Research and Results

van Biljon N, Lake MT, Goddard L, Botha M, Zar HJ, Little F. Latent Classes of Anthropometric Growth in Early Childhood Using Uni- and Multivariate approaches in a South African Birth Cohort. PloS one. 2025 Mar 25;20(3):e0319237.

Zar HJ, Workman L, MacGinty R, Botha M, Johnson M, Hunt A, Burd T, Nicol MP, Flasche S, Quilty BJ, Goldblatt D. Natural immunity and protection against variants in South African children through five COVID-19 waves: A prospective study. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2025 Jan 1;150:107300.

Wedderburn CJ, Bondar J, Lake MT, Nhapi R, Barnett W, Nicol MP, Goddard L, Zar HJ. Risk and rates of hospitalisation in young children: a prospective study of a South African birth cohort. PLOS Global Public Health. 2024 Jan 17;4(1):e0002754.

Martinez L, Gray DM, Botha M, Nel M, Chaya S, Jacobs C, Workman L, Nicol MP, Zar HJ. The long-term impact of early-life tuberculosis disease on child health: a prospective birth cohort study. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2023 Apr 15;207(8):1080-8.

Chaya S, Vanker A, Brittain K, MacGinty R, Jacobs C, Hantos Z, Zar HJ, Gray DM. The impact of antenatal and postnatal indoor air pollution or tobacco smoke exposure on lung function at 3 years in an African birth cohort. Respirology. 2023 Dec;28(12):1154-65.