Member Profile
Membership type: full
PhD Fellowship Alumna
Sarudzai Portia Showa
Country of origin: Zimbabwe Currently in: Zimbabwe, Bulawayo General field of specialization: Mathematical sciencesPhD Fellowship Alumna
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Degrees
2016 Doctorate Mathematical sciences2006 Master Mathematical sciences2004 Undergraduate Mathematical sciences -
Current Research Activities
Mathematical sciences
1. HIV infection dynamics in long term treated HIV infected individuals. 2. Modelling pediatric HIV infection at cellular level. 3. Studying the effects of climate change on the prevalence and distribution of neglected tropical diseases in Zimbabwe.
Publications resulting from Research:
1. SHOWA, S.P. NYABADZA F. AND MUSEKWA SD. 2019. On the efficiency of HIV transmission: Insights through discrete time HIV models. PLoS ONE, 14(9):e0222574.
2. SHOWA, S.P., NYABADZA, F. AND HOVE-MUSEKWA, S.D. 2017. A discrete HIV infection model with immunosenescence. BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 9:420. doi: 10.4172/0974-8369.1000420.
3. HOVE, K., MASACHE, A. AND SHOWA S.P. 2016. Analysis of factors influencing first year university undergraduate performance in selected pure Mathematics courses at the National University of Science and Technology - Zimbabwe. JOURNAL FOR STUDIES IN HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES. VOLUME 5(2): 172-183.
4. SHOWA, S.P., NYABADZA, F., HOVE-MUSEKWA, S.D. AND MAGOMBEDZE G. 2015. Exploring the benefits of antibody immune response in HIV-1 infection using a discrete model. MATHEMATICAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY, 33(2):189-210.
5. SHOWA, S.P., NYABADZA, F., HOVE-MUSEKWA, S.D. AND MAGOMBEDZE G. 2015. Increasing drug efficiency or proper treatment adherence to curb emergence of HIV drug resistance strains; insights through adaptive dynamics theory. 10TH ZIRS BOOK OF PROCEEDINGS, 819-831.
6. SHOWA, S.P., NYABADZA, F., HOVE-MUSEKWA, S.D. AND MAGOMBEDZE G. 2014. A comparison of elasticities of viral levels to specific immune response mechanisms in human immunodeficiency virus infection. BMC RESEARCH NOTES, 7:737.
Current profession
Current professional activities type:ResearchTeachingResearch fellow in the Department of Applied Mathematics, NUST.
Affiliations
Southern Africa Mathematical Sciences Association (SAMSA) -
Fellowship with OWSD
Fellowship with OWSD
Fellowship awarded 2008
