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Distinctive Features of Surface-Anchored Proteins of Streptococcus agalactiae Strains from Zimbabwe Revealed by PCR and Dot Blotting
(American Society for Microbiology, 2008-09)
The distribution of capsular polysaccharide (CPS) types and subtypes (serovariants) among 121 group B
streptococcus (GBS) strains from Zimbabwe was examined. PCR was used for the detection of both CPS types
and the ...
Epidemiology of oral Kaposi’s sarcoma in Zimbabwe 1988-1997: A population-based study
(University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, 2008)
Objective: Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest number of HIV/AIDS cases globally which contrasts with the lack of population-based studies of oral Kaposi's sarcoma (OKS); one of the clinical cardinal signs of HIV/AIDS. To ...
Treatment outcomes of patients on antiretrovirals after six months of treatment, Khami Clinic, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
(University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, 2008)
Objective: To describe treatment outcomes of patients on anti-retrovirals at six months of treatment. Study Design: We conducted pre-intervention post intervention surveys using a pretest-post test design. Setting: Khami ...
Malaria in pregnancy
(University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, 2008)
It is estimated that, nearly five billion episodes of clinical malaria occur worldwide each year. The disease causes about three million deaths annually with Africa suffering 90% of this burden.'it is also estimated that ...
An Experimental Pharmacokinetic Computer Program to Predict Potential Drug-Drug Interactions
(Bentham Open, 2008)
Polypharmacy as a result of combating co-infections, or combination therapy for better efficacy and reducing
the emergency of drug resistance, is on the increase in the African clinical setting in the advent of HIV/AIDS, ...