2010 Scientific Publications
High rates of recurrence in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected patients with tuberculosis.
Authors: Glynn JR, Murray J, Bester A, Nelson G, Shearer S, Sonnenberg P. Source: J Infect Dis, 2010. 201(5): p. 704-11. Summary: This is a major article, recently published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, [...]
Human disease due to exposure to nanoparticles
Authors: Phillips JI, Murray J, Davies JCA Source: Occupational Health Southern Africa 2010; 16 (6): 16-21. Summary: The rapid progress and growth in the field of nanotechnology has raised concerns about the toxicity of nanoparticles. [...]
Malignant mesothelioma in a patient with anthophyllite asbestos fibres in the lungs
Authors: James Ian Phillips, Jill Murray Source: Annals Of Occupational Hygiene 2010:54(4):412-16 Summary: Anthophyllite asbestos is regulated in terms of the South African asbestos regulations, but it was never commercially mined in South Africa. It [...]
Oscillating migration and the epidemics of silicosis, tuberculosis, and HIV Infection in South African gold miners
Authors: Rees D, Murray J, Nelson G, Sonnenberg P Source: Am J Ind Med 2010;53:398-404. Summary Background: Hundreds of thousands of men from rural areas of South Africa and neighboring countries have come to seek work [...]
The occupational skin disease clinic at the NIOH, NHLS: five years experience
Authors: A Fourie & HA Carman Source: Occupational Health Southern Africa, September/October2010, 16(5): 6-11 Summary: The incidence of occupational skin disease (OSD) is under- reported and under-compensated in South Africa. The OSD clinic at the [...]