INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF VACCINATION AND NON-PHARMACEUTICAL MEASURES IN CURBING COVID-19 SPREAD: A SOUTH AFRICA PERSPECTIVE

Investigating the impact of vaccination and non-pharmaceutical measures in curbing COVID-19 spread: A South Africa perspective

The year 2020 brought about a pandemic that caught most of the world population by surprise and wreaked unimaginable havoc before any form of effective reaction could be put in place.COVID-19 is proving to be an epidemic that keeps on having an upsurge whenever it looks like it is being curbed.This pandemic has led to continuous strategizing on app

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Growth, Pathogenesis, and Serological Characteristics of the Japanese Encephalitis Virus Genotype IV Recent Strain 19CxBa-83-Cv

Genotype IV Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus (GIV JEV) is the least common and most neglected genotype in JEV.We evaluated the growth and pathogenic potential of the GIV strain 19CxBa-83-Cv, which was isolated from a mosquito pool Custom Product in Bali, Indonesia, in 2019, and serological analyses were also conducted.The growth ability of 19CxBa-8

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Nutritional Values of Minikiwi Fruit (Actinidia arguta) after Storage: Comparison between DCA New Technology and ULO and CA

The dietary properties of minikiwi make them, along with other fruits and vegetables, suitable as the basis for many slimming and pro-health diets.Prolonging the availability of minikiwi can be provided by different storage technologies.This experiment focused on evaluating the effect of various O2 and CO2 concentrations, i.e., low-oxygen atmospher

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Particulate dominance of organic carbon mobilization from thaw slumps on the Peel Plateau, NT: Quantification and implications for stream systems and permafrost carbon release

Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of thermokarst, Kit and accelerating the delivery of terrestrial organic material from previously sequestered sources to aquatic systems, where it is subject to further biochemical alteration.Rapid climate change in the glacially conditioned ice-rich and ice-marginal terrain of the Peel Plate

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