Vol 26, No 4 (2011)

Table of Contents

Festschrift

Professor Barry David Schoub PDF
Charles Feldman, Hendrik Koornhof, Lucille Blumberg 175
Poliomyelitis Research Foundation: Tribute to Professor Barry Schoub PDF
Roy Wiggill 176
Professor Schoub: Reminiscences on the occasion of his retirement PDF
Walter Prozesky 177
A mentor and a mensch: A tribute to Professor Barry Schoub PDF
Lynn Morris 178-179
A repertoire of influence PDF
Clive Gray 180-181
Virus electron microscopy PDF
G Lecatsas 182-183
Rotavirus in South Africa: From discovery to vaccine introduction PDF
Andrew Duncan Steele, Roger Glass 184-190
Lessons learnt from the global outbreak of a Darwinian masterpiece: Virus influenza A (H1N1) 2009 PDF
John S Oxford 191-194
Outbreaks in South Africa 2004-2011, the Outbreak Response Unit of the NICD, and the vision of an inspired leader PDF
Lucille Blumberg, Gillian de Jong, Juno Thomas, Brett Archer, Ayanda Cengimbo, Cheryl Cohen 195-197
The HIV-1 epidemic in South Africa: The leading edge and the measurement of incidence PDF
Adrian J Puren 198-201
A brief history of the Special Pathogens Unit at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service PDF
R Swanepoel, Janusz Paweska 202-204
The quest to understand protective immunity to HIV-1 through studies on maternal-infant HIV-1 transmission PDF
Caroline Tanya Tiemessen 205-209
Genital herpes and HIV infection: Can we still exploit the intimate relationship? PDF
Ronald C Ballard 210-214
Antimicrobial-resistant gonorrhoea in Africa: An important public health threat in need of a regional gonococcal antimicrobial surveillance programme PDF
David A Lewis 215-220
Evidence that prevention of carriage by pneumococcal capsular vaccines may be the mechanism of protection from pneumococcal pneumonia PDF
Prof Keith P Klugman, Stanley W Hayden Smith, Hendrik J Koornhof 221-224
Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in HIV-positive and HIV-negative subjects in Gauteng, South Africa PDF
Kesenthri Kistiah, Antonio Barragan, Jadwiga Winiecka-Krusnell, Alan Karstaedt, John Frean 225-228
Times have changed! The molecular revolution in TB diagnostics and detection of drug resistance PDF
Hendrik J Koornhof, Gerrit J Coetzee 229-234
Valedictory Address: Directing the NIV and the NICD: A three-decade odyssey through the world of communicable diseases PDF
Barry Schoub 235-236

Editorials

The emergence of carbapenem resistance in Enterobacteriaceae in South Africa PDF
Jennifer Coetzee, Adrian Brink 239-240

Surveillance Data

Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of selected bacteraemic isolates from South African public sector hospitals, 2010 PDF
Colleen Bamford, Kim Bonorchis, Eugenne Elliott, Rena Hoffmann, Nazir Ismail, Nontombi Mbelle, Preneshni Naicker, Trusha Nana, Maphoshane Nchabeleng, Anthea Ryan, Sharona Seetharam, John Simpson, Charlotte Sriruttan, Jeannette Wadula 243-250

Reviews

The potential impact of the 13-valent conjugate pneumococcal vaccine on antibiotic resistance in pneumococci PDF
Susan Audrey Nzenze, Shabir Madhi, Keith Klugman 253-258
Dental caries rates in South Africa: implications for oral health planning PDF
Shenuka Singh 259-261
Male circumcision as a public health measure for the prevention of HIV transmission PDF
Mokete J Titus, Jagidesa Moodley 262-265

Original Research

Antibiotic prescribing patterns in a neonatal intensive care unit PDF
Natalie Schellack, Andries GS Gous 267-270
Oral lesions in HIV-infected patients, before and after antiretroviral treatment PDF
Antonette Masiiwa, Sudeshni Naidoo 271-273
Compliance with infant formula feeding by HIV-positive women one week after delivery in Khayelitsha, South Africa PDF
Moleen Zunza, Gerhard B Theron, Justin Harvey 274-279
Self-reported hypertension in eMbalenhle, Mpumalanga, South Africa: findings from a vulnerability to air pollution assessment PDF
Mamopeli Matooane, Riëtha Oosthuizen, Juanette John 280-284

Case reports

Disseminated skin lesions in a patient with AIDS PDF
Adele Visser, Annemarie Van de Vyver, Ahmed Essop, C E Nel 285-287

A lateral view

The nasty habits of Mick, Samuel and George PDF
Elizabeth Prentice 288-289



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