Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa

  • University of the Western Cape
  • Emeritus, Health Sciences
  • South Africa

My co-authors include

Dr. Pedro M.D.S. Abrantes
Professor Ralf Reinhold Henkel

My Publications

Real-time Assessment of Interspecies Candida Biofilm Formation

  • The Open Microbiology Journal
  • December 2022

Does South Africa hold the key to the development of alternative treatments for resista...

  • Journal of Herbal Medicine
  • October 2021

Chemical Composition and Cosmeceutical Potential of the Essential Oil of Oncosiphon suf...

  • Plants
  • June 2021

Biosynthesis, Characterization, and Biological Activities of Procyanidin Capped Silver ...

  • Journal of Functional Biomaterials
  • September 2020

A population model for the 2017/18 listeriosis outbreak in South Africa

  • PLoS ONE
  • March 2020

Measuring the adhesion of oral streptococci and a yeast (Candida albicans)

  • Journal of Microbiological Methods
  • February 2020

A potent new antifungal compound

  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • May 2019

Oral health during pregnancy

  • International Journal of Dentistry
  • March 2019

Group B Streptococcus Serotypes in Pregnant Women From the Western Cape Region of South...

  • Frontiers in Public Health
  • December 2018

Vaginal Microbiomes Associated With Aerobic Vaginitis and Bacterial Vaginosis

  • Frontiers in Public Health
  • March 2018

The Threat of Aerobic Vaginitis to Pregnancy and Neonatal Morbidity

  • African Journal of Reproductive Health
  • June 2017

Oral health and pregnancy

  • Biomarkers
  • June 2017

Candida drug resistance in sub-Saharan Africa

  • F1000Research
  • January 2017

A microscopic differentiation between gingivitis and periodontitis

  • BDJ Open
  • January 2017

Maternal gum disease may cause preterm delivery

  • International Dental Journal
  • December 2016

Candida drug resistance in sub-Saharan Africa

  • F1000Research
  • December 2016

Vaginal bacteria during pregnancy

  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • July 2014

Multi-drug resistant oral Candida species isolated from HIV-positive patients in South ...

  • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
  • June 2014

Is human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) stage an independent risk factor for altering the...

  • BMC Oral Health
  • December 2013

Review of methods to diagnose bacterial vaginosis

  • Expert Opinion on Medical Diagnostics
  • January 2013

The Association between Gender and Tooth Loss in A Small Rural Population of South Africa

  • Science Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • January 2013

Differentiating Candida species

  • Journal of Microbiology Research
  • December 2012

BANA-Positive Plaque Samples Are Associated with Oral Hygiene Practices and Not CD4+ T ...

  • International Journal of Dentistry
  • January 2012

Oral bacteria and preterm delivery

  • Virulence
  • November 2011

Examination of maternal gingival crevicular fluid for the presence of selected periodon...

  • Virulence
  • July 2010

Activation of the extrinsic apoptotic pathway by TNF-α in Human Salivary Gland (HSG) ce...

  • Archives of Oral Biology
  • November 2009

Salivary gland disease in HIV/AIDS and primary Sjogren's Syndrome: analysis of collagen...

  • Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine
  • October 2003

Darkfield microscopy of subgingival plaque of an urban black population with poor oral ...

  • Journal Of Clinical Periodontology
  • July 1986

Fluoride and periodontitis

  • Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology
  • April 1985

Bacteriological studies of subgingival plaque in a periodontitis-resistant population.

  • Journal of Periodontal Research
  • January 1985

Reducing the incidence of postoperative anaerobic infections

  • Chemotherapy
  • July 1980