PCR-based identification of eight lactobacillus species and 18 hr-HPV genotypes in fixed cervical samples of south african women at risk of HIV and BV

2011 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 472-477 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joke A.M. Dols ◽  
Gregor Reid ◽  
Remco Kort ◽  
Frank H.J. Schuren ◽  
Hugo Tempelman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
South African ◽  
African Women ◽  
Lactobacillus Species ◽  
Hpv Genotypes ◽  
South African Women

scholarly journals Identification of predominant culturable vaginal Lactobacillus species and associated bacteriophages from women with and without vaginal discharge syndrome in South Africa

2011 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 180-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonard H. Damelin ◽  
Maria Paximadis ◽  
Demetra Mavri-Damelin ◽  
Monica Birkhead ◽  
David A. Lewis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Vaginal Discharge ◽  
16S Rrna Gene Sequencing ◽  
African Women ◽  
Lactobacillus Species ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Normal Microflora ◽  
Lactobacillus Jensenii ◽  
Rrna Gene Sequencing ◽  
South African Women

Lactobacillus jensenii, Lactobacillus crispatus, Lactobacillus iners, Lactobacillus gasseri and Lactobacillus vaginalis were identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing as the predominant culturable vaginal Lactobacillus species in a group of South African women, comprising 24, 22, 10, 10 and 9 %, respectively. A significant effect of vaginal discharge syndrome (VDS) and bacterial vaginosis (BV) on the distribution of predominant Lactobacillus species was observed. Whilst L. crispatus isolates were almost equally distributed between individuals with and without VDS and were not significantly reduced in women with BV versus normal microflora, L. jensenii isolates were significantly reduced in women with VDS (P=0.022) and reduced in women with BV versus normal microflora (P=0.053). Unlike L. crispatus, L. jensenii isolates were also significantly reduced in women with BV-associated VDS versus women without VDS and with normal microflora (P=0.051). In addition, lysogeny was commonly observed for L. crispatus, with 77 % of isolates yielding phage particles with contractile and non-contractile tails. Only 29 % of L. jensenii isolates yielded phage particles, and these were visible as tailless or podo-like particles.

scholarly journals Transient association between semen exposure and biomarkers of genital inflammation in South African women at risk of HIV infection

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Janine Jewanraj ◽  
Sinaye Ngcapu ◽  
Farzana Osman ◽  
Veron Ramsuran ◽  
Maryam Fish ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
South African ◽  
African Women ◽  
South African Women

HIV/AIDS: South African women at risk

2002 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
L Walker ◽  
L Gilbert
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
South African ◽  
African Women ◽  
South African Women ◽  
Hiv Aids

THE SINS OF THE FATHER: GENDER- BASED VIOLENCE IN POST-APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyn Snodgrass
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Black Women ◽  
South African ◽  
African Women ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
South African Women

This article explores the complexities of gender-based violence in post-apartheid South Africa and interrogates the socio-political issues at the intersection of class, ‘race’ and gender, which impact South African women. Gender equality is up against a powerful enemy in societies with strong patriarchal traditions such as South Africa, where women of all ‘races’ and cultures have been oppressed, exploited and kept in positions of subservience for generations. In South Africa, where sexism and racism intersect, black women as a group have suffered the major brunt of this discrimination and are at the receiving end of extreme violence. South Africa’s gender-based violence is fuelled historically by the ideologies of apartheid (racism) and patriarchy (sexism), which are symbiotically premised on systemic humiliation that devalues and debases whole groups of people and renders them inferior. It is further argued that the current neo-patriarchal backlash in South Africa foments and sustains the subjugation of women and casts them as both victims and perpetuators of pervasive patriarchal values.

Longitudinal telomere length profile does not reflect HIV and childhood trauma impacts on cognitive function in South African women

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Samantha Womersley ◽  
Georgina Spies ◽  
Gerard Tromp ◽  
Soraya Seedat ◽  
Sian Megan Joanna Hemmings
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Function ◽  
Telomere Length ◽  
South African ◽  
Childhood Trauma ◽  
African Women ◽  
South African Women
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