UPDATE ON THE INFLUENZA SEASON: JUNE 2019
As is expected during the influenza season, there has been a marked increase in cases of influenza in the community as well as people
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Pathology is a broad spectrum medical speciality that studies the nature and causes of disease and is at the heart of the healthcare system. Pathology is used in every phase of healthcare delivery throughout our lives to prevent, diagnose and investigate the causal analysis of disease. Ampath facilitates this integral and essential service by delivering safe and effective patient care and providing clinicians with accurate and timely information for managing patients and achieving the best possible health outcomes.
As is expected during the influenza season, there has been a marked increase in cases of influenza in the community as well as people
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13 June, 2019 The Ugandan Ministry of Health (UMoH) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have confirmed a case
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The 2019 South African influenza season, which started towards the end of April, is ongoing. Transmission of influenza has reached
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Ampath Immunology is proud to announce the introduction of HLA tissue typing and antibody screening using Luminex PCR-based multiplex technology.
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Helicobacter pylori is a highly prevalent curved gram-negative bacterium. Seropositivity rates in South-Africa range between 60% and 100%. It causes more than 90% of duodenal ulcers and up to 80% of gastric ulcers. Atrophic gastritis due to H. pylori can lead to gastric cancer.
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Colorectal carcinomas arise from colorectal epithelium, which has undergone a series of molecular changes, referred to as the adenoma-carcinoma progression sequence.4 With increasing genetic mutations, progression from normal epithelium to adenomas with dysplasia occurs. Eventually, adenomas that show high-grade dysplasia give rise to invasive colorectal carcinomas.
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