Sporadic outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) have occurred in Libya for almost fifty years. During the spring of 2013, a countrywide serosurvey was undertaken to assess the level of FMD virus circulation and identify FMD virus serotypes in the country. A total of 4221 sera were collected, comprising samples from large ruminants (LR; n=1428 samples from 357 farms) and small ruminants (SR; ...

Toxicology services in Libya: the present and the future H ealthcare services in Libya are in need of major efforts to tackle the reconstruction challenges and to revitalize the whole system. The aim is to provide a healthcare system centered around people's needs and expectations, up-to-date with the latest medical advances, and capable of meeting rising demands (1, 2). In Libya, there is no r...

Members of the editorial board of the Libyan Journal of Medicine (ljm) welcome you to the celebration of the birth of its first online issue (September 2006). You may wonder about the need for another medical journal added to the many journals currently published. With the internet and global thinking, the planet has become a world medical village. With this in mind, a group of enthusiastic Lib...

Wild goat (Capra aegagrus) is one of the most prominent mountain mammals dispersed in many habitats in Iran. However, few studies on the relationship between this species and its habitat have been conducted. This species is recognized as one of the main food source for highly endangered species such as cheetah and leopard. In this study which lasted from fall 2009 through summer 2011, seasona...

Ghrelin O-acyl transferase (GOAT) is a recently identified enzyme responsible for the unique n-acyl modification of ghrelin, a multifunctional metabolic hormone. GOAT structure and activity appears to be conserved from fish to man. Since the acyl modification is critical for most of the biological actions of ghrelin, especially metabolic functions, GOAT emerged as a very important molecule of i...

Cutaneous leishmaniasis ranks among the tropical diseases least known and most neglected in Libya. World Health Organization reports recognized associations of Phlebotomus papatasi, Psammomys obesus, and Meriones spp., with transmission of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL; caused by Leishmania major) across Libya. Here, we map risk of ZCL infection based on occurrence records of L. major, ...