Full Member
Kgomotso Makhaola
Membership since:
2025
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Awards
Other Memberships/Affiliations
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Degrees:
2021
Kgomotso Makhaola > Degrees
Biological Systems and Organisms
2011
Kgomotso Makhaola > Degrees
Structural, Cell and Molecular Biology
2000
Kgomotso Makhaola > Degrees
Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences
Publications resulting from Research
Makhaola K, Moyo S, Kebaabetswe LP. Next generation sequencing of near-full length genome of norovirus GII.4 from Botswana. Virus Res. 2021 Sep;302:198491. http://doi:10.1016/j.virusres.2021.198491.
Makhaola K, Moyo S, Kebaabetswe LP. Distribution and Genetic Variability of Sapoviruses in Africa. Viruses. 2020 Apr 27;12(5):490. http://doi:10.3390/v12050490
Makhaola K, Moyo S, Lechiile K, Goldfarb DM, Kebaabetswe LP. Genetic and epidemiological analysis of norovirus from children with gastroenteritis in Botswana, 2013-2015. BMC Infect Dis. 2018 May 30;18(1):246. http://doi:10.1186/s12879-018-3157-y
Mine M, Chishala S, Makhaola K, Tafuma TA, Bolebantswe J, Merrigan MB. Performance of rapid HIV testing by lay counselors in the field during the behavioral and biological surveillance survey among female sex workers and men who have sex with men in Botswana. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2015 Mar 1; 68(3):365-8. http://doi:10.1097/QAI.0000000000000434.
Merrigan MB, Tafuma TA, Okui LA, Lebelonyane R, Bolebantswe JM, Makhaola K, Mine M, Adhikary R, Chabikuli NO. HIV Prevalence and Risk Behaviors Among Female Sex Workers in Botswana: Results from the 2012 HIV/STI Bio-Behavioral Study. AIDS Behav. 2015 May;19(5):899-908. http://doi:10.1007/s10461-014-0858-0
Mine M, Nkoane T, Sebetso G, Sakyi B, Makhaola K, Gaolathe T. Validation of dilution of plasma samples with phosphate buffered saline to eliminate the problem of small volumes associated with children infected with HIV-1 for viral load testing using Cobas AmpliPrep/COBAS TaqMan HIV-1 test, version 2.0 (CAP CTM HIV v2.0). J Virol Methods. 2013 Dec;194(1-2):217-21. http://doi:10.1016/j.jviromet.2013.08.031
Mine M, Moyo S, Stevens P, Michael K, Novitsky V, Makhaola K, et al. Immuno-haematological reference values for HIV-negative healthy adults in Botswana. Afr J Lab Med. 2012;1(1):5. http://doi:10.4102/ajlm.v1i1.5
Lei YJ, Makhaola K, Pittayakhajonwut D, Wood C, Angeletti PC. Human papillomavirus 16 variants from Zambian women with normal pap smears. J Med Virol. 2011 Jul; 83(7) 1230-7. http://doi:10.1002/jmv.22034
Botswana Harvard Journal Club
2025
Gaborone,Botswana6th International Calicivirus Conference
2025
Savannah, Georgia USAIntroduction to Molecular Phylogenetics and Virus Evolution
2025
Botswana Harvard Partnership-Gaborone, BotswanaInfectious disease modeling , Fogarty International Center
2025
NICD-Johannesburg, South AfricaNext Generation Sequencing Bioinformatics, H3ABioNet –Pan African Bioinformatics Network for H3Africa
2025
University of Capetown,South Africa(Online)Norovirus Virtual Symposium-2021 update
2025
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