Browsing by Author "Osman, M."

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    Global shortages of BCG vaccine and tuberculous meningitis in children
    (Elsevier, 2019) Du Preez, K.; Seddon, J. A.; Schaaf, H. S.; Hesseling, A. C.; Starke, J. R.; Osman, M.; Lombard, C. J.; Solomons, R.
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: No abstract available.
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    Variation in HIV prevalence and the population-level effects of antiretroviral therapy in reducing tuberculosis incidence in South Africa
    (Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2018) Sloot, R.; Maarman, G. J.; Osman, M.; Marx, F. M.
    The current year (2018) marks the 10th year after the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic in South Africa (SA) reached a historic peak of 848 incident TB cases per 100 000 population in 2008.[1,2] TB incidence has since decreased at an average of 2.0% annually to 781 per 100 000 in 2016.[1,2] The decline observed in the past decade has mainly been attributed to the expansion of HIV testing and antiretroviral therapy (ART).[1,2] Despite these and other public health efforts, TB remains a leading cause of death in SA,[1] and at the current rate of decline, SA will not reach the 2035 targets of the End TB Strategy.