Moralising female identity in Cameroon in the 1990s: female prostitution and the song “you gu cry”
- Authors: Enongene Mirabeau Sone
- Date: 2014
- Subjects: Misse Ngoh; females; identity; prostitution; Cameroon; modernity; music
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2672 , vital:42313
- Description: Between the 1970s and early 1980s, when Cameroon was still at the juncture of promising social plenitude, popular music genres like Makossa were a mere auditory art instead of a profit-making activity as we have in Cameroon today. Popular music at that time was simply “music for the ears”, meant to produce emotional sounds, pleasant to listen to. Bars, night clubs and streets were common environs where dancing took place as the physical expression of pleasure from music. The explosion of early music such as Makossa did not match the precarious marketable opportunities at that time. As a result, music appeared as a hobby, and not because singers derived income from its production. The themes focused on varying social experiences and problems, from love and emotional pathos to (im)morality. As such, one is tempted to assert that singers hardly expressed demur or outright lampoonery against public transgressions such as corruption, prostitution or swindling, as is the case nowadays. The themes were far less what we find in contemporary Cameroonian literate culture, namely cinema, media and popular music. This paper focuses on Misse Ngoh’s popular song titled “you gu cry” as a medium of social reform through the beguiling fantasies of a female archetype, Mary, in Cameroon in the nineties. The paper contends that though this song produces laughter, rendering it a humorous piece with potential enough to entertain, the same humour turns out serious, handling prostitution and women involved in this activity in a very negative way. This is achieved when Misse Ngoh, using his female archetype Mary, constructs a problematic image of females in the Cameroon urban sphere. Taking these into consideration, Cameroon popular music as seen from Misse Ngoh’s “you gu cry” takes on a different significance. Finally, in the iconography of Mary, this paper sets out to explore the agency of females who were baffled within the intricacies of urban life and modernity in the nineties. It examines the challenges of the new urban spaces (as notorious corners of prostitution) that such women chose.
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- Authors: Enongene Mirabeau Sone
- Date: 2014
- Subjects: Misse Ngoh; females; identity; prostitution; Cameroon; modernity; music
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2672 , vital:42313
- Description: Between the 1970s and early 1980s, when Cameroon was still at the juncture of promising social plenitude, popular music genres like Makossa were a mere auditory art instead of a profit-making activity as we have in Cameroon today. Popular music at that time was simply “music for the ears”, meant to produce emotional sounds, pleasant to listen to. Bars, night clubs and streets were common environs where dancing took place as the physical expression of pleasure from music. The explosion of early music such as Makossa did not match the precarious marketable opportunities at that time. As a result, music appeared as a hobby, and not because singers derived income from its production. The themes focused on varying social experiences and problems, from love and emotional pathos to (im)morality. As such, one is tempted to assert that singers hardly expressed demur or outright lampoonery against public transgressions such as corruption, prostitution or swindling, as is the case nowadays. The themes were far less what we find in contemporary Cameroonian literate culture, namely cinema, media and popular music. This paper focuses on Misse Ngoh’s popular song titled “you gu cry” as a medium of social reform through the beguiling fantasies of a female archetype, Mary, in Cameroon in the nineties. The paper contends that though this song produces laughter, rendering it a humorous piece with potential enough to entertain, the same humour turns out serious, handling prostitution and women involved in this activity in a very negative way. This is achieved when Misse Ngoh, using his female archetype Mary, constructs a problematic image of females in the Cameroon urban sphere. Taking these into consideration, Cameroon popular music as seen from Misse Ngoh’s “you gu cry” takes on a different significance. Finally, in the iconography of Mary, this paper sets out to explore the agency of females who were baffled within the intricacies of urban life and modernity in the nineties. It examines the challenges of the new urban spaces (as notorious corners of prostitution) that such women chose.
