NICD Special Communique-January 2011    Three new laboratory-confirmed human cases of Rift Valley fever (RVF) virus infection have been identi­fied.

Hospital-acquired infections are an issue of increasing concern in South Africa and throughout the world. The ability of the NHLS

The annual Magnet IDEAL Employer award ceremony, which took place on Thursday, 2 December 2010 at the Michelangelo Hotel in

 A two-year-old Johannesburg child was recently confirmed to have died of rabies after being scratched by an unvaccinated domestic puppy.

Food-borne diseases like E. co//and salmonella have become more prevalent in the past few decades as food moves aroun the