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. . Morsy TA. . J Egypt Soc Parasitol. 2013 Dec;43(3):629-48. doi: 10.12816/0006420. Abstract Different types of association between leishmaniasis and cancer were established: leishmaniasis mimicking a malignant disorder, such as lymphoma; leishmaniasis arising as a difficult to diagnose and treat infection among patients receiving chemotherapy for various malignant disorders; simultaneous diagnosis of leishmaniasis and …

Cutaneous leishmaniasis predisposing to human skin cancer: forty years local and regional studies Read More »

. . Zeglam AM, Al-Ogab MF, Al-Shaftery T. . Acta Neurol Belg. 2015 Sep;115(3):351-4. doi: 10.1007/s13760-014-0384-x. Epub 2014 Oct 26. Abstract To evaluate the routine usage of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of brain and estimate the prevalence of brain abnormalities in children presenting to the Neurodevelopment Clinic of Al-Khadra Hospital (NDC-KH), Tripoli, Libya with autistic …

MRI or not to MRI! Should brain MRI be a routine investigation in children with autistic spectrum disorders? Read More »

. . Abusrewil Z, Alhudiri IM, Kaal HH, El Meshri SE, Ebrahim FO, Dalyoum T, Efrefer AA, Ibrahim K, Elfghi MB, Abusrewil S, Elzagheid A. . J Med Virol. 2021 Jul 9:10.1002/jmv.27186. doi: 10.1002/jmv.27186. Online ahead of print. Abstract There is a great demand for more rapid tests for SARS-CoV-2 detection to reduce waiting time, …

Time scale performance of rapid antigen testing for SARS-CoV-2: Evaluation of 10 rapid antigen assays Read More »

. . Nagara M, Papagregoriou G, Ben Abdallah R, Landoulsi Z, Bouyacoub Y, Elouej S, Kefi R, Pippucci T, Voskarides K, Bashamboo A, McElreavey K, Hachicha M, Romeo G, Seri M, Deltas C, Abdelhak S. . Eur J Med Genet. 2018 Jan;61(1):1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2017.10.002. Epub 2017 Oct 9. Abstract AIM OF THE STUDY: Recent advances …

Distal renal tubular acidosis in a Libyan patient: Evidence for digenic inheritance Read More »

. . Regeai SO, Abusrer SA, Shibani NS. . Open Vet J. 2021 Jan-Mar;11(1):70-79. doi: 10.4314/ovj.v11i1.11. Epub 2021 Jan 28. Abstract BACKGROUND: Male infertility has been on the rise since the past seven decades. Recently, in Libya, bee venom therapy (BVT) has become a popular method among alternative healthcare practitioners for treating male infertility. However, …

Low semen quality and adverse histological changes in testes of adult male mice treated with bee venom (Apis mellifera) Read More »

. . Daw MA, El-Bouzedi A, Ahmed MO, Dau AA, Agnan MM; In association with the Libyan Study Group of Hepatitis & HIV. . Travel Med Infect Dis. 2016 Sep-Oct;14(5):517-526. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2016.05.020. Epub 2016 Aug 5. Abstract BACKGROUND: The association between the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) and immigration is rarely studied, particularly for …

Epidemiology of hepatitis C virus and genotype distribution in immigrants crossing to Europe from North and sub-Saharan Africa Read More »

. . Ashur ST, Shah SA, Bosseri S, Morisky DE, Shamsuddin K. . Libyan J Med. 2015 Jan;10(1):29797. doi: 10.3402/ljm.v10.29797. Abstract Background The surrounding environment influences the constitution of illness perceptions. Therefore, local research is needed to examine how Libyan diabetes patients perceive diabetes and how their perceptions influence their medication adherence. Methods A cross-sectional …

Illness perceptions of Libyans with T2DM and their influence on medication adherence: a study in a diabetes center in Tripoli Read More »

. . Higgins PG, Hagen RM, Kreikemeyer B, Warnke P, Podbielski A, Frickmann H, Loderstädt U. . Antibiotics (Basel). 2021 Mar 11;10(3):291. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics10030291. Abstract At the Bundeswehr Hospitals of Hamburg and Westerstede, patients repatriated from subtropical war and crisis zones of Northern Africa and the Middle East were medically treated, including microbiological assessment. Within …

Molecular Epidemiology of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates from Northern Africa and the Middle East Read More »

. . BinHussain H, Elzwai E, Fox S, Langhi S. . BMJ Case Rep. 2021 May 21;14(5):e240221. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-240221. Abstract A 71-year-old man with residual poliomyelitis was referred to the orthopaedic surgeons with a neglected left femoral neck fracture of the paralytic limb. He had presented at another hospital with left groin pain and inability …

Total hip replacement in patient with residual poliomyelitis with neglected femoral neck fracture Read More »

. . Rizgalla J, Shinn AP, Ferguson HW, Paladini G, Jayasuriya NS, Bron JE. . J Fish Dis. 2017 May;40(5):609-620. doi: 10.1111/jfd.12540. Epub 2016 Aug 15. Abstract The social media network Facebook(™) was used to gather information on the occurrence and geographical distribution of dusky grouper dermatitis, a skin lesion affecting the dusky grouper, Epinephelus …

A novel use of social media to evaluate the occurrence of skin lesions affecting wild dusky grouper, Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834), in Libyan coastal waters Read More »