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Molecular Detection of Carbapenemase-Encoding Genes in Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical Isolates in South Africa
- Anane, Yaw Adjei, Apalata, Teke, Vasaikar, Sandeep, Okuthe, Grace Emily, Songca, Sandile
- Authors: Anane, Yaw Adjei , Apalata, Teke , Vasaikar, Sandeep , Okuthe, Grace Emily , Songca, Sandile
- Date: 2020
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2263 , vital:41314
- Description: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijmicro/2020/7380740/
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- Authors: Anane, Yaw Adjei , Apalata, Teke , Vasaikar, Sandeep , Okuthe, Grace Emily , Songca, Sandile
- Date: 2020
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2263 , vital:41314
- Description: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijmicro/2020/7380740/
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Molecular Detection of Carbapenemase-Encoding Genes in Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical Isolates in South Africa
- Anane, Yaw Adjei, Okuthe, Grace Emily, Apalata, Teke, Vasaikar, Sandeep, Songca, Sandile
- Authors: Anane, Yaw Adjei , Okuthe, Grace Emily , Apalata, Teke , Vasaikar, Sandeep , Songca, Sandile
- Date: 2020
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4351 , vital:44108
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- Authors: Anane, Yaw Adjei , Okuthe, Grace Emily , Apalata, Teke , Vasaikar, Sandeep , Songca, Sandile
- Date: 2020
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4351 , vital:44108
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Molecular Detection of Antibiotic-Resistant Genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Nonclinical Environment: Public Health Implications in Mthatha, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
- Mojisola Clara Hosu, Sandeep Vasaikar, Grace Emily Okuthe, Teke Apalata
- Authors: Mojisola Clara Hosu , Sandeep Vasaikar , Grace Emily Okuthe , Teke Apalata
- Date: 5 January 2021
- Subjects: Microbiology
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2417 , vital:41877
- Description: Evaluation of resistant profiles and detection of antimicrobial-resistant genes of bacterial pathogens in the nonclinical milieu is imperative to assess the probable risk of dissemination of resistant genes in the environment. .is paper sought to identify antibiotic-resistant genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa from nonclinical sources in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, and evaluate its public health implications. Samples collected from abattoir wastewater and aquatic environment were processed by membrane filtration and cultured on CHROMagarTM Pseudomonas medium. Species identification was performed by autoSCAN-4 (Dade Behring Inc., IL). Molecular characterization of the isolates was confirmed using real-time polymerase chain reaction (rPCR) and selected isolates were further screened for the possibility of harboring antimicrobial resistance genes. Fifty-one Pseudomonas species were recovered from abattoir wastewater and surface water samples, out of which thirty-six strains were Pseudomonas aeruginosa (70.6%). .e P. aeruginosa isolates demonstrated resistance to aztreonam (86.1%), ceftazidime (63.9%), piperacillin (58.3%), cefepime (55.6%), imipenem (50%), piperacillin/tazobactam (47.2%), meropenem (41.7%), and levofloxacin (30.6%). Twenty out of thirty-six P. aeruginosa displayed multidrug resistance profiles and were classified as multidrug-resistant (MDR) (55.6%). Most of the bacterial isolates exhibited a high Multiple Antibiotic Resistance (MAR) Index ranging from 0.08 to 0.69 with a mean MAR index of 0.38. In the rPCR analysis of fifteen P. aeruginosa isolates, 14 isolates (93.3%) were detected harboring blaSHV, six isolates (40%) harbored blaTEM, and three isolates (20%) harbored blaCTX-M, being the least occurring ESBL. Results of the current study revealed that P. aeruginosa isolates recovered from nonclinical milieu are resistant to frontline clinically relevant antipseudomonal drugs. .is is concerning as it poses a risk to the environment and constitutes a public health threat. Given the public health relevance, the paper recommends monitoring of multidrug-resistant pathogens in effluent environments.
