Shabir A Madhi

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Affiliation: National Institute for Communicable Diseases
Country: South Africa

Publications

  1. ncbi The burden of childhood pneumonia in the developed world: a review of the literature
    Shabir A Madhi
    Medical Research Council Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, South Africa
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 32:e119-27. 2013
  2. ncbi Efficacy and immunogenicity of influenza vaccine in HIV-infected children: a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled trial
    Shabir A Madhi
    National Institute of Communicable Diseases, Centre for Respiratory and Meningitis Diseases, Sandringham, South Africa
    AIDS 27:369-79. 2013
  3. ncbi Efficacy and immunogenicity of two or three dose rotavirus-vaccine regimen in South African children over two consecutive rotavirus-seasons: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
    S A Madhi
    National Institute for Communicable Diseases, A Division of National Health Laboratory Services, Sandringham, South Africa
    Vaccine 30:A44-51. 2012
  4. ncbi Inferior quantitative and qualitative immune responses to pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in infants with nasopharyngeal colonization by Streptococcus pneumoniae during the primary series of immunization
    Shabir A Madhi
    University of the Witwatersrand, Department of Science and Technology National Research Foundation Vaccine Preventable Diseases and Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Vaccine 29:6994-7001. 2011
  5. ncbi Utility of clinical parameters to identify HIV infection in infants below ten weeks of age in South Africa: a prospective cohort study
    Heather B Jaspan
    Children s Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health and Centre for Infectious Diseases, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa
    BMC Pediatr 11:104. 2011
  6. ncbi An unusual pneumococcal sequence type is the predominant cause of serotype 3 invasive disease in South Africa
    Kedibone M Mothibeli
    Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Medical Research Council, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    J Clin Microbiol 48:184-91. 2010
  7. ncbi Immunogenicity and effectiveness of Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine in HIV infected and uninfected African children
    Shabir A Madhi
    University of the Witwatersrand, Medical Research Council Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, South Africa
    Vaccine 23:5517-25. 2005
  8. ncbi Usefulness of C-reactive protein to define pneumococcal conjugate vaccine efficacy in the prevention of pneumonia
    Shabir A Madhi
    University of the Witwatersrand Medical Research Council National Institute of Communicable Diseases Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 25:30-6. 2006
  9. ncbi The impact of antiretroviral treatment on the burden of invasive pneumococcal disease in South African children: a time series analysis
    Marta C Nunes
    Medical Research Council Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit and Department of Science and Technology National Research Foundation Vaccine Preventable Diseases, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
    AIDS 25:453-62. 2011
  10. ncbi Quantitative and qualitative anamnestic immune responses to pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected children 5 years after vaccination
    Shabir A Madhi
    Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand Medical Research Council, Johannesburg, South Africa
    J Infect Dis 199:1168-76. 2009

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Publications50

  1. ncbi The burden of childhood pneumonia in the developed world: a review of the literature
    Shabir A Madhi
    Medical Research Council Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, South Africa
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 32:e119-27. 2013
    ..Measured country-specific pneumonia burden data are limited to a few nations and differ in case definitions and case ascertainment methods. This review describes pneumonia disease burden in developed countries...
  2. ncbi Efficacy and immunogenicity of influenza vaccine in HIV-infected children: a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled trial
    Shabir A Madhi
    National Institute of Communicable Diseases, Centre for Respiratory and Meningitis Diseases, Sandringham, South Africa
    AIDS 27:369-79. 2013
    ..We evaluated the safety, immunogenicity, and efficacy of nonadjuvanted, trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (TIV) against confirmed seasonal influenza virus illness in HIV-infected children...
  3. ncbi Efficacy and immunogenicity of two or three dose rotavirus-vaccine regimen in South African children over two consecutive rotavirus-seasons: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
    S A Madhi
    National Institute for Communicable Diseases, A Division of National Health Laboratory Services, Sandringham, South Africa
    Vaccine 30:A44-51. 2012
    ..This study reports on the efficacy of HRV against severe RVGE over two consecutive rotavirus seasons in South African children...
  4. ncbi Inferior quantitative and qualitative immune responses to pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in infants with nasopharyngeal colonization by Streptococcus pneumoniae during the primary series of immunization
    Shabir A Madhi
    University of the Witwatersrand, Department of Science and Technology National Research Foundation Vaccine Preventable Diseases and Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Vaccine 29:6994-7001. 2011
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  5. ncbi Utility of clinical parameters to identify HIV infection in infants below ten weeks of age in South Africa: a prospective cohort study
    Heather B Jaspan
    Children s Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health and Centre for Infectious Diseases, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa
    BMC Pediatr 11:104. 2011
    ..Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curves were compiled using combinations of clinical findings...
