May 2021
Onalenna Natasha Moraka > Other Awards
An IAS 2021 Scholarship to participate in the 11th IAS Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2021).
April 2020
Onalenna Natasha Moraka > Other Awards
A scholarship to participate in the first virtual edition of the International AIDS Conference – AIDS 2020: Virtual.
February 2020
Onalenna Natasha Moraka > Other Awards
SANTHE Travel Scholarship to attend the Virology Africa 2020 Conference in Cape Town, South Africa (10 -14 February 2020)
December 2017
Onalenna Natasha Moraka > Other Awards
One of 36/405 award recipients to attend the Keystone Symposium: X8, HIV and Co-Infections: Pathogenesis, Inflammation and Persistence to be held at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada , April 15 - 19, 2018.
January 2019
Onalenna Natasha Moraka > Other Awards
A two year SANTHE Masters Fellowship Award under the supervision and mentorship of Prof. Gert van Zyl at Stellenbosch University.
Full Member
Ms. Onalenna Natasha Moraka
Membership since:
2021
Field of activity:
Other Memberships/Affiliations
International AIDS Society
Degrees:
2015
Undergraduate
Structural, Cell and Molecular Biology
2021
Master
Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences
Publications resulting from Research
Moraka NO, Garcia-Broncano P, Hu Z, Ajibola G, Bareng OT, Pretorius-Holme M, Maswabi K, Maphorisa C, Mohammed T, Gaseitsiwe S, VanZyl GU, Kuritzkes DR, Lichterfeld M, Moyo S, Shapiro RL. Patterns of pre-treatment drug resistance mutations of very early diagnosed and treated infants in Botswana. AIDS. 2021 Jul 28. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000003041. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34324451.
Moraka NO, Moyo S, Smith C, Ibrahim M, Mayondi G, Leidner J, Powis KM, Cassidy AR, Kammerer B, Ajibola G, Williams PL, Weinberg A, Musonda R, Shapiro R, Gaseitsiwe S, Lockman S. Child HIV Exposure and CMV Seroprevalence in Botswana: No Associations With 24-Month Growth and Neurodevelopment.
Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Aug 22;7(10):ofaa373. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa373. eCollection 2020 Oct. PMID: 33072807
Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Aug 22;7(10):ofaa373. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa373. eCollection 2020 Oct. PMID: 33072807
Moraka NO, Moyo S, Mayondi G, Leidner J, Ibrahim M, Smith C, Weinberg A, Li S, Thami PK, Kammerer B, Ajibola G, Musonda R, Shapiro R, Gaseitsiwe S, Lockman S. Cytomegalovirus Viremia in HIV-1 Subtype C Positive Women at Delivery in Botswana and Adverse Birth/Infant Health Outcomes. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2019 May 1;81(1):118-124. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001982. PMID: 30964806
Co-author publications
1. Kelentse N, Moyo S, Mogwele M, Lechiile K, Moraka NO, Maruapula D, Seatla KK, Esele L, Molebatsi K, Leeme TB, Lawrence DS, Musonda R, Kasvosve I, Harrison TS, Jarvis JN, Gaseitsiwe S. Differences in human immunodeficiency virus-1C viral load and drug resistance mutation between plasma and cerebrospinal fluid in patients with human immunodeficiency virus-associated cryptococcal meningitis in Botswana.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2020 Oct 9;99(41):e22606. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000022606. PMID: 33031315
2. Kelentse N, Moyo S, Mogwele ML, Ditshwanelo D, Mokaleng B, Moraka NO, Lechiile K, Leeme TB, Lawrence DS, Musonda R, Kasvosve I, Harrison TS, Jarvis JN, Gaseitsiwe S. HIV-1C env and gag Variation in the Cerebrospinal Fluid and Plasma of Patients with HIV-Associated Cryptococcal Meningitis in Botswana. Viruses. 2020 Dec 7;12(12):1404. doi: 10.3390/v12121404. PMID: 33297399
3. Smith, C., N. O. Moraka, M. Ibrahim, S. Moyo, G. Mayondi, B. Kammerer, J. Leidner, S. Gaseitsiwe, S. Li, R. Shapiro, S. Lockman and A. Weinberg (2019). "HIV Exposure but Not Early CMV Infection is Associated with Increased Hospitalization and Decreased Memory T-cell Responses to Tetanus Vaccine." J Infect Dis.
