Browsing by Author "Fielding, Burtram C"

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    • COVID-19 and HIV: so far it seems the outcome is not what was feared 

      Fielding, Burtram C (The conversation, 2020)
      Based on official figures – which may be somewhat under reported – COVID-19 has not been asdevastating in South Africa as initially feared. Back in March and April this year case numbers on the continent were still ...

    • How viruses evolve 

      Fielding, Burtram C (2020)
      The unusual cases of pneumonia began to appear in midwinter, in China. The cause, researchers would later learn, was a coronavirus new to science. By March, the infection began to spread to other Asian countries and overseas. ...

    • HPLC-MS identification and expression of Candida drug-resistance proteins from African HIV-infected patients 

      Abrantes, Pedro Miguel dos Santos; Fisher, Randall; Bouic, Patrick J D; McArthur, Carole P; Fielding, Burtram C; Africa, Charlene Wilma Joyce (AIMS Press, 2021-09-10)
      The objective of this study was to elucidate the proteomic mechanisms of drug resistance in HIV-infected African patients. Cell membrane fractions from forty oral Candida isolates isolated from African HIV-positive patients ...

    • Human coronavirus NL63: A clinically important virus? 

      Fielding, Burtram C (Future Science Group, 2011)
      Respiratory tract infection is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, especially among young children. Human coronaviruses (HCoVs) have only recently been shown to cause both lower and upper respiratory tract ...

    • South Africa and the COVID-19 vaccine 

      Fielding, Burtram C (José Frantz, 2021)
      Scientists, public health experts and politicians have been telling us that, to stop Covid-19, we need to embark on a massive vaccine rollout. But do we really need to vaccinate more than 70% of our population to stop ...