  6. ncbi An unusual pneumococcal sequence type is the predominant cause of serotype 3 invasive disease in South Africa
    Kedibone M Mothibeli
    Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Medical Research Council, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    J Clin Microbiol 48:184-91. 2010
    ..We have therefore identified ST458 as predominating in South Africa, but with an invasive potential similar to that of the predominant global clone ST180...
  7. ncbi Immunogenicity and effectiveness of Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine in HIV infected and uninfected African children
    Shabir A Madhi
    University of the Witwatersrand, Medical Research Council Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, South Africa
    Vaccine 23:5517-25. 2005
    ..001). The estimated risk of HibCV failure was 35.1-fold greater (95% CI 14.6-84.6) amongst HIV infected than HIV uninfected children...
  8. ncbi Usefulness of C-reactive protein to define pneumococcal conjugate vaccine efficacy in the prevention of pneumonia
    Shabir A Madhi
    University of the Witwatersrand Medical Research Council National Institute of Communicable Diseases Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 25:30-6. 2006
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  9. ncbi The impact of antiretroviral treatment on the burden of invasive pneumococcal disease in South African children: a time series analysis
    Marta C Nunes
    Medical Research Council Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit and Department of Science and Technology National Research Foundation Vaccine Preventable Diseases, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
    AIDS 25:453-62. 2011
    ..A national antiretroviral program was initiated in South Africa in 2004. This study evaluates the impact of the highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) treatment program on the burden of IPD among African children...
  10. ncbi Quantitative and qualitative anamnestic immune responses to pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected children 5 years after vaccination
    Shabir A Madhi
    Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand Medical Research Council, Johannesburg, South Africa
    J Infect Dis 199:1168-76. 2009
    ..e., previous vaccinees) and in those receiving their first dose of vaccine (i.e., control subjects)...
  11. ncbi Effect of HIV infection status and anti-retroviral treatment on quantitative and qualitative antibody responses to pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in infants
    Shabir A Madhi
    Department of Science National Research Foundation, Vaccine Preventable Diseases, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    J Infect Dis 202:355-61. 2010
    ..Nevertheless, M-/I- infants had superior OPA responses, compared with those in HIV+/ART+ infants, who in turn had better OPA responses, compared with those in HIV+/ART- infants...
  12. ncbi Quantitative and qualitative antibody response to pneumococcal conjugate vaccine among African human immunodeficiency virus-infected and uninfected children
    Shabir A Madhi
    National Institute of Communicable Diseases/University of the Witwatersrand/Medical Research Council: Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 24:410-6. 2005
    ..0005). CONCLUSION: HIV-infected children have similar quantitative antibody responses but poorer qualitative antibody responses to the PnCV...
  13. ncbi Serotype 6C is associated with penicillin-susceptible meningeal infections in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected adults among invasive pneumococcal isolates previously identified as serotype 6A in South Africa
    Mignon du Plessis
    National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Sandringham, South Africa
    Int J Antimicrob Agents 32:S66-70. 2008
    ..Our data from the vaccine efficacy trial suggest that cross-protection of the conjugate vaccine is against true serotype 6A strains...
  14. ncbi The impact of a 9-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on the public health burden of pneumonia in HIV-infected and -uninfected children
    Shabir A Madhi
    National Health Laboratory Service, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Clin Infect Dis 40:1511-8. 2005
    ..Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PnCV) may be used as a probe to define the burden of pneumococcal disease and better characterize the clinical presentation of pneumococcal pneumonia...
  15. ncbi Use of procalcitonin and C-reactive protein to evaluate vaccine efficacy against pneumonia
    Shabir A Madhi
    National Health Laboratory Service, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    PLoS Med 2:e38. 2005
    ..The poor specificity of chest radiographs (CXRs) to diagnose pneumococcal pneumonia may underestimate the efficacy of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in preventing pneumococcal pneumonia...
  16. ncbi Persistent high burden of invasive pneumococcal disease in South African HIV-infected adults in the era of an antiretroviral treatment program
    Marta C Nunes
    Department of Science and Technology National Research Foundation, Vaccine Preventable Diseases and Medical Research Council, Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    PLoS ONE 6:e27929. 2011
    ..The aim of this study was to evaluate trends in IPD hospitalizations in HIV-infected adults in Soweto, South Africa, associated with up-scaling of the HAART program from 2003 to 2008...
