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- Early childhood wheezing phenotypes and determinants in a South African birth cohort: longitudinal analysis of the Drakenstein Child Health Study. McCready C, Haider S, Little F, Nicol MP, Workman L, Gray DM, Granell R, Stein DJ, Custovic A, Zar HJ. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2023 Feb;7(2):127-135. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(22)00304-2. Epub 2022 Nov 23. PMID: 36435180; PMCID: PMC9870786.
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- Genome-wide association study identifies novel candidate malaria resistance genes in Cameroon.
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Challenges of Biobanking in South Africa to Facilitate Indigenious Research in Environment Burdened with Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Tuberculosis, and Emerging Noncommunicable Diseases