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Item The association of various HLA-A, -B and -DR loci with membranous glomerulonephritis, IgA nephropathy, and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in KwaZulu-Natal renal patients.(2007) Allen, Veronica.; Assounga, Alain Guy Honore.This KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) based study investigates hypertension, glomerulonephritides and the rarity of IgA Nephropathy (IgAN) in Africans in association with the Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA). A retrospective hypertensive study found a positive association with HLA-B40 (P c<0.05) and HLA-B15 (Pc<0.02) in Indians and Africans respectively. No association was found in Whites. A prospective study showed glomerulonephritides to be positively associated with HLA-A33 in Indians (Pc 0.049). No associations were found with glomerulonephritides in Africans and Whites. Combined Race groups show no HLA associations. HLA-A30; HLA-A34; HLA-A29; HLA-B42; HLA-B58; HLA-B70 and HLA-DR11 were extremely significantly higher in Africans compared to Indians and Whites (all P<0.0001). In conclusion, HLA-B40 and I 1LA-B15 are possible disease susceptibility markers in Indian and African hypertensives; HLA-A33 is a possible disease susceptibility marker for glomerulonephritides in Indians and alleles in linkage might be responsible for the rarity of IgAN in Africans but further studies need to be employed.Item The incidence and anti-microbial sensitivity of urinary tract infections in HIV positive and negative nephrology patients at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital in Kwazulu Natal Province, South Africa.(2018) Madela, Etheldreda Ivon Yoliswa.; Assounga, Alain Guy Honore.