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- Authors: Mojisola Clara Hosu , Sandeep Vasaikar , Grace Emily Okuthe , Teke Apalata
- Date: 5 January 2021
- Subjects: Microbiology
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2417 , vital:41877
- Description: Evaluation of resistant profiles and detection of antimicrobial-resistant genes of bacterial pathogens in the nonclinical milieu is imperative to assess the probable risk of dissemination of resistant genes in the environment. .is paper sought to identify antibiotic-resistant genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa from nonclinical sources in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, and evaluate its public health implications. Samples collected from abattoir wastewater and aquatic environment were processed by membrane filtration and cultured on CHROMagarTM Pseudomonas medium. Species identification was performed by autoSCAN-4 (Dade Behring Inc., IL). Molecular characterization of the isolates was confirmed using real-time polymerase chain reaction (rPCR) and selected isolates were further screened for the possibility of harboring antimicrobial resistance genes. Fifty-one Pseudomonas species were recovered from abattoir wastewater and surface water samples, out of which thirty-six strains were Pseudomonas aeruginosa (70.6%). .e P. aeruginosa isolates demonstrated resistance to aztreonam (86.1%), ceftazidime (63.9%), piperacillin (58.3%), cefepime (55.6%), imipenem (50%), piperacillin/tazobactam (47.2%), meropenem (41.7%), and levofloxacin (30.6%). Twenty out of thirty-six P. aeruginosa displayed multidrug resistance profiles and were classified as multidrug-resistant (MDR) (55.6%). Most of the bacterial isolates exhibited a high Multiple Antibiotic Resistance (MAR) Index ranging from 0.08 to 0.69 with a mean MAR index of 0.38. In the rPCR analysis of fifteen P. aeruginosa isolates, 14 isolates (93.3%) were detected harboring blaSHV, six isolates (40%) harbored blaTEM, and three isolates (20%) harbored blaCTX-M, being the least occurring ESBL. Results of the current study revealed that P. aeruginosa isolates recovered from nonclinical milieu are resistant to frontline clinically relevant antipseudomonal drugs. .is is concerning as it poses a risk to the environment and constitutes a public health threat. Given the public health relevance, the paper recommends monitoring of multidrug-resistant pathogens in effluent environments.
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Meyer2020_Article_OpticalAndStructural-chemistry.pdf
- Edson L. Meyer, Johannes Z. Mbese, Raymond Taziwa, Mojeed A. Agoro
- Authors: Edson L. Meyer , Johannes Z. Mbese , Raymond Taziwa , Mojeed A. Agoro
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4683 , vital:44159
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- Authors: Edson L. Meyer , Johannes Z. Mbese , Raymond Taziwa , Mojeed A. Agoro
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4683 , vital:44159
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May Measurement Month 2018: an analysis of blood pressure screening results in South Africa
- Angela J. Woodiwiss1, Ruan Kruger, Gavin R. Norton, Aletta E. Schutte, Caitlynd Myburgh
- Authors: Angela J. Woodiwiss1 , Ruan Kruger , Gavin R. Norton , Aletta E. Schutte , Caitlynd Myburgh
- Date: 2020
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4331 , vital:44105
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- Authors: Angela J. Woodiwiss1 , Ruan Kruger , Gavin R. Norton , Aletta E. Schutte , Caitlynd Myburgh
- Date: 2020
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4331 , vital:44105
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Leveraging polymerase chain reaction technique (GeneXpert) to upscaling testing capacity for SARSCoV- 2 (COVID-19) in Nigeria: a game changer
- Olanrewaju Oladimeji, Bamidele Paul Atiba, Daniel Adedayo Adeyinka
- Authors: Olanrewaju Oladimeji , Bamidele Paul Atiba , Daniel Adedayo Adeyinka
- Date: 2020
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4184 , vital:44036
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- Authors: Olanrewaju Oladimeji , Bamidele Paul Atiba , Daniel Adedayo Adeyinka
- Date: 2020
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4184 , vital:44036
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Late diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus infection is linked to higher rates of epilepsy in children in the Eastern Cape of South Africa
- Isabel A. Michaelis, Craig Carty, Maryke Nielsen, Markus Wolff, Caroline A. Sabin, John S. Lambert
- Authors: Isabel A. Michaelis , Craig Carty , Maryke Nielsen , Markus Wolff , Caroline A. Sabin , John S. Lambert
- Date: 2020
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4237 , vital:44050
