EFFICACY OF LOCKDOWNS IN AFRICA

Efficacy of Lockdowns in Africa

The novel coronavirus has troubled the world, unleashing deaths and a social quagmire.The catastrophic implications of the pandemic pushed states to the brink, compelling them to institute country lockdowns in a bid to flatten the curve of infections, avoid new ones and ensure that the health systems are not overwhelmed at any one point in time.Man

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Phylogenetic analysis and a review of the history of the accidental phytoplankter, Phaeodactylum tricornutum Bohlin (Bacillariophyta).

The diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum has been used as a model for cell biologists and ecologists for over a century.We have incorporated several new raphid pennates into a three gene phylogenetic dataset (SSU, Digestive Supplements rbcL, psbC), and recover Gomphonemopsis sp.as sister to P.tricornutum with 100% BS support.This is the first time a cl

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Cpn60.2 (GroEL2) blocks macrophage apoptosis via interaction with mitochondrial mortalin

Earlier studies suggested that Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) proteins exported within the host macrophage play an essential role in tuberculosis pathogenesis.In fact, Mtb proteins interact with and deactivate key regulators of many macrophage functions such as phago-lysosome fusion and antigen presentation, resulting in the intracellular persist

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