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Pregnancy hepatitis in Libya.

Original article English Christie AB, Allam AA, Aref MK, Muntasser IH, El-Nageh M. Lancet. 1976 Oct 16;2(7990):827-9. Abstract The death-rate from hepatitis in pregnant women in Libya is high. Of 922 hepatitis patients treated during 1975, 377 were males and 545 were females. The case fatality-rate was 0.53% for males and 7-67% for females. In …

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Cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Libyan Arab Republic: preliminary ecological findings.

Original article English Ashford RW, Schnur LF, Chance ML, Samaan SA, Ahmed HN. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1977 Sep;71(3):265-71. Abstract Preliminary results show cutaneous leishmaniasis in Libya to be, sometimes at least, a rural zoonotic infection. The parasites are transmitted, probably by Phlebotomus papatasi, between the rodents Psammomys obesus and Meriones libycus. The banks and …

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Human hydatid disease in Eastern Libya.

Original article English Dar FK, Taguri S. Faculty of Medicine, University of Garyounis, Benghazi, Libya Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1978;72(3):313-4. Abstract Keywords: Human hydatid disease in Eastern Libya. Link/DOI: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B75GP-4C0F045-3MX&_user=10&_coverDate=12%2F31%2F1978&_rdoc=20&_fmt=summary&_orig=browse&_srch=doc-info(%23toc%2313100%231978%23999279996%23489535%23FLP%23display%23Volume)&_cdi=13100&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_ct=30&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=7468f0205b2702d53a66bc47a36030c0

Serological and clinical investigations of human hydatid case in Libya.

Original article English Taguri S, Dar FK. Faculty of Medicine, University of Garyounis, Benghazi, Libya Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1978;72(4):338-41. Abstract Fifty surgically confirmed cases of hydatid disease in Eastern Libya were investigated. Of these, 30 had cysts of the liver, five had extra-hepatic abdominal cysts and 15 had cysts in the chest, …

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An autochthonous case of kala-azar in Libya.

Case report English Dar FK. Faculty of Medicine, University of Garyounis, Benghazi, Libya Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1978;72(5):555-6. Abstract Keywords: An autochthonous case of kala-azar in Libya. Link/DOI: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B75GP-4C6T5VB-5Y&_user=10&_coverDate=12%2F31%2F1978&_rdoc=37&_fmt=summary&_orig=browse&_srch=doc-info(%23toc%2313100%231978%23999279994%23497618%23FLP%23display%23Volume)&_cdi=13100&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_ct=37&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=17d9372d029d5a077b1b7594f9d345ef

Impact of anti-tuberculosis legislation in Libya on the prevalence of primary and acquired resistance to the three main drugs at a majortuberculosis centre.

Original article English Khalil A, Sathianathan S. Tubercle. 1978 Mar;59(1):1-12. Abstract The effect of legislative actions taken in 1973 on the prevalence of primary and acquired drug resistance was studied from the records on the Regional Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases Centre in Benghazi during the period June 1971 to August 1976. There were available for …

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