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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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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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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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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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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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Epidemiological and clinical presentations of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Libya: An initial report from Africa

. . Elhadi M, Momen AA, Alsoufi A, Msherghi A, Zaid A, Ali Senussi Abdulhadi OM, Elhadi A, Omar Elfandi HB, Salam Alshammam AM, Hadreiez AK, Abdulsalam Elbulati MT, Almahdi El Bibas MA, Mohamed Benaser AA, Rajab Zendah MM, Mohammed Makhlouf AA, Abdulhamed MA, BenSuleiman MM, Amer AO, Shaban MAA, Faraj HA. . Travel Med …

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Ectoparasites infestation of free-ranging hedgehog (Etelerix algirus) in north western Libya

. . Hosni MM, Maghrbi AA. . Open Vet J. 2014;4(1):12-5. Epub 2014 Feb 20. Abstract The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of ectoparasites in hedgehogs (Etelerix algirus) in north western region of Libya. Seventy hedgehogs were sampled, and 39 (55.7%) were infested with external parasites. A total of 44 ticks, …

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First evaluation of the serum level of anti-hepatitis B surface antigen after vaccination in Libya

. . Madour A, Alkout A, Vanin S. . East Mediterr Health J. 2013 Dec;19(12):990-4. Abstract The hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccination schedule in Libya follows international recommendations (1st dose at birth, 2nd after 1 month and 3rd after 6 months). This research aimed to evaluate the long-term protection of the HBV immunization programme in …

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