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Jeremy Nel is a South African infectious diseases specialist and academic affiliated with the University of the Witwatersrand and Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital. Widely recognized for clinical leadership in HIV and related infections, he contributes to national guideline development through the Southern African HIV Clinicians Society and engages actively in public health discourse.
His research centers on HIV-associated complications, particularly stroke, vasculopathy, and immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome. Work in HIV Medicine and the Journal of the Neurological Sciences clarifies mechanisms of cerebrovascular disease in people living with HIV, highlighting non-atherosclerotic processes and the role of viral co-infections, while proposing practical diagnostic strategies.
Additional contributions span tuberculosis drug resistance, sexually transmitted infections, non-tuberculous mycobacteria, COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness, and HIV prevention technologies such as the dapivirine ring. This body of work reflects strengths in clinical epidemiology, guideline adaptation, and health policy analysis, with sustained impact on infectious disease practice in Southern Africa.
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