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- Authors: Isabel A. Michaelis , Craig Carty , Maryke Nielsen , Markus Wolff , Caroline A. Sabin , John S. Lambert
- Date: 2020
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4237 , vital:44050
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Language And Gender Interaction In Bakossi Proverbial Discourse
- Authors: Enongene Mirabeau Sone
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Language use, gender, sexist, sexism, Bakossi, proverbs, discourse
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2616 , vital:42294
- Description: Language can be seen as a systematic means which human beings use in the communication of thoughts, ideas, values, norms and feelings. As a pervasive aspect of our lives, it is a verbal means with which we communicate and conduct social interaction. This paper examines specific aspects of proverbial language of the Bakossi people of the South West Region of Cameroon and determines through a feminist analysis how this language use illustrates in-built sexist connotation in the sense that it generally indicates positive things for males while negative connotations are assumed for women. Proverbs, pronominal forms and idiomatic expressions are collected and analysed to ascertain the above argument. The evidence in this paper serves as a reference point for women of sexism that is built into language use in these old pithy sayings which are meant to encapsulate pearls of wisdom
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- Authors: Enongene Mirabeau Sone
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Language use, gender, sexist, sexism, Bakossi, proverbs, discourse
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2616 , vital:42294
- Description: Language can be seen as a systematic means which human beings use in the communication of thoughts, ideas, values, norms and feelings. As a pervasive aspect of our lives, it is a verbal means with which we communicate and conduct social interaction. This paper examines specific aspects of proverbial language of the Bakossi people of the South West Region of Cameroon and determines through a feminist analysis how this language use illustrates in-built sexist connotation in the sense that it generally indicates positive things for males while negative connotations are assumed for women. Proverbs, pronominal forms and idiomatic expressions are collected and analysed to ascertain the above argument. The evidence in this paper serves as a reference point for women of sexism that is built into language use in these old pithy sayings which are meant to encapsulate pearls of wisdom
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Knowledge Policing: Re-conceptualizing Ogun in Peter Omoko’s Battles of Pleasure and Roy-Omoni’s Morontonu
- Olutoba Gboyega Oluwasuji,, Sone Mirabeau Enongene
- Authors: Olutoba Gboyega Oluwasuji, , Sone Mirabeau Enongene
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: Coloniality, Decolonial Epistemic Perspective, Knowledge Policing, Ogun, Yoruba
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2688 , vital:42323
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- Authors: Olutoba Gboyega Oluwasuji, , Sone Mirabeau Enongene
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: Coloniality, Decolonial Epistemic Perspective, Knowledge Policing, Ogun, Yoruba
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2688 , vital:42323
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JOURNAL ARTICLE B.pdf
- Authors: Grace Emily Okuthe
- Subjects: sex inversion, danio rerio, gonad, mitotic, development
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2333 , vital:41323
- Description: published papers by Prof Grace Emily Okuthe
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- Authors: Grace Emily Okuthe
- Subjects: sex inversion, danio rerio, gonad, mitotic, development
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2333 , vital:41323
- Description: published papers by Prof Grace Emily Okuthe
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JOURNAL ARTICLE A.pdf
- Authors: Grace Emily Okuthe
- Subjects: sex inversion, danio rerio, gonad, mitotic, development
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2325 , vital:41324
- Description: published papers by Prof Grace Emily Okuthe
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- Authors: Grace Emily Okuthe
- Subjects: sex inversion, danio rerio, gonad, mitotic, development
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2325 , vital:41324
- Description: published papers by Prof Grace Emily Okuthe
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Investigation of the effects of selected bio-based carburising agents on mechanical and microstructural characteristics of gray cast iron
