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The Negative Impacts of COVID-19 Containment Measures on South African Families - Overview and Recommendations
(2021-03)
The World Health Organization (WHO) reported various pneumonia cases (‘Coronavirus Disease 2019’ [COVID-19]) on 31 December 2019 in
Wuhan City, China, which has spread to many countries, including South Africa. In response ...
Pathogenic human Coronavirus envelope protein: A clear link to Immunopathology?
(MPDI, 2020)
Since the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in 2003, human coronaviruses
(hCoVs) have been identified as causative agents of severe acute respiratory tract infections.
Two more hCoV outbreaks have since ...
Understanding varying COVID-19 mortality rates reported in Africa compared to Europe, Americas and Asia
(Pub med, 2021-07)
The SARS-CoV-2 infection, which causes the COVID-19 disease, has impacted every nation on the globe, albeit disproportionately. African countries have seen lower infection and mortality rates than most countries in the ...
The emergence and ongoing convergent evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 N501Y lineages
(Elsevier, 2021-09)
The independent emergence late in 2020 of the B.1.1.7, B.1.351, and P.1 lineages of SARS-CoV-2 prompted
renewed concerns about the evolutionary capacity of this virus to overcome public health interventions and
rising ...
A new logistic growth model applied to COVID-19 fatality data
(Elsevier, 2021)
follows a sub-exponential power-law scaling whenever effective control interventions are in place. Taking this
into consideration, we present a new phenomenological logistic model that is well-suited for such power-law
epidemic ...
A perspective on nanotechnology and covid-19 vaccine research and production in south africa
(MDPI, 2021)
Advances in nanotechnology have enabled the development of a new generation of
vaccines, which are playing a critical role in the global control of the COVID-19 pandemic and
the return to normalcy. Vaccine development ...
Predictors of mask-wearing during the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from South Africa
(Oxford University Press, 2022)
Background: In the absence of a vaccine, the global spread of
COVID-19 during 2020 has necessitated non-pharmaceutical
interventions to curb the rise of cases. Purpose: The article
uses the health belief model and a ...
Clinical condition, resuscitation and medical-psychological care of severe COVID-19 patients(part 1)
(Elsevier, 2021)
This interview covers the clinical and psychological condition of patients afflicted with severe COVID-19
and their pulmonary rehabilitation process. For these patients, symptoms are medically urgent and lifethreatening. ...
COVID-19: An alternative approach to postgraduate supervision in the digital age
(2022)
Universities globally are facing enormous governmental pressure to increase postgraduate output, and in turn, contribute to the knowledge economy. This pressure is transferred to research supervisors, who have to navigate ...