4. Weinberg A, Lindsey J, Bosch R, Persaud D, Sato P, Ogwu A, Asmelash A, Bwakura-Dangarambezi M, Chi BH, Canniff J, Lockman S, Gaseitsiwe S, Moyo S, Smith CE, Moraka NO, Levin MJ; P1072 and Tshipidi Study Teams. B and T Cell Phenotypic Profiles of African HIV-Infected and HIV-Exposed Uninfected Infants: Associations with Antibody Responses to the Pentavalent Rotavirus Vaccine. Front Immunol. 2018 Jan 19; 8:2002. PubMed PMID: 29403482
5. Rantshabeng PS, Moyo S, Moraka NO, Ndlovu A, MacLeod IJ, Gaseitsiwe S, Kasvosve I.
Prevalence of oncogenic human papillomavirus genotypes in patients diagnosed with anogenital malignancies in Botswana. BMC Infect Dis. 2017 Nov 25;17(1):731. PubMed PMID:29178840
6. Moyo S, Mohammed T, Wirth KE, Prague M, Bennett K, Holme MP, Mupfumi L, Sebogodi P, Moraka NO, Boleo C, Maphorisa CN, Seraise B, Gaseitsiwe S, Musonda RM, van Widenfelt E, Powis KM, Gaolathe T, Tchetgen EJ, Makhema JM, Essex M, Lockman S, Novitsky V. Point-of-care Cepheid Xpert HIV-1 Viral Load Test in Rural African Communities is Feasible and Reliable. J Clin Microbiol. 2016 Oct 12. pii: JCM.01594-16. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27733636.
1. Kelentse N, Moyo S, Mogwele M, Lechiile K, Moraka NO, Maruapula D, Seatla KK, Esele L, Molebatsi K, Leeme TB, Lawrence DS, Musonda R, Kasvosve I, Harrison TS, Jarvis JN, Gaseitsiwe S. Differences in human immunodeficiency virus-1C viral load and drug resistance mutation between plasma and cerebrospinal fluid in patients with human immunodeficiency virus-associated cryptococcal meningitis in Botswana.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2020 Oct 9;99(41):e22606. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000022606. PMID: 33031315
2. Kelentse N, Moyo S, Mogwele ML, Ditshwanelo D, Mokaleng B, Moraka NO, Lechiile K, Leeme TB, Lawrence DS, Musonda R, Kasvosve I, Harrison TS, Jarvis JN, Gaseitsiwe S. HIV-1C env and gag Variation in the Cerebrospinal Fluid and Plasma of Patients with HIV-Associated Cryptococcal Meningitis in Botswana. Viruses. 2020 Dec 7;12(12):1404. doi: 10.3390/v12121404. PMID: 33297399
3. Smith, C., N. O. Moraka, M. Ibrahim, S. Moyo, G. Mayondi, B. Kammerer, J. Leidner, S. Gaseitsiwe, S. Li, R. Shapiro, S. Lockman and A. Weinberg (2019). "HIV Exposure but Not Early CMV Infection is Associated with Increased Hospitalization and Decreased Memory T-cell Responses to Tetanus Vaccine." J Infect Dis.
4. Weinberg A, Lindsey J, Bosch R, Persaud D, Sato P, Ogwu A, Asmelash A, Bwakura-Dangarambezi M, Chi BH, Canniff J, Lockman S, Gaseitsiwe S, Moyo S, Smith CE, Moraka NO, Levin MJ; P1072 and Tshipidi Study Teams. B and T Cell Phenotypic Profiles of African HIV-Infected and HIV-Exposed Uninfected Infants: Associations with Antibody Responses to the Pentavalent Rotavirus Vaccine. Front Immunol. 2018 Jan 19; 8:2002. PubMed PMID: 29403482
5. Rantshabeng PS, Moyo S, Moraka NO, Ndlovu A, MacLeod IJ, Gaseitsiwe S, Kasvosve I.
Prevalence of oncogenic human papillomavirus genotypes in patients diagnosed with anogenital malignancies in Botswana. BMC Infect Dis. 2017 Nov 25;17(1):731. PubMed PMID:29178840
6. Moyo S, Mohammed T, Wirth KE, Prague M, Bennett K, Holme MP, Mupfumi L, Sebogodi P, Moraka NO, Boleo C, Maphorisa CN, Seraise B, Gaseitsiwe S, Musonda RM, van Widenfelt E, Powis KM, Gaolathe T, Tchetgen EJ, Makhema JM, Essex M, Lockman S, Novitsky V. Point-of-care Cepheid Xpert HIV-1 Viral Load Test in Rural African Communities is Feasible and Reliable. J Clin Microbiol. 2016 Oct 12. pii: JCM.01594-16. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27733636.
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