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Influence of seasonal flooding on soil total nitrogen, organic phosphorus and microbial populations in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Journal of Arid Environments. http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622855/description#description, 2003)
The effect of flooding on soil total nitrogen, phosphorus and microbial
population in different vegetation zones (floodplain, island and woodland)
and profile depth (0?1, 0?5, 2?0, 3?0, 4?0 and 5?0m) of the Okavango ...
Fire and its influence on microbial community structure and soil biochemical properties in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Academic Journals. http://www.academicjournals.org/SRE, 2007)
The influence of wild fires on microbial community structure, soil organic matter, sulphur oxidising and
nitrifying microbial populations in the floodplains of the Okavango Delta of Botswana was assessed.
Microbial ...
Voluntary counseling and testing among post-partum women in Botswana
(Elsevier www.elsevier.com/locate/pateducou, 2007)
Objective: To determine uptake and socio-demographics predictors of acceptance of voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) among postpartum women in Botswana.
Methods: Women attending maternal and child health clinics for ...
Monitoring maternity mortality in Botswana
(Elsevier, www.rhmjournal.org.uk, 2007)
This paper describes the maternity monitoring system in Botswana, developed in 1998,
and the main methods used: maternal death and morbidity reviews at service delivery level, analysis
by the National Maternal Mortality ...
Determination of allele frequencies in nine short tandem repeat loci of five human sub-populations in Botswana
(Academic Journals, www.academicjournals.org, 2008-04-17)
Allele frequencies for nine short tandem repeat (STR) loci from the AmpFlSTR® Profiler Plus PCR
Amplification Kit were determined in five subpopulations across Botswana and tested for suitability for
use in individual ...
Prevalence, antimicrobial resistance profiles of Listeria monocytognes from various foods in Gaborone, Botswana
(Academic Journals, http://www.academicjournals.org/AJB, 2009)
Listeria monocytogenes is known to cause epidemic and sporadic cases of listeriosis. The present study investigated the occurrence, antibiograms and molecular serotypes of the organism in various retail outlets in Gaborone, ...
Determination of antibiotic resistance and enterotoxigenic potential of Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from foods sold by street vendors in Gaborone, Botswana
(Adhya Biosciences Pvt. Ltd., http://ijbio.com/index.php/ijb/index, 2017)
Staphylococcus aureus is one of the causes of foodborne diseases worldwide. Staphylococcal food poisoning ensues after ingestion of contaminated food and results in symptoms of gastroenteritis such as vomiting, abdominal ...
Assessing the effectiveness of locally available fungicides in managing Cercospora leaf spot of Swiss chard under field conditions in Botswana
(Centre for Info Bio Technology, http://www.cibtech.org/, 2017)
Cercospora leaf-spot (CLS), caused by Cercospora beticola, is an important foliar disease of Swiss chard in Botswana. The regularity of outbreaks of the disease in Botswana is a major cause of concern and thus, have ...
Efficacy of locally available fungicides in controlling powdery mildew of Butternut squash (Cucurbita moschata Duchesne ex Poiret) in greenhouse at Sebele, Botswana
(Sjournals Publishing Company, http://www.sjournals.com/index.php/SJCS, 2017)
The powdery mildew of butternut squash (Cucurbita moschata Duchesne ex Poiret) caused by Podosphaera xanthii (Castagne) U. Braun and Shiskoff is the most severe disease in Botswana. The disease causes a significant reduction ...
Molecular evidence of high rates of asymptomatic P. vivax infection and very low P. falciparum malaria in Botswana
(BioMed Central, https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/, 2016)
Background: Botswana is one of eight SADC countries targeting malaria elimination by 2018. Through spirited
upscaling of control activities and passive surveillance, significant reductions in case incidence of ...