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Circulating Immunecomplexes, Immunoglobulins and Complements in Nigerien Children with Burkitt’s Lymphoma

Original article English A.S.M. Giasuddin Department of Laboratory Medicine (Immology Unit), Ahmadu Bello University Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria. Garyounis Medical Journal Vol. 15. January/July 1992:14-17 Abstract The serum levels of circulating immunecomplexes (CICs), immuno globulins (Igs) and complements (Cs) were studied in 20 Nigerian children with Burkitt’s Lymphoma (BL) (age: 4-10 years; 12 males, 8 females). …

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Cancer mortality in Benghazi, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, 1991-96.

Original article English Singh R, Al-Sudani OE. Department of Family Medicine, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. East Mediterr Health J. 2001 Jan-Mar;7(1-2):255-73. Links Abstract We present a descriptive study of 1221 cancer deaths among Libyans in Benghazi for the period 1991-96. The cancer mortality rates per 10(5) person-years at risk for males, females …

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The Occurrence of Abdominal Tuberculosis in Vaccinated Children

Original article English Abusrewil, E. Sbeta, M. Alsuri, F. Osman, A. Mugadmi, S. Addala and K. Sbeta Tripoli Children Hospital. Tripoli, Libya. Garyounis Medical Journal Vol. 18. 1995-1997: 23 -28 Abstract Between December 1989, and May 1991 (18 months duration), 4 children were admitted to Tripoli Children Hospital (unit A), and diagnosed as tuberculosis peritonitis. …

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Rickettsiosis of the typhus fever type. Its joint appearance with a left-ventricular thrombus and single-vessel coronary disease

Case report German Sitzler G, Winter UJ, Peters G, Gheorghiu T, Hilger HH. Klinik III fur Innere Medizin, Universitat Koln. Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 1994 Mar 25;119(12):418-22. Abstract A 44-year-old German fell ill in Libya, where he had been living for 10 years, with high fever, rigor and a nonitching centrifugally spreading macular rash, which had …

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Clinical and serologic study of Czecho-Slovak citizens working in developing countries from the aspect of risk of infection with Coxiella burnetii

Case report Slovak Lukacovicova Z, Zboncakova L, Bazlikova M, Brezina R, Kazar J. Stredisko pre cudzokrajne choroby FN, Bratislave, Slovakia. Bratisl Lek Listy. 1993 Aug;94(8):415-8. Abstract In the years 1984-1988 we observed, besides the routine examinations of history, clinical state, and laboratory tests, also the presence of antibodies to Coxiella burnetii antigens by means of …

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Smoking in Africa: the coming epidemic.

Review English Taha A, Ball K. World Smoking Health. 1982 Summer;7(2):25-30. Abstract This discussion describes the development of tobacco smoking in Africa, the increase in consumption, and how tobacco use is promoted. It also presents evidence to show that smoking-related diseases similar to those seen in Western nations may be emerging. Tobacco was first introduced …

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The modified Blalock-Taussig shunt: a 6-year experience from a developing country.

Original article English Maghur HA, Ben-Musa AA, Salim ME, Abuzakhar SS. Mesallata Cardiothoracic Centre, Libya. Pediatr Cardiol. 2002 Jan-Feb;23(1):49-52. Abstract Since 1992 we have performed the modified Blalock-Taussig shunt (MBTS) for cyanotic children in Libya. This retrospective study reviews our results as a developing country, comparing them with those in the literature, and makes suggestions …

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Serotypes, virulence factors, antibiotic sensitivity, beta-lactamase activity and plasmid analysis of Salmonella from children with diarrhea in Tripoli (Libya).

Original article English el-Ghodban A, Ghenghesh KS, Marialigeti K, Abeid S. Department of Microbiology, Eotvos Lorand University, Pazmany Peter setany 1/c, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary. Acta Microbiol Immunol Hung. 2002;49(4):433-44. Abstract A total of 21 Salmonella strains isolated in Libya (16 from children with diarrhea and 5 from healthy controls) were serotyped and studied for their …

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