PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Public Health Surveillance and Response
2021
Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 infection and SARS-CoV-2 positive hospital admissions among children in South Africa
Kufa T, Jassat W, Cohen C, Tempia S, Masha M, Wolter N, Walaza S, von Gottberg A, Govender NP, Hunt G, Shonhiwa AM, Ebonwu J, Ntshoe G, Maruma W, Bapela P, Ndhlovu N, Mathema H, Modise M, Shuping L, Manana PN, Moore D, Dangor Z, Verwey C, Madhi SA, Saloojee H, Zar HJ, Blumberg L.
Functioning of the International Health Regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic
Aavitsland P, Aguilera X, Al-Abri SS, Amani V, Aramburu CC, Attia TA, Blumberg LH, Chittaganpitch M, Le Duc JW, Li D, Mokhtariazad T, Moussif M, Ojo OE, Okwo-Bele JM, Saito T, Sall AA, Salter MWAP, Sohn M, Wieler LH
Sentinel seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Gauteng Province, South Africa, August – October 2020
George JA, Khoza S, Mayne E, Dlamini S, Kone N, Jassat W, Chetty K, Centner CM, Pillay T, Maphayi M, Mabuza D, Maposa I, Cassim N.
Understanding the differential impacts of COVID-19 among hospitalised patients in South Africa for equitable response
Phaswana-Mafuya N, Shisana O, Jassat W, Baral SD, Makofane K, Phalane E, Zuma K, Zungu N, Chadyiwa M
A call to action: Temporal trends of COVID-19 deaths in the South African Muslim community
Jassat W, Brey Z, Parker S, Wadee M, Wadee S, Madhi SA
A Retrospective observational cohort study of the effect of antenatal influenza vaccination on birth outcomes in Cape Town, South Africa, 2015-2016
McMorrow ML, Rossi L, Meiring S, Bishop K, Itzikowitz R, Isaacs W, Stellenboom F, Walaza S, Hellferscee O, Treurnicht FK, Zar HJ, Tempia S, Cohen C
An evaluation of an influenza vaccination campaign targeting pregnant women in 27 clinics in two provinces of South Africa, 2015 – 2018
Nokwazi Nkosi, Wolfgang Preiser, Gert van Zyl, Mathilda Claassen, Nadine Cronje, Jean Maritz, Howard Newman, Kerrigan McCarthy, Genevie Ntshoe, Vivien Essel, Stephen Korsman, Diana Hardie, Heidi Smuts
Congenital Syphilis Case Surveillance in South Africa 2017-19: Experience, Challenges and Opportunities
Morifi M, Malevu N, Odayan S, McCarthy K, Kufa T
Corrigendum to: One Health for Neglected Tropical Diseases
Laing G, Natal Vigilato MA, Cleaveland S, Thumbi SM, Blumberg L, Salahuddin N, Abela-Ridder B, Harrison W
COVID-19 health passes: Current status and prospects for a global approach
Chen LH, Petersen E, Blumberg L, Piyaphanee W, Steffen R.
Diarrhoeal diseases in Soweto, South Africa, 2020: a cross-sectional community survey
Johnstone SL, Page NA, Thomas J, Madhi SA, Mutevedzi P, Myburgh N, Herrera C, Groome MJ
Difference in mortality among individuals admitted to hospital with COVID-19 during the first and second waves in South Africa: a cohort study
Jassat W, Mudara C, Ozougwu L, Tempia S, Blumberg L, Davies MA, Pillay Y, Carter T, Morewane R, Wolmarans M, von Gottberg A, Bhiman JN, Walaza S, Cohen C; DATCOV author group
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Is Associated With Increased Meningococcal Carriage Acquisition Among First-year Students in 2 South African Universities
Meiring S, Cohen C, de Gouveia L, du Plessis M, Ganesh K, Kleynhans J, Quan V, Tempia S, von Gottberg A.
