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Country and Gender-Specific Achievement of Healthy Nutrition and Physical Activity Guidelines: Latent Class Analysis of 6266 University Students in Egypt, Libya, and Palestine

. . El Ansari W, Berg-Beckhoff G. . Nutrients. 2017 Jul 11;9(7):738. doi: 10.3390/nu9070738. Abstract Research on healthy behaviour such as physical activity and healthy nutrition and their combination is lacking among university students in Arab countries. The current survey assessed healthy nutrition, and moderate/vigorous physical activity (PA) of 6266 students in Egypt, Libya, and …

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OXA-48 carbapenemase-producing Salmonella enterica serovar Kentucky isolate of sequence type 198 in a patient transferred from Libya to Switzerland

. . Seiffert SN, Perreten V, Johannes S, Droz S, Bodmer T, Endimiani A. . Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014;58(4):2446-9. doi: 10.1128/AAC.02417-13. Epub 2014 Jan 27. Abstract Here, we report a case of OXA-48-producing Salmonella enterica serovar Kentucky of sequence type 198 (ST198) from perianal screening cultures of a patient transferred from Libya to Switzerland. The …

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History of Foot-and-mouth disease in North African countries

. . Kardjadj M. . Vet Ital. 2018 Mar 31;54(1):1-12. doi: 10.12834/VetIt.928.4711.2. Abstract Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a highly infectious and contagious transboundary viral disease of domesticated and wild cloven-hoofed animals. Wide prevalence of FMD in Asia and Africa associated with huge economic losses to livestock farming and industry prompted global concern. The present review …

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Isolation and molecular identification of Vibrio spp. by sequencing of 16S rDNA from seafood, meat and meat products in Libya

. . Azwai SM, Alfallani EA, Abolghait SK, Garbaj AM, Naas HT, Moawad AA, Gammoudi FT, Rayes HM, Barbieri I, Eldaghayes IM. . Open Vet J. 2016;6(1):36-43. doi: 10.4314/ovj.v6i1.6. Epub 2016 Mar 2. Abstract The genus Vibrio includes several food-borne pathogens that cause a spectrum of clinical conditions including septicemia, cholera and milder forms of …

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Cancer incidence in the Tobruk area, eastern Libya: first results from Tobruk Medical Centre

. . Ismail F, Elsayed AG, El-Garawani I, Abdelsameea E. . Epidemiol Health. 2021 Aug 3:e2021050. doi: 10.4178/epih.e2021050. Online ahead of print. Abstract BACKGROUND: Cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, and it is an increasing problem in developing countries. Estimation of the incidence of cancer is important, especially in regions with …

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Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 in milk and dairy products from Libya: Isolation and molecular identification by partial sequencing of 16S rDNA

. . Garbaj AM, Awad EM, Azwai SM, Abolghait SK, Naas HT, Moawad AA, Gammoudi FT, Barbieri I, Eldaghayes IM. . Vet World. 2016 Nov;9(11):1184-1189. doi: 10.14202/vetworld.2016.1184-1189. Epub 2016 Nov 3. Abstract AIM: The aim of this work was to isolate and molecularly identify enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157 in milk and dairy products in …

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Clinical Characteristics of the First 100 Patients of COVID-19 in Tobruk, Libya: A Brief Report From Low-Resource Settings

. . Ismail F, Farag A, Haq S, Kamal MA. . Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2021 Apr 19:1-4. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2021.123. Online ahead of print. Abstract OBJECTIVE: This study aims to report the clinical features of a cohort of patients with suspected coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from Tobruk, Libya, and reflect upon the diagnosis challenge in …

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Impact of hepatitis C infection on renal transplant patients: a single-center experience in Libya

. . Elzouki AN, Gargoum HM, Habas EM, Rayani AA, Othman M. . Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl. 2014 Nov;25(6):1315-20. doi: 10.4103/1319-2442.144303. Abstract The objective of this study was to assess the effect of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection on graft and patient survival in a cohort of Libyan renal transplant recipients. Medical records of …

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Diplectanids from Mycteroperca spp. (Epinephelidae) in the Mediterranean Sea: Redescriptions of six species from material collected off Tunisia and Libya, proposal for the ‘Pseudorhabdosynochus riouxi group’, and a taxonomic key

. . Chaabane A, Neifar L, Justine JL. . PLoS One. 2017 Feb 2;12(2):e0171392. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171392. 2017. Abstract Diplectanid monogeneans are gill parasites that can infect fish in huge numbers and thus become harmful, especially in maricultured fish. It is therefore useful to have taxonomic tools, such as keys, to identify species. The following diplectanid …

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