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Perceived Environmental Factors Associated with Obesity in Libyan Men and Women

. . Lemamsha H, Papadopoulos C, Randhawa G. . Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 Feb 9;15(2):301. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15020301. Abstract Background: There is a lack of research pertaining to the links between built environment attributes and obesity in adults in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. In the Libyan context, no previous studies have been conducted …

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Inferring the population structure of the Maghreb sheep breeds using a medium-density SNP chip

. . Ben Jemaa S, Kdidi S, Gdura AM, Dayhum AS, Eldaghayes IM, Boussaha M, Rebours E, Yahyaoui MH. . Anim Genet. 2019 Oct;50(5):526-533. doi: 10.1111/age.12831. Epub 2019 Aug 5. Abstract North Africa has a great diversity of indigenous sheep breeds whose origin is linked to its environmental characteristics and to certain historical events that …

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External morphological anomalies in ixodid ticks from Thrace, Turkey

. . Kar S, Akyildiz G, Yilmazer N, Shaibi T, Gargili A, Vatansever Z. . Exp Appl Acarol. 2015 Nov;67(3):457-66. doi: 10.1007/s10493-015-9948-6. Epub 2015 Aug 12. Abstract Of 18,667 ticks examined, 33 specimens from species identified as Haemaphysalis parva, Hyalomma marginatum, Hy. scupense, Rhipicephalus bursa and Rh. turanicus were found to have external morphological anomalies. …

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Tobacco advertising/promotions and adolescents’ smoking risk in Northern Africa

. . Madkour AS, Ledford EC, Andersen L, Johnson CC. . Tob Control. 2014 May;23(3):244-52. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050593. Epub 2013 Jan 8. Abstract BACKGROUND: Comprehensive tobacco advertising/promotion bans are effective against adolescent smoking but many developing countries have implemented only partial bans. This study examines the association between advertising/promotions exposure and adolescent cigarette smoking risk in …

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Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the Maghreb and its threat to southern European countries

. . Kardjadj M. . Trop Anim Health Prod. 2017 Feb;49(2):423-425. doi: 10.1007/s11250-016-1176-5. Epub 2016 Oct 19. Abstract Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious and transboundary viral disease of domesticated and wild cloven-hoofed animals. The present study summarizes the knowledge generated from the epidemiology, diagnosis, and surveillance of the disease in the Maghreb (2014-2015) …

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Genetic variation in Tunisia in the context of human diversity worldwide

. . Cherni L, Pakstis AJ, Boussetta S, Elkamel S, Frigi S, Khodjet-El-Khil H, Barton A, Haigh E, Speed WC, Ben Ammar Elgaaied A, Kidd JR, Kidd KK. . Am J Phys Anthropol. 2016 Sep;161(1):62-71. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.23008. Epub 2016 May 18. Abstract OBJECTIVES: North Africa has a complex demographic history of migrations from within Africa, …

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Vitamin D and cardio-metabolic biomarkers: small-scale comparative study between Libyan migrants and resident women in Serbia

. . Vidovic N, Faid F, Pantovic A, Nikolic M, Debeljak-Martacic J, Zekovic M, Milesevic J, Drah MM, Zec M. . Libyan J Med. 2019 Dec;14(1):1622364. doi: 10.1080/19932820.2019.1622364. Abstract Libyan women are at high risk of vitamin D deficiency, mostly due to their lifestyle and low exposure to sun. In the last decades, Libyan residents …

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Colonization of Libyan civil war casualties with multidrug-resistant bacteria

. . Koole K, Ellerbroek PM, Lagendijk R, Leenen LP, Ekkelenkamp MB. . Clin Microbiol Infect. 2013 Jul;19(7):E285-7. doi: 10.1111/1469-0691.12135. Epub 2013 Feb 15. Abstract In November 2011 51 Libyan war casualties were admitted to the Major Incident Hospital in Utrecht and from there were transferred to 26 other Dutch hospitals. Cultures and clinical data …

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Current problematic and emergence of carbapenemase-producing bacteria: a brief report from a Libyan hospital

. . Elramalli A, Almshawt N, Ahmed MO. . Pan Afr Med J. 2017 Mar 29;26:180. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2017.26.180.9637. 2017. Abstract A collection of 94 Gram-negative bacteria isolates, showing different antimicrobial resistance phenotypes including to the carbapenem classes was investigated. Strains were originated form clinical sources from a single hospital in Tripoli, Libya during 2015 and …

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