International Journal of Infectious Diseases: from the past quarter-century to the next
Petersen E, Lee SS, Blumberg L, Kramer LD, Obiero C, Al-Abri S, Abubakar A, Pinto TCA, Yapi BR, Tambyah PA, Holmes AH
Mandatory immunization against SARS-CoV-2 of athletes, companions and supporters for the Tokyo Olympics
Petersen E, Schlagenhauf P, Lee SS, Blumberg L, Kramer L, Obiero C, Al-Abri S, Cunha F, Petrosillo N, Di Caro A, Gautret P, Shafi S, Abubakar A, Pinto TCA, Memish Z, Hui DSC, Zumla A, Grobusch MP
Risk factors for COVID-19-related in-hospital mortality in a high HIV and tuberculosis prevalence setting in South Africa: a cohort study
Jassat W, Cohen C, Tempia S, Masha M, Goldstein S, Kufa T, Murangandi P, Savulescu D, Walaza S, Bam JL, Davies MA, Prozesky HW, Naude J, Mnguni AT, Lawrence CA, Mathema HT, Zamparini J, Black J, Mehta R, Parker A, Chikobvu P, Dawood H, Muvhango N, Strydom R, Adelekan T, Mdlovu B, Moodley N, Namavhandu EL, Rheeder P, Venturas J, Magula N, Blumberg L; DATCOV author group.
The importation and establishment of community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during the first eight weeks of the South African COVID-19 epidemic
McCarthy KM, Tempia S, Kufa T, Kleynhans J, Wolter N, Jassat W, Ebonwu J, von Gottberg A, Erasmus L, Muchengeti M, Walaza S, Ntshoe G, Shonhiwa AM, Manana PN, Pillay Y, Moonasar D, Muthivhi T, Mngemane S, Mlisana K, Chetty K, Blumberg LH, Cohen C, Govender NP; South African COVID-19 Surveillance Team
In Utero Human Cytomegalovirus Infection Is Associated With Increased Levels of Putatively Protective Maternal Antibodies in Nonprimary Infection: Evidence for Boosting but Not Protection
Dorfman JR, Balla SR, Pathirana J, Groome MJ, Madhi SA, Moore PL
Mandatory immunization against SARS-CoV-2 of athletes, companions and supporters for the Tokyo Olympics
Petersen E, Schlagenhauf P, Lee SS, Blumberg L, Kramer L, Obiero C, Al-Abri S, Cunha F, Petrosillo N, Di Caro A, Gautret P, Shafi S, Abubakar A, Pinto TCA, Memish Z, Hui DSC, Zumla A, Grobusch MP
Molecular Characterisation and Epidemiology of Enterovirus-Associated Aseptic Meningitis in the Western and Eastern Cape Provinces, South Africa 2018-2019
Nokwazi Nkosi, Wolfgang Preiser, Gert van Zyl, Mathilda Claassen, Nadine Cronje, Jean Maritz, Howard Newman, Kerrigan McCarthy, Genevie Ntshoe, Vivien Essel, Stephen Korsman, Diana Hardie, Heidi Smuts
Temporal trends of COVID-19 deaths in the South African Muslim community
Schubert G, Achi V, Ahuka S, Belarbi E, Bourhaima O, Eckmanns T, Johnstone S, Kabore F, Kra O, Mendes A, Ouedraogo AS, Poda A, Some AS, Tomczyk S, Couacy-Hymann E, Kayembe JM, Meda N, Muyembe Tamfum JJ, Ouangraoua S, Page N, Venter M, Leendertz FH, Akoua-Koffi C; ANDEMIA consortium
A Retrospective observational cohort study of the effect of antenatal influenza vaccination on birth outcomes in Cape Town, South Africa, 2015-2016
Meredith L. McMorrow, Liza Rossi, Susan Meiring, Katherine Bishop, Raphaela Itzikowitz, Washiefa Isaacs, Faakhiera Stellenboom, Sibongile Walaza, Orienka Hellferscee, Florette K. Treurnicht, Heather J. Zar, Stefano Tempia, Cheryl Cohen
COVID-19 vaccines under the International Health Regulations – We must use the WHO International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis
Petersen E, Lucey D, Blumberg L, Kramer LD, Al-Abri S, Lee SS, Pinto TCA, Obiero CW, Rodriguez-Morales AJ, Yapi R, Abubakar A, Tambyah PA, Holmes A, Chen LH. Answer to Paredes et al.
Trends in RPR Seropositivity among children younger than 2 years in South Africa, 2010-2019
Mathebula R, Kuonza L, Musekiwa A, Kularatne R, Puren A, Reubenson G, Sherman G, Kufa T