  17. ncbi A trial of a 9-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in children with and those without HIV infection
    Keith P Klugman
    Medical Research Council, University of the Witwatersrand, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, Johannesburg, South Africa
    N Engl J Med 349:1341-8. 2003
    ..We evaluated the efficacy of a 9-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in a randomized, double-blind study in Soweto, South Africa...
  18. ncbi Evolutionary dynamics of 2009 pandemic influenza A virus subtype H1N1 in South Africa during 2009-2010
    Marietjie Venter
    National Institute for Communicable Diseases Division, National Health Laboratory Service, Department of Medical Virology, University of Pretoria, Johannesburg, South Africa
    J Infect Dis 206:S166-72. 2012
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  19. ncbi Invasive disease due to Haemophilus influenzae serotype b ten years after routine vaccination, South Africa, 2003-2009
    Anne Von Gottberg
    National Institute for Communicable Diseases NICD of the National Health Laboratory Service NHLS, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Vaccine 30:565-71. 2012
    ..Following initial declines in Hib disease, national surveillance has identified increasing numbers of Hib disease episodes in fully vaccinated children...
  20. ncbi Distribution of pilus islands of group B streptococcus associated with maternal colonization and invasive disease in South Africa
    Mashudu Madzivhandila
    1Department of Science and Technology National Research Foundation Vaccine Preventable Diseases, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    J Med Microbiol 62:249-53. 2013
    ..6 % of colonizing and 96.5 % of invasive isolates. Based on this homogeneity of pilus island distribution, a pilus-based vaccine developed for Europe and the USA will have similar coverage in South Africa...
  21. ncbi Introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine into the public immunization program in South Africa: translating research into policy
    Shabir A Madhi
    National Institute for Communicable Diseases, A Division of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Vaccine 30:C21-7. 2012
    ..This schedule was largely premised on containing the cost of vaccine introduction, whilst including a booster dose of PCV to assist in prolonging the duration of protection in HIV-infected children...
  22. ncbi Maternal HIV infection and vertical transmission of pathogenic bacteria
    Clare L Cutland
    Department of Science and Technology National Research Foundation, Vaccine Preventable Diseases and Medical Research Council, Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Soweto, South Africa
    Pediatrics 130:e581-90. 2012
    ..HIV-exposed newborns may be at higher risk of sepsis because of immune system aberrations, impaired maternal antibody transfer and altered exposure to pathogenic bacteria...
  23. ncbi Apnea and its possible relationship to immunization in ex-premature infants
    Peter A Cooper
    Department of Paediatrics, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
    Vaccine 26:3410-3. 2008
    ..More of the VLBW infants in the apnea group had neonatal neurological complications compared with the VLBW control group (p=0.005). Ten of 11 children with apnea within 72 h of immunization were possibly related to vaccination...
  24. ncbi Importance of nosocomial respiratory syncytial virus infections in an African setting
    Shabir A Madhi
    Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Bertsham, South Africa
    Trop Med Int Health 9:491-8. 2004
    ..To define the importance of nosocomial-acquired respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in an area with a high prevalence of paediatric HIV-1 infection...
  25. ncbi Early antiretroviral therapy and mortality among HIV-infected infants
    Avy Violari
    Perinatal HIV Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    N Engl J Med 359:2233-44. 2008
    ..We investigated antiretroviral-treatment strategies in the Children with HIV Early Antiretroviral Therapy (CHER) trial...
  26. ncbi Lessons learned from clinical trials evaluating pneumococcal conjugate vaccine efficacy against pneumonia and invasive disease
    Shabir A Madhi
    University of the Witwatersrand, Department of Science and Technology, South Africa
    Vaccine 26:B9-B15. 2008
    ..The article concludes with a discussion of the potential value of C-reactive protein as an adjunctive marker in measuring PCV efficacy against non-bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia...
  27. ncbi Respiratory viral coinfections identified by a 10-plex real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction assay in patients hospitalized with severe acute respiratory illness--South Africa, 2009-2010
    Marthi A Pretorius
    National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    J Infect Dis 206:S159-65. 2012
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  28. ncbi Safety, immunogenicity and efficacy of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in HIV-infected individuals
    Marta C Nunes
    Department of Science and Technology National Research Foundation, Vaccine Preventable Diseases and Medical Research Council, Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Hum Vaccin Immunother 8:161-73. 2012
    ..PCV has also been shown to reduce the risk of recurrent IPD by 74% in HIV-infected adults not on ART, albeit, also with subsequent decline in immunity and protection...