- Salawu, Enesi Y, Akinlabi, Esther, Inegbenebo, Anthony O, Ajayi, Oluseyi O, Akinlabi, Stephen, Popoola, A P I, Uyo, U O
- Authors: Salawu, Enesi Y , Akinlabi, Esther , Inegbenebo, Anthony O , Ajayi, Oluseyi O , Akinlabi, Stephen , Popoola, A P I , Uyo, U O
- Date: 2020
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4735 , vital:44172
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- Authors: Salawu, Enesi Y , Akinlabi, Esther , Inegbenebo, Anthony O , Ajayi, Oluseyi O , Akinlabi, Stephen , Popoola, A P I , Uyo, U O
- Date: 2020
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4735 , vital:44172
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Insulin Resistance is Associated with Gut Permeability Without the Direct Influence of Obesity in Young Adults
- Mkumbuzi, Lusikelelwe, Engwa, Godwill Azeh, Sewani-Rusike, Constance R, Mfengu, Mvuyisi M O
- Authors: Mkumbuzi, Lusikelelwe , Engwa, Godwill Azeh , Sewani-Rusike, Constance R , Mfengu, Mvuyisi M O
- Date: 2020
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4582 , vital:44136
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- Authors: Mkumbuzi, Lusikelelwe , Engwa, Godwill Azeh , Sewani-Rusike, Constance R , Mfengu, Mvuyisi M O
- Date: 2020
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4582 , vital:44136
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Insufficient iodine nutrition status and the risk of pre-eclampsia: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis
- Charles Bitamazire Businge, Namhla Madini, Benjamin Longo-Mbenza, A P Kengne
- Authors: Charles Bitamazire Businge , Namhla Madini , Benjamin Longo-Mbenza , A P Kengne
- Date: 2021
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4602 , vital:44141
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- Authors: Charles Bitamazire Businge , Namhla Madini , Benjamin Longo-Mbenza , A P Kengne
- Date: 2021
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4602 , vital:44141
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Implementing a total reward strategy in selected South African municipal organisations
- Patrick W. Bwowe, Newlin Marongwe
- Authors: Patrick W. Bwowe , Newlin Marongwe
- Date: 2018
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4233 , vital:44048
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- Authors: Patrick W. Bwowe , Newlin Marongwe
- Date: 2018
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4233 , vital:44048
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Hereditary spherocytosis with successful splenectomy in a pregnant black South African lady: a case report
- Elmezughi, Khaled, Ekpebegh, Chukwuma
- Authors: Elmezughi, Khaled , Ekpebegh, Chukwuma
- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4209 , vital:44039
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- Authors: Elmezughi, Khaled , Ekpebegh, Chukwuma
- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4209 , vital:44039
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Graves’ disease following hypothyroidism due to Hashimoto’s thyroiditis in a black South African lady: a case report
- Ekpebegh, Chukwuma, Elmezughi, Khaled, Mtingi, Lungiswa
- Authors: Ekpebegh, Chukwuma , Elmezughi, Khaled , Mtingi, Lungiswa
- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4200 , vital:44038
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- Authors: Ekpebegh, Chukwuma , Elmezughi, Khaled , Mtingi, Lungiswa
- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4200 , vital:44038
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Genomic Association of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms with Blood Pressure Response to Hydrochlorothiazide among South African Adults with Hypertension
- Charity Masilela, Oladele Vincent Adeniyi, Joven Jebio Ongole, Mongi Benjeddou, Brendon Pearce
- Authors: Charity Masilela , Oladele Vincent Adeniyi , Joven Jebio Ongole , Mongi Benjeddou , Brendon Pearce
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4675 , vital:44157
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- Authors: Charity Masilela , Oladele Vincent Adeniyi , Joven Jebio Ongole , Mongi Benjeddou , Brendon Pearce
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4675 , vital:44157
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First-episode psychosis and substance use in an acute mental health unit
- Thungana, Yanga, Zingela, Zukiswa, van Wyk, Stefan
- Authors: Thungana, Yanga , Zingela, Zukiswa , van Wyk, Stefan
- Date: 2018
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4759 , vital:44187
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- Authors: Thungana, Yanga , Zingela, Zukiswa , van Wyk, Stefan
- Date: 2018
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4759 , vital:44187
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