Temporal variation of pesticide mixtures in rivers of three agricultural watersheds during a major drought in the Western Cape, South Africa (Publications)
South Africa is the leading pesticide user in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, little is known about the occurrence of pesticide mixtures in surface water and potential environmental risks in Africa. This
Tick (<em>Amblyomma chabaudi</em>) infestation of endemic tortoises in southwest Madagascar and investigation of tick-borne pathogens (Publications)
Little is known about the role of endemic ticks as vectors for bacterial and protozoan pathogens for animals and humans in Madagascar and their interaction in anthropogenic habitats where humans, thei
Fluorescent<em> in situ</em> hybridization of pre-incubated blood culture material for the rapid diagnosis of histoplasmosis (Publications)
Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) has been shown to be useful for the detection of Candida and Cryptococcus species in blood culture materials. FISH procedures for the detection of Histoplasma
Rapid identification of <em>Leishmania</em> spp. in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue samples by fluorescence<em> in situ</em> hybridization (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To describe and validate fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), a new method of Leishmania spp. identification. FISH allows for a rapid detection of target organisms by specific binding