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Periodontal status and its risk factors among young adults of the Sebha city (Libya)

. . Peeran SW, Singh AJ, Alagamuthu G, Naveen Kumar PG. . Dent Res J (Isfahan). 2013 Jul;10(4):533-8. Abstract BACKGROUND: The occurrence of periodontal diseases in humans has been a global problem. Certain risk factors affect the initiation, progression, and severity of periodontitis. The present study has been designed to assess the periodontal status in …

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Field Evaluation of Outdoor Ultra-Low Volume (ULV) Applications against Phlebotomine Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Al Rabta, North-West of Libya

. . Dokhan MR, Kenawy MA, Shaibi T, Annajar BB. . J Arthropod Borne Dis. 2017 Sep 8;11(3):393-402. 2017 Sep. Abstract BACKGROUND: Al Rabta is a rural area in the North-West of Libya that represents an important focus of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of Ultra Low Volume (ULV) applications …

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Prevalence and risk factors of hepatitis D virus infection in patients with chronic hepatitis B infection attending the three main tertiary hospitals in Libya

. . Elzouki AN, Bashir SM, Elahmer O, Elzouki I, Alkhattali F. . Arab J Gastroenterol. 2017 Dec;18(4):216-219. doi: 10.1016/j.ajg.2017.11.003. Epub 2017 Dec 11. Abstract BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS: Globally, More than 350 million individuals are chronically infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV), and >20 million of them are co-infected with hepatitis D virus (HDV). …

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Diversity of Sequence Types and Impact of Fitness Cost among Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates from Tripoli, Libya

. . Abou Fayad AG, Haraoui LP, Sleiman A, Jaafar M, Zorgani A, Matar GM, Higgins PG. . Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2021 Jul 16;65(8):e0027721. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00277-21. Epub 2021 Jul 16. Abstract We investigated the molecular epidemiology of 21 carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from Libya and assessed their relative fitness. Core genome multilocus sequence typing (MLST) …

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A retrospective study on screening and management of osteoporosis in breast cancer women treated with aromatase inhibitors in Libya

. . Abushwereb HS, Elhabash M, Elhamshari S, Eshaefi H. . Clin Cases Miner Bone Metab. 2016 Sep-Dec;13(3):186-189. doi: 10.11138/ccmbm/2016.13.3.186. Epub 2017 Feb 10. Abstract Negative health effects of aromatase inhibitors (AI) treatments on bones such as osteoporosis are evidenced. This impact of the aromatase inhibitors on bone. This study aimed to improve the medical …

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The chronostratigraphy of the Haua Fteah cave (Cyrenaica, northeast Libya) – Optical dating of early human occupation during Marine Isotope Stages 4, 5 and 6

. . Jacobs Z, Li B, Farr L, Hill E, Hunt C, Jones S, Rabett R, Reynolds T, Roberts RG, Simpson D, Barker G. . J Hum Evol. 2017 Apr;105:69-88. doi: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2017.01.008. Epub 2017 Mar 18. Abstract The paper presents the results of optical dating of potassium-rich feldspar grains obtained from the Haua Fteah cave …

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Monitoring orbital precession of EO-1 Hyperion with three atmospheric correction models in the Libya-4 PICS

. . Neigh C, McCorkel J, Campbell P, Ong L, Ly V, Landis D, Fry S, Middleton E. . IEEE Geosci Remote Sens Lett. 2016 Dec;13(12):1797-1801. doi: 10.1109/lgrs.2016.2612539. Epub 2016 Oct 13. Abstract Spaceborne spectrometers require spectral-temporal stability characterization to aid validation of derived data products. EO-1 began orbital precession in 2011 after exhausting onboard …

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Rabies in bovine: First case report of rabies in Al Jabal Al Akhdar, Libya

. . Sharif M, Arhaiem A, Giadan O, Adam A, Abdalla F, Dayhum A, Bengoumi M. . Open Vet J. 2021 Jan-Mar;11(1):96-99. doi: 10.4314/ovj.v11i1.14. Epub 2021 Feb 3. Abstract BACKGROUND: Rabies is still one of the most neglected diseases in developing countries. It is endemic to North Africa, although rabies incidence in North Africa is …

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Seroprevalence of HBV, HCV & HIV co-infection and risk factors analysis in Tripoli-Libya

. . Daw MA, Shabash A, El-Bouzedi A, Dau AA; Association with the Libyan Study Group of Hepatitis & HIV. . PLoS One. 2014 Jun 17;9(6):e98793. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098793. 2014. Abstract BACKGROUND: In 1998 Libya experienced a major outbreak of multiple blood borne viral hepatitis and HIV infections. Since then, no studies have been done on …

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