  29. ncbi Five-year cohort study on the burden of hospitalisation for acute diarrhoeal disease in African HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected children: potential benefits of rotavirus vaccine
    Michelle J Groome
    Department of Science and Technology National Research Foundation Vaccine Preventable Diseases, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
    Vaccine 30:A173-8. 2012
    ..Rotavirus contributes significantly to childhood diarrhoea in South Africa but data on the burden of rotavirus disease in HIV-infected children are limited...
  30. ncbi Effect of human rotavirus vaccine on severe diarrhea in African infants
    Shabir A Madhi
    Department of Science and Technology National Research Foundation Vaccine Preventable Diseases, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    N Engl J Med 362:289-98. 2010
    ..Rotavirus is the most common cause of severe gastroenteritis among young children worldwide. Data are needed to assess the efficacy of the rotavirus vaccine in African children...
  31. ncbi Human metapneumovirus genetic variability, South Africa
    Herbert P Ludewick
    University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Emerg Infect Dis 11:1074-8. 2005
    ..4%-27.6% at the amino acid level. These results provide evidence for the diversity of both surface glycoproteins of hMPV in Africa, which may be a prerequisite to understanding protective immunity against hMPV...
  32. ncbi Human metapneumovirus-associated lower respiratory tract infections among hospitalized human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected and HIV-1-uninfected African infants
    Shabir A Madhi
    National Institute for Communicable Diseases University of the Witwatersrand Medical Research Council Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Clin Infect Dis 37:1705-10. 2003
    ..1-fold more common than parainfluenza virus types 1-3. Genotyping of 7 of 14 isolates revealed the circulation of 2 major phylogenetic groups of the virus, which were similar to those described in North America and Europe...
  33. ncbi Oral antibiotics for the treatment of severe pneumonia in children
    Keith P Klugman
    Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, Medical Research Council, University of the Witwatersrand, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Lancet 364:1104-5. 2004
  34. ncbi Primary isoniazid prophylaxis against tuberculosis in HIV-exposed children
    Shabir A Madhi
    Department of Science and Technology National Research Foundation Vaccine Preventable Diseases and the Medical Research Council Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    N Engl J Med 365:21-31. 2011
    ..We conducted a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of preexposure isoniazid prophylaxis against tuberculosis in HIV-infected children and uninfected children exposed to HIV during the perinatal period...
  35. ncbi Immunogenicity following the first and second doses of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in HIV-infected and -uninfected infants
    Shabir A Madhi
    National Institute for Communicable Diseases Division of National Health Laboratory Service, Centre for Vaccines and Immunology, Sandringham, South Africa University of the Witwatersrand, Faculty of Health Science, Department of Science National Research Foundation, Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa Medical Research Council, Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, Johannesburg, South Africa Electronic address
    Vaccine 31:777-83. 2013
    ..We studied antibody kinetics of serotypes included in 7-valent PCV in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected infants prior to and following each of three PCV-doses...
  36. ncbi Reduced effectiveness of Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine in children with a high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection
    Shabir A Madhi
    NHLS/Wits/MRC Pneumococcal Diseases Research Unit, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 21:315-21. 2002
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  37. ncbi Serotype distribution and invasive potential of group B streptococcus isolates causing disease in infants and colonizing maternal-newborn dyads
    Mashudu Madzivhandila
    Vaccine Preventable Diseases and Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, Department of Science and Technology National Research Foundation, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    PLoS ONE 6:e17861. 2011
    ..An understanding of the serotype epidemiology associated with maternal colonization and invasive disease in infants is necessary to determine the potential coverage of serotype-specific GBS vaccines...
  38. ncbi Lower respiratory tract infections associated with influenza A and B viruses in an area with a high prevalence of pediatric human immunodeficiency type 1 infection
    Shabir A Madhi
    University of the Witwatersrand/Medical Research Council Pneumococcal Diseases Rearch Unit, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 21:291-7. 2002
    ..CONCLUSION: HIV-1-infected children hospitalized with severe LRTI associated with influenza virus have an outcome similar to that of HIV-1-uninfected children even in the absence of antiretroviral or anti-influenza virus treatment...
  39. ncbi Role of Streptococcus pneumoniae in hospitalization for acute community-acquired pneumonia associated with culture-confirmed Mycobacterium tuberculosis in children: a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine probe study
    David P Moore
    Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 29:1099-04. 2010
    ..We aimed to probe the extent of pneumococcal coinfection in children with PTB, using a vaccine-probe design study...
