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Lucille Blumberg
Researcher at National Health Laboratory Service
Publications - 166
Citations - 4078
Lucille Blumberg is an academic researcher from National Health Laboratory Service. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Internal medicine. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 128 publications receiving 2671 citations. Previous affiliations of Lucille Blumberg include National Institute of Communicable Diseases & University of the Witwatersrand.
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Mass gathering events and reducing further global spread of COVID-19: a political and public health dilemma.
Brian McCloskey,Alimuddin Zumla,Giuseppe Ippolito,Lucille Blumberg,Paul Arbon,Anita Cicero,Tina Endericks,Poh Lian Lim,Maya Borodina +8 more
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Global perspectives for prevention of infectious diseases associated with mass gatherings
Ibrahim Abubakar,Ibrahim Abubakar,Phillippe Gautret,Gary W. Brunette,Lucille Blumberg,David R. Johnson,Gilles Poumerol,Ziad A. Memish,Maurizio Barbeschi,Ali S. Khan,Ali S. Khan +10 more
TL;DR: Risks of communicable diseases that are associated with mass gatherings (MGs) are assessed, approaches to risk assessment and mitigation are outlined, and some key challenges encountered by organisers and participants are drawn attention.
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Population Immunity and Covid-19 Severity with Omicron Variant in South Africa.
Shabir A. Madhi,Gaurav Kwatra,Jonny Myers,Waasila Jassat,Nisha Dhar,Christian Kabasele Mukendi,Amit J Nana,Lucille Blumberg,Richard Welch,Nicoletta Ngorima-Mabhena,Portia Mutevedzi +10 more
TL;DR: Widespread underlying SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity was observed in Gauteng before the omicron-dominant wave of Covid-19, and Epidemiologic data showed a decoupling of hospitalizations and deaths from infections while Omicron was circulating.
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Interim report on pandemic H1N1 influenza virus infections in South Africa, April to October 2009: epidemiology and factors associated with fatal cases.
Brett N. Archer,Brett N. Archer,Cheryl Cohen,Cheryl Cohen,Dhamari Naidoo,Juno Thomas,Juno Thomas,C. Makunga,Lucille Blumberg,Lucille Blumberg,Marietjie Venter,Marietjie Venter,G.A. Timothy,Adrian Puren,Adrian Puren,Johanna M. McAnerney,Ayanda Cengimbo,Barry D. Schoub,Barry D. Schoub +18 more
TL;DR: The most common underlying conditions among fatal cases were infection with human immunodeficiency virus and pregnancy, and active tuberculosis coinfection was present in seven of 72 fatal cases.
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Outbreak of Listeriosis in South Africa Associated with Processed Meat.
Juno Thomas,N. Govender,Kerrigan McCarthy,Linda Erasmus,Tim Doyle,Mushal Allam,Arshad Ismail,Ntsieni Ramalwa,Phuti Sekwadi,Genevie Ntshoe,A.M. Shonhiwa,Vivien Essel,Nomsa P. Tau,Shannon L. Smouse,Hlengiwe M Ngomane,Bolele Disenyeng,Nicola Page,Nelesh P. Govender,Adriano Duse,Robert W. Stewart,Teena Thomas,Deon Mahoney,Mathieu Tourdjman,Olivier Disson,Pierre Thouvenot,Mylène M. Maury,Alexandre Leclercq,Marc Lecuit,Anthony M. Smith,Lucille Blumberg +29 more
TL;DR: This investigation showed that in a middle-income country with a high prevalence of HIV infection, L. monocytogenes caused disproportionate illness among pregnant girls and women and HIV-infected persons.