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Rotavirus Season 2011

02 June 2011 Rotavirus infections are most common in children under two years of age. While children may be reinfected with rotavirus numerous times during childhood, it is the first infection that often results in severe disease and dehydration necessitating hospitalisation. Efforts to improve sanitation and access to clean water do not reduce the incidence

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New Rapid-fire Diagnosis Of TB

The Minister of Health, Aaron Motsoaledi, and NHLS CEO, Sagie Pillay, talking to staff at Prince Mshiyeni lab On World TB Day on 24 March, Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi unveiled the high-tech GeneXpert tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic instrument at the NHLS’ Prince Mshiyeni Hospital laboratory in KwaZulu-Natal. South Africa is the first African country to

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