While violence directed at Indian students in Australian cities has been highlighted in the Indian and Australian press, far less attention has been paid to the violence directed at Indians in rural areas.This has most often involved Indians employed in contract labour in seasonal industries like fruit or vegetable picking.This article reviews vari
Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had dire effects on South Africa.Vaccines against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are critical in the fight against COVID-19.This study is necessary to optimise vaccine acceptance.Aim: To determine the knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of a patient popu
Abstract Background Esophageal metastasis of Ice Transport Buckets/Totes renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is extremely rare.We have described herein a case of a 59-year-old man with esophageal metastasis of RCC that was endoscopically resected.Case presentation The case was a 59-year-old man who had undergone left nephrectomy for renal clear cell carcino
Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed a range of disease phenotypes in infected patients with asymptomatic, mild, or severe clinical outcomes, but the mechanisms that determine such variable outcomes remain unresolved.In this study, we identified immunodominant CD8 T-cell epitopes in the spike antigen using a novel TCR-binding algorithm.The p