. . Mohamed RM, Abdel-Hafeez EH, Belal US, Norose K, Aosai F. . Trop Med Health. 2014 Dec;42(4):177-84. doi: 10.2149/tmh.2014-16. Epub 2014 Sep 17. Abstract Human cystic echinococcosis (CE) is an endemic disease in the Mediterranean area that has not yet been fully documented in western Libya. The present study describes the clinico-epidemiologic profile of …
. . Gammo M, Lamaric W, Hadida M, Abuazza A, Askar NA, Yassin MA, Cuevas LE. . Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2013 Feb;107(2):137-9. doi: 10.1093/trstmh/trs023. Epub 2012 Dec 14. Abstract BACKGROUND: Diagnosis of pulmonary TB by conventional smear microscopy requires patient attendance on 2 consecutive days. We investigated whether collecting sputum on-the-spot for …
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. . Zorgani A, Almagatef A, Sufya N, Bashein A, Tubbal A. . Oman Med J. 2017 Jul;32(4):322-327. doi: 10.5001/omj.2017.61. Abstract OBJECTIVES: Multidrug resistance (MDR) and emergence of extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) among uropathogenic Escherichia coli have been reported worldwide, but there was no information on the detection of bla(CTX-M-15) in major teaching hospitals in Libya. …
. . Eldaghayes I, Dayhum A, Kammon A, Sharif M, Ferrari G, Bartels C, Sumption K, King DP, Grazioli S, Brocchi E. . Open Vet J. 2017;7(1):1-11. doi: 10.4314/ovj.v7i1.1. Epub 2017 Jan 13. Abstract Sporadic outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) have occurred in Libya for almost fifty years. During the spring of 2013, a countrywide …
. . Peeran SW, Altaher OB, Peeran SA, Alsaid FM, Mugrabi MH, Ahmed AM, Grain A. . Libyan J Med. 2014 Jan;9(1):23564. doi: 10.3402/ljm.v9.23564. Abstract Libya is a vast country situated in North Africa, having a relatively better functioning economy with a scanty population. This article is the first known attempt to review the current …
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. . Haq SZ, Abushahama MS, Gerwash O, Hughes JM, Wright EA, Elmahaishi MS, Lun ZR, Thomasson D, Hide G. . Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2016 Sep;110(9):551-557. doi: 10.1093/trstmh/trw064. Epub 2016 Oct 19. Abstract BACKGROUND: Toxoplasma gondii is a parasite that causes significant disease in humans. Toxoplasmosis is normally asymptomatic, unless associated with …
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. . Shaibi T, Saadawi WK, Aghila H, Annajar BB. . J Vector Borne Dis. 2017 Apr-Jun;54(2):183-186. Abstract BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: West Nile fever (WNF) is a mosquito-borne viral infection, circulated in natural cycles between birds and mosquitoes, particularly Culex species. It is transmitted to humans through mosquito bites, and causes a variety of clinical …
. . Triki-Fendri S, Sánchez-Diz P, Rey-González D, Ayadi I, Alfadhli S, Rebai A, Carracedo Á. . Forensic Sci Int Genet. 2013 May;7(3):e59-61. doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2013.02.002. Epub 2013 Mar 7. Abstract Seventeen Y-chromosomal Short Tandem Repeats (Y-STR) included in the AmpFlSTR Y-filer PCR Amplification kit (Applied Biosystems) (DYS19, DYS389I, DYS389II, DYS390, DYS391, DYS392, DYS393, DYS385ab, DYS437, …
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. . Elzouki AN, Lubbad R, Elzouki I, Elhaddad A, Ibrahim A. . Pan Afr Med J. 2020 Nov 3;37:214. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2020.37.214.23997. 2020. Abstract INTRODUCTION: the aim of the present study was to determine the frequency of HBsAg and anti-HCV antibodies in health care providers (HCPs) at three referral hospitals in Libya, and to correlate …
. . Knowles NJ, Bachanek-Bankowska K, Wadsworth J, Mioulet V, Valdazo-González B, Eldaghayes IM, Dayhum AS, Kammon AM, Sharif MA, Waight S, Shamia AM, Tenzin S, Wernery U, Grazioli S, Brocchi E, Subramaniam S, Pattnaik B, King DP. . Transbound Emerg Dis. 2016 Oct;63(5):e431-5. doi: 10.1111/tbed.12299. Epub 2014 Dec 7. Abstract Foot-and-mouth disease viruses are …