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Short Communication English Aisha Gashout 1, Taher Lazrag 1, Huda Gashut 2, Tawfig Swedan 1. 1-Tripoli Central Hospital, Tripoli-Libya. 2-Aljala Maternity Hospital, Tripoli-Libya. Libyan J Infect Dis. Vol. 2, No.1. Jan-2008:52-56 Abstract Background and Objective: Maternal viral and protozoan infections contribute to many complications in early pregnancies leading to spontaneous abortion. The present study was …

Qualitative assessment of risk for spontaneous abortion associated with toxoplasma and rubella: immunity appraisal. Read More »

Original article English Stephen A. Felt, Magdi D. Saad, Samuel L. Yingst US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, Egypt Libyan J Infect Dis. Vol. 2, No.1. Jan-2008:45-51 Abstract Background/objectives: In February 2006, the authors were deployed to the Kurdistan area of Iraq following the laboratory confirmation of the country’s first human death attributable …

A multi-species outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza(H5N1)inGrdJotyar, Iraq: a detailed report Read More »

Original article English Salwa F. Ahmed 1, Momtaz O. Wasfy 1, Myriam Morcos 1, Guillermo Pimentel 1, Mubarak Mohamed 2, Sadiki F. Materu 3, Ammar Abdo Ahmed 4, Adam W. Armstrong 1 , John D Klena 1 1-US Naval Medical Research Unit-3, Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt; 2-Central Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Sudan; …

Antimicrobial resistance and genotyping of Vibrio cholerae isolates collected from outbreaks in East Africa, 2006-2007 Read More »

Original article English Rafik R.Elmehdawi, Abdulwahab.W.Albarsha. Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Al-arab University for Medical Sciences, Benghazi -Libya Libyan J Infect Dis. Vol. 2, No.1. Jan-2008:31-36 Abstract Introduction: antibiotics account for a considerable percentage of drugs prescribed to hospitalized patients and they tend to be overused resulting in unnecessary costs, and emergence of resistant …

Pattern of antibiotic prescription to hospitalized patients in a teaching hospital in Benghazi- Libya. Read More »

Original article English G Raczniak 1,2, JT Villinski 3 , N Puplampu 2 , S Mechta 2 , JD Klena 3, S Felt 3, M Abbassy 3, H Hanafi 3, DF Hoel 3 , M Wilson 2 , D Boakye 2 1-U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3 (NAMRU-3), Ghana Detachment. 2-Noguchi Memorial Institute of …

Cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Volta district of Ghana: An uncertain reservoir for focal disease outbreak. Read More »

Review English Abdul-Naser Elzouki. Department of Medicine, Aljamahyria Teaching Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Al-arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Libyan J Infect Dis. Vol. 2, No.1. Jan-2008:20-25 Abstract Chronic infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) affects more than 400 million people worldwide, and it is estimated that up to one million people die annually from HBV-related …

Hepatitis B infection in Libya: The magnitude of the problem. Read More »

Review English Khalifa Sifaw Ghenghesh 1,Ezzadin A. Franka 1, Khaled A. Tawil 1,Salah Abeid 1,Mustafa Ben Ali 2, Ibrahim A. Taher 3,Rajab Tobgi 3. 1-Faculty of Medicine, Al-Fateh University, Tripoli, 2-Faculty of Arts and Sciences, El-Khomes University,El-Khomes, 3-Faculty of Medicine, Gharyounis University, Benghazi, Libya Libyan J Infect Dis. Vol. 2, No.1. Jan-2008:10-19 Abstract Diarrhea remains …

Infectious acute diarrhea in Libyan children: causative agents, clinical features, treatment and prevention. Read More »

Review English Caroline Blackwell 1, Abdulaziz Zorgani 2, Abdulhamid Alkout 3, Omar El Ahmer 3. 1-Newcastle University, Newcastle, Australia, 2-Faculty of Medicine, Al-fateh Medical Univeristy, Tripoli-Libya 3-Medical Technology Faculty, Al-fateh Medical Univeristy, Tripoli-Libya Libyan J Infect Dis. Vol. 2, No.1. Jan-2008:1-9 Abstract Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) remains the major cause of post neonatal mortality …

Infection, ethnic groups and sudden infant death syndrome:Explaining the risk factors. Read More »

Original article English Nasef A, Mathieu N, Chapel A, Frick J, François S, Mazurier C, Boutarfa A, Bouchet S, Gorin NC, Thierry D, Fouillard L. Inserm, U832, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Paris, France. Transplantation. 2007 Jul 27;84(2):231-7. Abstract Introduction. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) possess unique immunomodulatory properties. They are able to suppress allogenic T-cell …

Immunosuppressive effects of mesenchymal stem cells: involvement of HLA-G. Read More »

Original article English Nasef A, Chapel A, Mazurier C, Bouchet S, Lopez M, Mathieu N, Sensebé L, Zhang Y, Gorin NC, Thierry D, Fouillard L. EA 1638 Laboratoire de Thérapie Cellulaire et Radioprotection Accidentelle, Faculté de médecine Saint Antoine, Université Paris VI, Paris, France. Gene Expr. 2007;13(4-5):217-26. Abstract Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) inhibit the response …

Identification of IL-10 and TGF-beta transcripts involved in the inhibition of T-lymphocyte proliferation during cell contact with human mesenchymal stem cells. Read More »