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Uterine involution and progesterone level during the postpartum period in Barbary ewes in north Libya

. . Medan MS, El-Daek T. . Open Vet J. 2015;5(1):18-22. Epub 2015 Feb 18. Abstract The objectives of the present study were to determine the time of uterine involution and ovarian activity using ultrasound examination and progesterone assay. Weekly progesterone levels were measured starting one week postpartum until two weeks after the 1(st) postpartum …

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Biosecurity and geospatial analysis of mycoplasma infections in poultry farms at Al-Jabal Al-Gharbi region of Libya

. . Kammon A, Mulatti P, Lorenzetto M, Ferre N, Sharif M, Eldaghayes I, Dayhum A. . Open Vet J. 2017;7(2):81-85. doi: 10.4314/ovj.v7i2.1. Epub 2017 Apr 14. Abstract Geospatial database of farm locations and biosecurity measures are essential to control disease outbreaks. A study was conducted to establish geospatial database on poultry farms in Al-Jabal …

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On the identity of Tettigonia krugeri Massa from Libya with some remarks on variability of Tettigonia species (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Tettigoniinae)

. . Massa B, Tagliavia M. . Zootaxa. 2019 Aug 22;4658(2):zootaxa.4658.2.8. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4658.2.8. Abstract Morphological and genetic data allowed the authors to resurrect the name Tettigonia krugeri Massa, 1998 as a valid species. It is currently known only from two specimens (one male and one female) collected in Cirenaica (Libya). Keywords: . Link/DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4658.2.8

Cancer incidence in the middle region of Libya: Data from the cancer epidemiology study in Misurata

. . Zarmouh A, Almalti A, Alzedam A, Hamad M, Elmughrabi H, Alnajjar L, Elmugassabi M, Kashbour M, Elsaghayer W. . Cancer Rep (Hoboken). 2021 Jun 15:e1448. doi: 10.1002/cnr2.1448. Online ahead of print. Abstract BACKGROUND: Cancer incidence and cancer registries are essential for local epidemiological information. In Libya, scarce evidence exists with regard to incidence …

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Experience of a Single Center in NTBC Use in Management of Hereditary Tyrosinemia Type I in Libya

. . Alobaidy H, Barkaoui E. . Iran J Pediatr. 2015 Oct;25(5):e3608. doi: 10.5812/ijp.3608. Epub 2015 Oct 6. Abstract BACKGROUND: Hereditary Tyrosinemia type I (HTI) is a metabolic disease caused by deficiency of fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase enzyme. OBJECTIVES: This study reports beside its clinical and biochemical presentation, the outcome of NTBC [2- (2-nitro-4-trifloro-methylbenzoyl)-1, 3-cyclohexanedion] treatment of …

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‘Psychosis of civilization’: a colonial-situated diagnosis

. . Scarfone M. . Hist Psychiatry. 2021 Mar;32(1):52-68. doi: 10.1177/0957154X20968063. Epub 2020 Nov 18. Abstract In the late 1930s, when colonial psychiatry was well established in the Maghreb, the diagnosis ‘psychosis of civilization’ appeared in some psychiatrists’ writings. Through the clinical case of a Libyan woman treated by the Italian psychiatrist Angelo Bravi in …

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Cancer incidence, mortality, and survival in Eastern Libya: updated report from the Benghazi Cancer Registry

. . El Mistiri M, Salati M, Marcheselli L, Attia A, Habil S, Alhomri F, Spika D, Allemani C, Federico M. . Ann Epidemiol. 2015 Aug;25(8):564-8. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2015.03.012. Epub 2015 Mar 21. Abstract PURPOSE: Despite the increasing burden of cancer occurred over recent years in the African continent, epidemiologic data from Northern Africa area have …

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Isolation, Identification and Molecular Typing of Cryptococcus neoformans from Pigeon Droppings and Other Environmental Sources in Tripoli, Libya

. . Ellabib MS, Aboshkiwa MA, Husien WM, D’Amicis R, Cogliati M. . Mycopathologia. 2016 Aug;181(7-8):603-8. doi: 10.1007/s11046-016-9996-4. Epub 2016 Mar 4. Abstract Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii are the major cause of fungal meningitis, a potentially lethal mycosis. Since pigeon excreta and other environmental sources can be considered a significant environmental reservoir of this …

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