Mechanical Control of Rodents by Using Wire-Box and Glue Traps in Sugar Cane Plantations at Sohag Governorate, Egypt

Relationship between Enterobius Vermicularis Infection and Pelvic Inflammatory Diseases in Children at Sohag Governorate, Egypt.

A cohort of children presented with pelvic inflammatory diseases (gastrointestinal and/or genitourinary surgical conditions) and had concomitant infection with E. vermicularis. To find out this relationship, a total of 135 patients suffering from different gastrointestinal and genitourinary surgical conditions were selected from Departments of Surgery and Gynecology. They were subjected to stoo...

Efficiency of Mechanical Cane Loading in Egypt

Analysis of newly detected leprosy in Sohag Governorate, Upper Egypt, 2004-2008.

INTRODUCTION Leprosy is a chronic and complex infectious illness; the new-case detection rate is better than prevalence as an indicator of disease trends. This study presents an analysis of pattern of new cases of leprosy detected annually from 2004 to 2008 in Sohag Governorate, Upper Egypt. PATIENTS AND METHODS Data about patients with newly diagnosed leprosy were collected from Sohag lepros...

Efficacy of Three Insecticides on Rat Flea (xenopsylla Cheopis) Infesting Rodents in Giza Governorate, Egypt.

The extensive use of insecticides in public health and agriculture sectors is the main reason for development of resistance in fleas associated in domestic rodents. The present work was planned to investigate the insecticidal efficacy of Lambda-cyhalothrin, Chlorpyrifos and Fenitrothion against rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis) infesting rodent species in Giza Governorate, Egypt. The lethal concent...

[Epidemiology of snakebites in sugar cane plantations of Kwilu Ngongo in Democratic Republic of Congo].

An epidemiological study was undertaken in a sugar cane plantation of the Sugar Company of Kwilu Ngongo in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to evaluate the incidence of the snakebites, to report the epidemiological and clinical indicators and the therapeutic practices. The plantations extend by 41 km covering about 10,000 hectares in arboreal savannahs. The method associated i) a retrospe...