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Odyssean Malaria in Kempton Park, Gauteng Province – September 2021

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Locally-acquired malaria is generally limited to endemic areas but local cases can occur outside of these areas owing to the inadvertent transfer of infective mosquitoes by means of road or air transport, referred to as ‘odyssean malaria’. Typically, delayed diagnosis and treatment leads to severe malaria illness and sometimes fatal outcomes. Two suspected odyssean malaria […]

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Surveillance for Bloodstream Infections Caused by Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales in South Africa, 2019 And 2020

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The World Health Organization has recently urged all countries to prioritize antimicrobial resistance surveillance for selected organisms including carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE). We conducted a mixed-methods cross-sectional study with both quantitative and qualitative components using GERMS-SA enhanced CRE national surveillance at four sentinel sites in Gauteng Province (Steve Biko academic, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Chris

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Paralysis Surveillance for Polio, South Africa, and Other African Countries, 2020

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From January 2020 to December 2020, the South African national non-polio acute flaccid paralysis rate was 2.6/100 000 children under 15 years compared to 3.5/100 000 children in 2019. The country reached the World Health Organization target of 2.0/100 000 population under the age of 15, but did not reach the country’s target of 4.0/100

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