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07 January 2018
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The work of Dr Anneke van der Spoel van Dijk investigates the spread of TB in the Free State population using techniques such as next generation sequencing, spoligotyping and MIRU-VNTR typing. Dr Van der Spoel van Dijk, a senior medical scientist in the Department of Medical Microbiology at the University of the Free State (UFS) also looks at drug resistance in her research. This work informs decisions about how best to treat patients with multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB).
She employs rapid molecular techniques to track one of Africa’s most serious diseases, tuberculosis (TB).
Drug resistance
Scientists assist the National Health Laboratory Service and Department of Health in trying to refine the diagnostic tools to identify these cases earlier. Dr Van der Spoel van Dijk explains: “Until recently, it took up to two years to fine-tune treatment decisions for patients with MDR-TB. Patients get a cocktail of anti-TB drugs, but it takes time to find the right combination. Re-infection and relapse (patients stopping treatment for several reasons) add to the diagnostic and treatment management challenges.
Enormous impact
“Now doctors can reduce the time needed for diagnostic certainty to about seven days, while new drugs allow reduction of treatment from more than 18 to nine months. This can have an enormous impact on the life of many patients.”
Dr Van der Spoel van Dijk’s work forms part of research in the faculty looking at resistance development in TB strains. She is currently also doing her doctoral thesis on the differences and incidence of MDR-TB among adolescents versus adults. Dr Van der Spoel van Dijk says: “It is a complicated picture, but we hope to unravel it to support better diagnostic tools and patient care.”
As part of the National Health Laboratory Service, her department is playing an important role in TB diagnostics and the training of scientists and future pathologists. “Our work is contributing to the global vision to stop TB by 2035,” Dr Van der Spoel van Dijk says.
Intervarsity: Kovsies vs Pukke - 4 & 5 August 2006
2006-08-03
Programme
Friday 4 August 2006:
RUGBY: |
16:15 |
Medix vs PUK Engineer |
UFS field 5 |
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17:30 |
Armentum vs Heimat |
UFS field 4 |
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17:30 |
Vishuis vs De Wilgers |
UFS field 5 |
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18:45 |
Karee vs Patria |
UFS field 4 |
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18:45 |
Veritas vs Overs |
UFS field 5 |
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20:00 |
Reitz vs Veritas |
UFS field 4 |
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20:00 |
JBM vs Villagers |
UFS field 5 |
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NETBALL: |
15:00 |
UFS 2 vs PUK 3 |
UFS court 1 (Callie Human) |
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16:15 |
UFS 1 vs PUK 2 |
UFS court 1 (Callie Human) |
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16:15 |
UFS(Qwa-Qwa) vs PUK o/19B |
UFS court 2 (Callie Human) |
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17:30 |
UFS 3 vs PUK 4 |
UFS court 1 (Callie Human) |
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18:45 |
Kovsies vs PUK |
UFS court 1 (Callie Human) |
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BADMINTON: |
17:00 |
UFS vs PUK ( 2 SASSU TEAMS) |
UFS Badminton Hall |
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SOCCER: |
17:30 |
UFS 2(Qwa-Qwa) vs PUK 2 |
UFS field 6 |
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17:30 |
UFS ladies vs PUK ladies |
Shimla Park |
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19:30 |
Toast |
Shimla Park |
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19:40 |
UFS 1 vs PUK 1(men) |
Shimla Park |
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Saturday: 5 August 2006: |
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GOLF: |
7:30 |
UFS vs PUK (8 men) |
Bloemfontein GC |
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VOLLEYBALL: |
8:30 |
UFS men vs PUK men |
UFS Badminton Hall |
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SQUASH: |
8:30 |
UFS ladies vs PUK ladies |
UFS Sqauah Courts |
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8:30 |
UFS men vs PUK men |
UFS Squash Courts |
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CHESS: |
8:30 |
UFS vs PUK (5 men & 3 ladies) |
Kovsiesport boardroom |
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CROSS COUNTRY: |
8:30 |
UFS vs PUK (5 men & 4 ladies) |
Pellies Park |
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BASKETBALL: |
8:30 |
UFS ladies vs PUK ladies |
UFS Basketball court |
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9:30 |
UFS men vs PUK men |
UFS Basketball court |
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TENNIS: |
8:30 |
UFS ladies vs PUK ladies (8 players) |
UFS Tennis courts |
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8:30 |
UFS men vs PUK men (8 players) |
UFS Tennis courts |
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HOCKEY: |
8:30 |
Sonnedou vs Bellatrix |
UFS Oval 2 |
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8:30 |
Roosmaryn vs Eikenhof |
UFS Oval 1 |
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9:30 |
Vergeet My Nie vs Wanda |
UFS Oval 2 |
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9:30 |
Emily Hobhouse vs Wag-‘n-Bietjie |
UFS Oval 1 |
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10:30 |
Wag-‘n-Bietjie vs Heide |
UFS Oval 1 |
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NETBALL: |
8:30 |
Kestell vs Heide |
UFS court 4 |
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8:30 |
Medix vs Wanda 2 |
UFS court 3 |
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8:30 |
Roosmaryn vs Minjonet |
UFS court 2 |
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8:30 |
Marjolein vs Karlien |
UFS court 1 |
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9:30 |
Soetdoring vs Kasteel |
UFS court 4 |
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9:30 |
Sonnedou vs Dinki |
UFS court 3 |
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9:30 |
Wag-‘n-Bietjie vs Wag-‘n-Bietjie |
UFS court 2 |
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9:30 |
Vergeet My Nie vs Vergeet My Nie |
UFS court 1 |
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10:30 |
Emily Hobhouse vs Wanda |
UFS court 1 |
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RUGBY: |
10:10 |
UFS Colts vs PUK academy |
UFS field 5 |
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10:10 |
UFS Ritsims vs PUK 3 |
UFS field 4 |
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10:10 |
UFS U.19 vs PUK U.19 |
Shimla Park |
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11:40 |
UFS U.21 vs PUK U.21 |
Shimla Park |
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13:10 |
Irawas vs Ibbies |
Shimla Park |
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14:40 |
Toast |
Shimla Park |
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15:00 |
Shimlas vs PUKKE |
Shimla Park |