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A continuous mathematical model for Shigella outbreaks
(Scientific & Academic Publishing, http://www.sapub.org/, 2014)
A continuous mathematical model of shigella diarrhea is introduced in this paper. According to the pathogenesis of shigella, the model had been designed as an SIRS system comprising of a non-constant population. The ...
Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura-Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome and pregnancy
(PAMJ-Center for Public Health Research and Information, http://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/, 2014-04-08)
Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura-Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome (TTP-HUS) is a rare pregnancy and postpartum complication that may simulate the more common obstetric complications, preeclampsia and the syndrome of haemolysis, ...
A case of cryptococcal lymphadenitis in an HIV-Infected woman
(Israel Medical Association; https://www.ima.org.il/eng/, 2014-02)
A 31 year old black African woman presented at a local clinic in Botswana with a 1 week history of a painless swelling on the left side of her neck. She did not have fever, night sweats, productive cough or weight loss. ...
Co-infection with HPV types from the same species provides natural cross-protection from progression to cervical cancer
(BioMed Central (BMC), http://www.infectagentscancer.com/, 2014-08)
Background: The worldwide administration of bivalent and quadrivalent HPV vaccines has resulted in cross-protection against non-vaccine HPV types. Infection with multiple HPV types may offer similar cross-protection in the ...
Patient-centredness: meaning and propriety in the Botswana, African and non-Western contexts
(Aosis, https://aosis.co.za/, 2014-02-20)
Patient-centredness is a key principle in Family Medicine. It is covered in a Family Medicine textbook by McWhinney and textbooks edited by Goh et al., Rakel and Rakel3 and Mash and Blitz-Lindeque, to name but a few. ...
The experiences of people living with HIV/AIDS in Gaborone, Botswana: stigma, its consequences and coping mechanisms
(Aosis,https://aosis.co.za/, 2014)
Background: This study was carried out in Bontleng, Extension 14 and Old Naledi, which are low-income residential areas of Gaborone, Botswana. The aim of the study was to explore the experiences of people living with human ...
A novel and fatal method of copper sulphate poisoning
(Elsevier, https://www.elsevier.com/, 2014-04)
Introduction: Copper sulphate is widely used around the world as a pesticide and seed fungicide. Many cases of accidental intoxication with this substance have been reported among farm workers who have absorbed large amounts ...
Reflections on primary health care and family medicine in Botswana
(Aosis, https://aosis.co.za/, 2014-08-14)
Primary Care should be the ‘central function and main focus of a country’s health system‘.The Ouagadougu Declaration similarly states that the vehicle for achieving the Millennium Development Goals and addressing the health ...