  40. ncbi Vaccines to prevent pneumonia and improve child survival
    Shabir A Madhi
    Department of Science and Technology, National Research Foundation, Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Chris Hani Baragwanth Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, Bertsham, South Africa
    Bull World Health Organ 86:365-72. 2008
    ..In this review, we discuss advances made in optimizing the use of established vaccines and the potential issues related to newer bacterial conjugate vaccines in reducing childhood pneumonia morbidity and mortality...
  41. ncbi The discriminative value of C-reactive protein levels in distinguishing between community-acquired bacteraemic and respiratory virus-associated lower respiratory tract infections in HIV-1-infected and -uninfected children
    Sanjay G Lala
    Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Ann Trop Paediatr 22:271-9. 2002
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  42. ncbi Ineffectiveness of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole prophylaxis and the importance of bacterial and viral coinfections in African children with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
    Shabir A Madhi
    National Health Laboratory Service University of the Witwatersrand Medical Research Council Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, Wits Health Consortium, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Clin Infect Dis 35:1120-6. 2002
    ..Concurrent P. carinii infection was observed in 6 of 18, 11 of 26, and 4 of 6 HIV-1-infected children who had bacteremia, a respiratory virus isolated, or Mycobacterium species isolated, respectively...
  43. ncbi Immunogenicity and safety of an investigational fully liquid hexavalent combination vaccine versus licensed combination vaccines at 6, 10, and 14 weeks of age in healthy South African infants
    Shabir A Madhi
    Department of Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 30:e68-74. 2011
    ..Assessment of primary vaccination of a new fully liquid, hexavalent investigational DTaP-IPV-Hep B-PRP-T vaccine (Hexaxim) in South African infants...
  44. ncbi Systematic review on the etiology and antibiotic treatment of pneumonia in human immunodeficiency virus-infected children
    Warunee Punpanich
    Department of Science and Technology National Research Foundation Vaccine Preventable Diseases, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 30:e192-202. 2011
    ..Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected children...
  45. ncbi Influenza-related mortality among adults aged 25-54 years with AIDS in South Africa and the United States of America
    Cheryl Cohen
    National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Clin Infect Dis 55:996-1003. 2012
    ..We compared influenza-related mortality in adults with AIDS in South Africa and the United States in the pre-HAART era and evaluated mortality trends after HAART introduction in the United States...
  46. ncbi High burden of invasive Streptococcus agalactiae disease in South African infants
    Shabir A Madhi
    NHLS Wits MRC Pneumococcal Diseases Research Unit, University of the Witswaterand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Ann Trop Paediatr 23:15-23. 2003
    ..9% and 100% of invasive disease, respectively. Invasive GBS disease is common in South African infants and current strategies aimed at reducing the burden of the disease should be reconsidered...
  47. ncbi High prevalence of childhood multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in Johannesburg, South Africa: a cross sectional study
    Lee Fairlie
    Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, 6 York Street, Parktown, Johannesburg, 2193, South Africa
    BMC Infect Dis 11:28. 2011
    ..6-6.7%, in African children with tuberculosis. We undertook a retrospective analysis of the prevalence of MDR-TB in children with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) at two hospitals in Johannesburg, South Africa...
  48. ncbi Review of a new fully liquid, hexavalent vaccine: Hexaxim
    Marta C Nunes
    University of Witwatersrand, Department of Science and Technology Vaccine Preventable Diseases Unit, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Expert Opin Biol Ther 13:575-93. 2013
    ..Nevertheless, the development of such combination vaccines remains necessary to help with the introduction of other new vaccines into an already crowded childhood immunization schedules...
  49. ncbi The high burden of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in African HIV-1-infected children hospitalized for severe pneumonia
    Donatella D Ruffini
    Department of Paediatrics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2000, South Africa
    AIDS 16:105-12. 2002
    ..CONCLUSION: Strategies to reduce the high burden of PCP, which can successfully be diagnosed using NPA and induced sputum, in HIV-1-infected children hospitalized with severe pneumonia are urgently warranted in Africa...
  50. ncbi Interaction between influenza virus and Streptococcus pneumoniae in severe pneumonia
    Shabir A Madhi
    Department of Science and Technology National Research Foundation Vaccine Preventable Diseases, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa and MRC Wits Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, Johannesburg, South Africa and Old Potch Road, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, RMPRU New Nurses Residence, 1st Floor West Wing, Bertsham, 2013, South Africa
    Expert Rev Respir Med 2:663-72. 2008
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