Publications by authors named "Y Naidoo"
The genus Grewia are well-known for their medicinal properties and are widely used in traditional remedies due to their rich phytochemical composition and potential health benefits. This study isolated and characterized five endophytic fungi from Grewia lasiocarpa E. Mey.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChronic Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) infection remains a significant public health concern, particularly in Africa, where the burden is substantial. HBV is an enveloped virus, classified into ten phylogenetically distinct genotypes (A-J). Tests to determine HBV genotypes are based on full-genome sequencing or reverse hybridization.
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- - The study highlights the often-overlooked role of men in family planning discussions, particularly in South Africa, where high rates of unintended pregnancies pose serious reproductive health challenges.
- - Using data from the 2016 South African Demographic and Health Survey, the research analyzes factors affecting male contraceptive use among men aged 15-59, revealing that 47% do not use contraception, while 40% rely on male methods.
- - Findings indicate that age, marital status, and education significantly influence contraceptive behavior, and importantly, a majority of men believe that contraception is not solely a woman's responsibility, despite existing inequalities in contraceptive uptake.
Background: We described a case of a patient with a meningioma in the posterior fossa presenting atypically with an isolated unilateral vocal cord palsy causing severe respiratory distress. This is of interest as the patient had no other symptomatology, especially given the size of the mass, which would typically cause a pressure effect leading to neurological and auditory symptoms.
Case Summary: This case report described a 48-year-old male who was married with two children and employed as a car guard.
Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a significant public health concern, particularly in Africa, where there is a substantial burden. HBV is an enveloped virus, with isolates being classified into ten phylogenetically distinct genotypes (A - J) determined based on full-genome sequence data or reverse hybridization-based diagnostic tests. In practice, limitations are noted in that diagnostic sequencing, generally using Sanger sequencing, tends to focus only on the S-gene, yielding little or no information on intra-patient HBV genetic diversity with very low-frequency variants and reverse hybridization detects only known genotype-specific mutations.
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