OBSTACLES THAT PREVENT RURAL YOUTH FROM IMPLEMENTING SMALL PROJECTS IN SOME VILLAGES OF ASSIUT GOVERNORATE المعوقات التى تمنع الشباب الریفى من تنفیذ مشروعات صغیرة ببعض قرى محافظة أسیوط

Prevalence of skin diseases in rural areas of Assiut Governorate, Upper Egypt.

BACKGROUND Few epidemiological surveys have been carried out to determine the prevalence of skin diseases in the population of Egypt, particularly "Upper Egypt". So it is a pressing necessity to conduct such a study in rural Assiut. OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of various skin diseases in rural Assiut. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A cross-sectional community-based survey was followed. The...

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Nocturnal Enuresis in a Rural Area of Assiut Governorate

Nocturnal enuresis is a common problem that can be troubling for children and their families. Nocturnal enuresis is the involuntary and undesirable wetting that occurs during sleep beyond the age of anticipated bladder control. Children are not considered enuretic until they have reached five years of age. Although comparison of studies are difficult because of variation in the definition of en...

Survey of Some Environmental Pollutants in Freshwater Fishes in Assiut Governorate, Egypt

Fifty samples representing eight species of freshwater Fish (Oreochromis niloticus, Clarias lazera, Labeo niloticus, Bagrus bajad, Synodontis schall, Morymyrus niloticus, Lates niloticus and Malapterurus electricus) were collected randomly from different sources at Assiut during March to August 2001. The samples were analyzed for residues of persistent organochlorines (p,p'-DDT, o,p'-DDT, p,p'-...

Rural development and out-migration from small and large villages in iran

Xenomonitoring of Different Filarial Nematodes Using Single and Multiplex PCR in Mosquitoes from Assiut Governorate, Egypt

Wuchereria bancrofti, Dirofilaria immitis, and Dirofilaria repens are filarial nematodes transmitted by mosquitoes belonging to Culex, Aedes, and Anopheles genera. Screening by vector dissection is a tiresome technique. We aimed to screen filarial parasites in their vectors by single and multiplex PCR and evaluate the usefulness of multiplex PCR as a rapid xenomonitoring and simultaneous differ...