled before-after study

Authors: Yohannes Hailemichael, Damen Hailemariam, Kebede Tirfessa, Sumaiyah Docrat, Atalay Alem, Girmay Medhin, Abebaw Fekadu, Crick Lund, Dan Chisholm and Charlotte Hanlon

Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2025 19:12

Content type: Research Published on: 4 April 2025
Correction: Evidence based QUality Improvement for Prescribing Stewardship in ICU (EQUIPS-ICU): protocol for type III hybrid implementation-effectiveness study

Authors: Duncan Wagstaff, John Amuasi, Sumaiya Arfin, Diptesh Aryal, Mohd Basri Mat Nor, Joseph Bonney, Arjen Dondorp, David Dongelmans, Layoni Dullawe, Fathima Fazla, Aniruddha Ghose, Eva Hanciles, Rashan Haniffa, Madiha Hashmi, Adam Hewitt Smith, Bharath Kumar…

Citation: Implementation Science 2025 20:15

Content type: Correction Published on: 31 March 2025

The original article was published in Implementation Science 2025 20:12
Standard of care in advanced HIV disease: review of HIV treatment guidelines in sub-Saharan African countries—an extension study of eight countries

Authors: Thomas C. Scheier, Tafese Beyene Tufa, Torsten Feldt, Yasmine Hardy, Albert Minga, Raoul Moh, Albertino Damasceno, Lucia Chambal, Francine Ntoumi, Carine Kades, Leopold Bitunguhari, Osee R. Sebatunzi, Marco Missanga, Katanekwa Njekwa, Monde Muyoyeta, Sumathy Rangarajan…

Citation: AIDS Research and Therapy 2025 22:39

Content type: Research Published on: 29 March 2025
Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 33H: a novel serotype with frameshift mutations in the acetyltransferase gene wciG

Authors: Sam Manna, Belinda D. Ortika, Joel P. Werren, Casey L. Pell, Ilche Gjuroski, Stephanie W. Lo, Jason Hinds, Odgerel Tundev, Eileen M. Dunne, Bradford D. Gessner, Fiona M. Russell, E. Kim Mulholland, Tuya Mungun, Claire von Mollendorf, Stephen D. Bentley, Markus Hilty…

Citation: Pneumonia 2025 17:7

Content type: Research Published on: 25 March 2025
Formative research to optimize pre-eclampsia risk-screening and prevention (PEARLS): study protocol

Authors: Nicole Minckas, Alim Swarray-Deen, Sue Fawcus, Rosa Chemwey Ndiema, Annie McDougall, Jennifer Scott, Samuel Antwi Oppong, Ayesha Osman, Alfred Onyango Osoti, Katherine Eddy, Mushi Matjila, George Nyakundi Gwako, Joshua P. Vogel, A. Metin A. Gülmezoglu, Adanna Uloaku Nwameme and Meghan A. Bohren

Citation: Reproductive Health 2025 22:44

Content type: Study Protocol Published on: 24 March 2025
A cost-utility analysis of long-acting insulin analogues (detemir, glargine and degludec) for the treatment of adult type 1 diabetes in South Africa

Authors: Mark T. Verryn and Susan Cleary

Citation: Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 2025 23:9

Content type: Research Published on: 23 March 2025
Sex-dependent metabolic and behavioural alterations in a rat model of forced exertion-induced myopathy

Authors: Crystal Lubbe, Brian H. Harvey, Francois P. Viljoen, Leith Meyer and De Wet Wolmarans

Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2025 21:194

Content type: Research Published on: 22 March 2025
Exploring the female genital tract mycobiome in young South African women using metaproteomics

Authors: Tamlyn K. Gangiah, Arghavan Alisoltani, Matthys Potgieter, Liam Bell, Elizabeth Ross, Arash Iranzadeh, Zac McDonald, Imane Allali, Smritee Dabee, Shaun Barnabas, Jonathan M. Blackburn, David L. Tabb, Linda-Gail Bekker, Heather B. Jaspan, Jo-Ann S. Passmore, Nicola Mulder…

Citation: Microbiome 2025 13:76

Content type: Research Published on: 19 March 2025

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University of Cape Town's Articles

Female breast cancer classification using immunohistochemistry biomarkers staining in Botswana

Efficacy of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) in people living with HIV (PLHIV) diagnosed with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Africa: a WWARN systematic review

Exome sequencing revealed a novel homozygous variant in TRMT61 A in a multiplex family with atypical Cornelia de Lange Syndrome from Rwanda

Maternal asthma and newborn DNA methylation

Heat Adaptation Benefits for Vulnerable groups In Africa (HABVIA): a study protocol for a controlled clinical heat adaptation trial

Evaluation of Ficolin-3 deficiency as a risk factor in the development of rheumatic heart disease

Socio-economic inequalities in malaria prevalence among under-five children in Ghana between 2016 and 2019: a decomposition analysis

CVOT summit report 2024: new cardiovascular, kidney, and metabolic outcomes

Creating different global health futures: mapping the health research ecosystem and taking decolonial action

Epigenetic timing effects on child developmental outcomes: a longitudinal meta-regression of findings from the Pregnancy And Childhood Epigenetics Consortium

Intimate partner violence among lesbian, bisexual, and queer women students on campuses in South Africa: a qualitative study exploring context, drivers, and impacts

Clinical trials of broadly neutralizing monoclonal antibodies in people living with HIV – a review

The effect of expanded access to mental health care on economic status of households with a person with a mental disorder in rural Ethiopia: a controlled before-after study

Correction: Evidence based QUality Improvement for Prescribing Stewardship in ICU (EQUIPS-ICU): protocol for type III hybrid implementation-effectiveness study

Standard of care in advanced HIV disease: review of HIV treatment guidelines in sub-Saharan African countries—an extension study of eight countries

Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 33H: a novel serotype with frameshift mutations in the acetyltransferase gene wciG

Formative research to optimize pre-eclampsia risk-screening and prevention (PEARLS): study protocol

A cost-utility analysis of long-acting insulin analogues (detemir, glargine and degludec) for the treatment of adult type 1 diabetes in South Africa

Sex-dependent metabolic and behavioural alterations in a rat model of forced exertion-induced myopathy

Exploring the female genital tract mycobiome in young South African women using metaproteomics