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, ...
Plasmodium falciparum is a unicellular protozoan parasite that causes malaria in humans. The parasite is passed to humans through mosquito bites and migrates to the liver before it infects host erythrocytes. It is at the ...
Background: Patients on antiretroviral (ART) are expected to be at least 95% adherent to their treatment, as this will increase their chances of achieving treatment success (maximum and durable suppression of HIV-1 viral ...
Background: The medicinal value of plants lies in some chemical substances that
produce a definite physiological action in the human body. The secondary metabolites
help the plants to survive hash conditions and could ...
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 ...
Malaria is a disease that claims about half a million lives annually, mainly children. There are 5 Plasmodium species that cause malaria; namely, P. falciparum, P. ovale, P. malariae, P. knowlesi and P. vivax. P. falciparum ...
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 ...
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 ...
BACKGROUND: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a common sexually transmitted virus known to be a causative agent of cervical cancer (CC), one of the most frequent cancers in women worldwide. HPV is a double stranded DNA virus ...
Background: Amebiasis is a common parasitic disease that contributes to the burden of diarrhea in areas with poor sanitation and inadequate water supply worldwide. Water quality, therefore, plays an essential role in the ...
BACKGROUND: Human norovirus (NoV) is the etiological agent associated with acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in both children and adults worldwide. Children of <5 years of age, the elderly and individuals suffering from chronic ...
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 ...
Background: Prostate cancer (PCA) is a major health concern in males, particularly those above 40 years old. It is the most common form of cancer in males worldwide, including South Africa. In South Africa, the rate of ...
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 ...
Background: Diarrheal diseases have a major effect on human health, Globally; it is
second only to pneumonia as a leading cause of death among children under five.
They are due to a variety of infectious and non-infectious ...