Original article English el Sanousi SM, Omer EE. Int J Zoonoses. 1985 Sep;12(3):203-6. Abstract Dual-tuberculin tests were performed on cows of five dairy stations in the cow project of Benghazi (Libya). 3413 cows were tested and 142 (4.26%) were found to show specific tuberculin sensitivity. Most of the reactors (7.9%) were in Abo Garar dairy …
Bovine tuberculosis in Benghazi cow project (Libya). Read More »
Original article English Aboudaya MA. Trop Anim Health Prod. 1985 Aug;17(3):169-70. Abstract Keywords: Prevalence of Echinococcus granulosus among domestic animals in Libya. Link/DOI: http://www.springerlink.com/content/c38455517j45108p/?p=11f21a1fad1c4eeb8fd95a6a202908af&pi=10
Original article English Radhakrishnan K, Ashok PP, Sridharan R, Mousa ME. J Neurol Sci. 1985 Aug;70(1):39-46. Abstract A search for Libyan patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) was made in Benghazi, located on the southern Mediterranean coast at a latitude of 32 degrees N. Twenty-one clinically definite and probable cases were detected during the period July …
Prevalence and pattern of multiple sclerosis in Benghazi, north-eastern Libya. Read More »
Original article English Gebreel AO, Gilles HM, Prescott JE. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1985 Aug;79(4):341-7. Abstract Indirect fluorescent antibody studies were conducted in order to determine possible risk to Libyan communities of malaria, particularly relapsing forms, as a direct result of the presence of large teams of immigrant labour. Two groups of Indians (100 and …
Studies on the sero-epidemiology of endemic diseases in Libya, IV. Malaria. Read More »
English Madani MO, Yagoub BA, Zawia MT. Br Vet J. 1985 Jul-Aug;141(4):401-8. Abstract Keywords: The mating of Libyan fat-tailed ewe lambs. Link/DOI:
Letter English Kishan J, Soni AL, Elzouki AY, Mir NA. Indian Pediatr. 1985 Jul;22(7):545-7. Abstract Keywords: Neural tube defects. Link/DOI:
Original article English Cathala F, Brown P, LeCanuet P, Gajdusek DC. Neurology. 1985 Jun;35(6):894-5. Abstract During the 15-year period 1968-1982, 328 French residents died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD); 273 had been born in France (annual mortality rate of 0.38 per million inhabitants). Of the 55 foreign-born cases, 12 came from Tunisia and 11 from Algeria …
High incidence of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in North African immigrants to France. Read More »
Original article English Soni AL, Mir NA, Kishan J, Faquih AM, Elzouki AY. Ann Trop Paediatr. 1985 Jun;5(2):69-71. Abstract The present study was undertaken to evaluate the magnitude of risk factors associated with brachial plexus in infants born in hospital in Benghazi. A total of 7829 babies were examined over a period of 6 months. …
Original article English Singh M, Singh G, Kanwar AJ, Belhaj MS. Int J Dermatol. 1985 May;24(4):233-5. Abstract Patients with vitiligo attending the polyclinics of Benghazi during a 9-month period were reviewed. The proportionate case ratio was 0.33% of all skin cases. The mean age at onset of the disease was 19.38 years; mean age at …
Case report English Singh M, Bharija SC, Belhaj MS, Mangoush EA. Dermatologica. 1985;170(3):145-6. Abstract A first case of Romberg’s syndrome from Libya is reported. Romberg’s syndrome is a rare disease causing progressive facial hemiatrophy. It was first described by Parry in 1825 and then by Romberg in 1846. Since then there have been sporadic case …