Title: Assessment of microbial quality and safety of ground beef/product obtained from selected retailers around Thohoyandou area; Vhembe district; Limpopo.
Background: It has been proven that animal products are easily ...
BACKGROUND: The presence of a highly diverse bacterial species in the cervicovaginal niche is linked to a higher risk of contracting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), persistent infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) ...
The lack of access to water supply and sanitation (WSS) services in developing countries has caused various waterborne diseases and related millions of deaths. The challenges have compelled various countries to take note ...
Background: Enteric infections constitute a serious public health problem globally,
especially in low and middle-income countries, particularly in areas of poor sanitation, low
socio-economic conditions, inadequate water ...
Background: Viral diarrhoea is a common cause of mortality among children less than five years of age in developing countries. Sapovirus (SV), one of the enteric viruses has been reported to be associated with viral diarrhoea ...
For decades, plants have been the backbone of complicated traditional herbal medicine system. Plants have been used by people and animals as a source of nutrients as well as medicine. Production of secondary metabolites ...
Colloidal suspensions of gold particles of nanometre (nm) sizes are termed gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). Although stable, AuNPs have been reported to be toxic to E. coli cells by collapsing the bacterial cell membranes and ...
Hsp70 is a prominent molecular chaperone. Structurally, Hsp70 is composed of two domains,
C-terminus substrate binding domain (SBD) and nucleotide binding domain (NBD). The NBD
of Hsp70 is responsible for its ATPase ...
Background: The use of medicinal herbs has raised considerable interest worldwide attributed to their health-promoting effects. Momordica balsamina (M. balsamina) is a medicinal herb that has long been used to treat various ...
Human Immunodeficiency virus/ acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a relatively modern disease that has caused extensive morbidity, mortality and suffering worldwide. HIV/AIDS is associated with different enzymes ...
Medicinal plants play an important role in both health and the livelihood of people. These plants have been used for medicinal purposes since time memorial, and they are deemed safer than their synthetic counterparts. One ...
With nearly half the world’s population at risk of malaria infection, 229 million new cases were recorded in 2019 with Sub-Saharan Africa accounting for most of these cases. In 2020, 384 000 malaria deaths were reported ...
Objective: The development of HIV drug resistance is a significant challenge in maintaining suppressed viral load in the management of patients. Next generation sequencing (NGS) is a more sensitive approach to determine ...
Since the discovery of Antibiotics in the 20th century, the idea of searching for
antimicrobial compounds from natural sources came into existence. However natural
products from microbial origin (especially soil ...
BACKGROUND: Child daycare centers (DCCs) host a variety of pathogenic enteric microorganisms which may be found in various areas within the compound. Enteric pathogens are the most common cause of diarrhoea worldwide in ...
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the deadliest brain tumour. GBM is associated with poor prognosis, with its patients having a very short median survival and poor response to chemotherapy. GBM is a World Health Organization ...
Malaria is caused by protozoan parasites of the Plasmodium genus. An estimated 405 000 million deaths due to malaria were reported in 2018. Plasmodium falciparum (P. falciparum) accounts for the deadliest form of the disease ...
Adsorption of Coomassie brilliant blue (CBB G-250) from aqueous solutions on the adsorbents chitosan, alpha cellulose, banana rachis fibre, banana rachis fibre/chitosan composite, alpha cellulose/chitosan composite, and ...
The main malaria agent, Plasmodium falciparum, exhibits a complex life cycle. The parasite initially develops in a poikilothermic mosquito vector before it is subsequently transmitted to a homeothermic human host. As such, ...
Background: Acute gastroenteritis (AGE) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children globally. Several reports have indicated that diarrheal diseases caused by viruses, bacteria and parasites are associated with ...