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The New World screw-worm fly in north Africa.

Review English Beesley WN. Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, U.K. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1991 Feb;85(1):173-9. Abstract The course of the North African outbreak of New World screw-worm myiasis (Cochliomyia hominivorax) since its discovery in 1988 is described. Chemical and biological control measures are reviewed, including the current progress of the …

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Health problems in the Libyan Arab Peoples Socialist Republic

Review Czech Kolar V. Prakt Zubn Lek. 1991 Mar;39(2):48-51. Abstract The author describes the social and medical situation in the Libyan Arab Peoples Socialist Djamahiriji. He presents an epidemialogical study of the prevalence of some malocclusions. From the results it is apparent that it is necessary to introduce systematic orthodontic care which does not exist …

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Clinical and computed tomography analysis of intracerebral haemorrhage.

Original article English Thacker AK, Radhakrishnan K, Maloo JC, el-Magbri AA, Mousa ME. Division of Neurology, Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. J Assoc Physicians India. 1991 Apr;39(4):317-9. Abstract The clinical records and computed tomography scans of 50 consecutive patients with intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) were analysed. Putaminal (48%) and thalamic (16%) ICH comprised the largest group, followed …

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The prevalence of anti-Toxoplasma antibodies among pregnant women in Benghazi, (S.P.L.A.J.) Libya.

Original article English Kassem HH, Morsy TA. Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Garyounis, Benghazi, Libya. J Egypt Soc Parasitol. 1991 Apr;21(1):69-74. Abstract The present study screened 369 pregnant women with manifestations suggesting toxoplasmosis and twenty cross matched controls for anti-Toxoplasma antibodies by the indirect haemagglutination test. The overall positivity (1 : 64 …

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First record of Planorbis planorbis (Linnaeus) naturally infected with Xiphidiocercariae from Derna, Libya.

Case report English Kamel EG, Kassem HH. Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Garyounis, Benghazi, Libya. J Egypt Soc Parasitol. 1991 Apr;21(1):99-105. Abstract A review of the literature shows that the fresh water snail Planorbis planorbis (Mollusca: Gastropoda) infected with Xiphidiocercariae has never been recorded in Derna, Libya. In the present paper the …

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Mutation of the prion protein in Libyan Jews with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

Original article English Hsiao K, Meiner Z, Kahana E, Cass C, Kahana I, Avrahami D, Scarlato G, Abramsky O, Prusiner SB, Gabizon R. Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco. N Engl J Med. 1991 Apr 18;324(16):1091-7. Abstract BACKGROUND. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a transmissible neurodegenerative disorder that occurs more than 100 times more frequently …

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Brucella and HIV-I antibodies in Libyan blood donors.

Letter English Giasuddin AS, Ziu MM, Shaafie IA. J Infect. 1991 May;22(3):294-6. Abstract Keywords: Brucella and HIV-I antibodies in Libyan blood donors. Link/DOI: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WJT-4GND1TF-J&_user=10&_coverDate=05%2F31%2F1991&_rdoc=16&_fmt=summary&_orig=browse&_srch=doc-info(%23toc%236887%231991%23999779996%23602085%23FLP%23display%23Volume)&_cdi=6887&_sort=d&_docanchor=&_ct=27&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=03db29788a37fee8a1ad2fbed53086c1

Synthesis and anticonvulsant properties of some novel quinazolone-thiosemicarbazone and 4-thiazolidone derivatives.

English el-Feky SA, Abd el-Samii ZK. Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Fateh University, Tripoli, Libya. Arch Pharm (Weinheim). 1991 Jun;324(6):381-3. Abstract Diverse biological activities have been found in compounds having a quinazolinone ring system. A large number of 4(3H)-quinazolinones, in particular those possessing 2-alkyl-3-aryl, 2,3-dialkyl, and 2-alkyl-3-amino substitution, have been evaluated for pharmacological activity. …

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Cerebral hydatid cysts in children.

Case report English Krajewski R, Stelmasiak Z. Department of Neurosurgery, Salaheldin University Hospital, Tripoli, Libya. Childs Nerv Syst. 1991 Jun;7(3):154-5. Abstract Twelve children with intracranial cysts of Echinococcus granulosus underwent surgery during a period of 5 years and constituted 19% of all children operated on for intracranial space-occupying lesions. The more common symptoms were raised …

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