INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to survey the clinical and pathological features of breast cancer in the Center of Tunisia. DESIGN Characteristics of all breast cancer cases diagnosed in the Pathology Department, Farhet Hached Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia during a 15-year period (1993-2007) were analyzed. RESULTS A total of 2,404 new cases of breast cancer were recorded, only 48 being d...

1Higher Institute of Biotechnology, Monastir, Tunisia. 2Department of Ophthalmology, Farhat Hached University Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia. Haematology and Autoimmune Diseases Unit, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Monastir, Tunisia. Received: 29/04/03; accepted: 23/12/03 ABSTRACT Antiphospholipid antibodies may play an important role in the pathogenesis of retinal vascular occlusions; therefore...

1Microbiology Laboratory; 2Paediatric Service, Farhat Hached Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia. 3Centre de Protection Maternelle et Infantile (Centre PMI), Erriadh, Sousse, Tunisia. Received: 16/01/03; accepted: 07/10/03 ABSTRACT A 1-year prospective study in 2 paediatric outpatient clinics in Sousse, Tunisia, aimed to determine the presence of group A streptococci in acute pharyngitis cases and carrie...

This study is the first attempt to survey the diversity of fish digeneans in the Gulf of Gabes (southern coast of Tunisia). A total of 779 fishes belonging to 32 species were sampled. 53 species of Digenea belonging to 15 families were recorded. Among these species, 24 are reported for the first time from the coast of Tunisia. We report one new host record, Lecithochirium sp. from Sardinella au...

A total of 10,818 domestic ruminants (3913 cattle, 2722 sheep, 3779 goats, 404 dromedaries) slaughtered in various abattoirs in Tunisia between 2003 and 2010 were examined for the presence of Echinococcus granulosus hydatid cysts. The prevalence of cystic echinococcosis (CE) was 16.42% in sheep, 8.56% in cattle, 5.94% in dromedaries and 2.88% in goats. CE prevalence increased with age according...

HCV genotype 2 (HCV-2) has a worldwide distribution with prevalence rates that vary from country to country. High genetic diversity and long-term endemicity were suggested in West African countries. A global dispersal of HCV-2 would have occurred during the 20th century, especially in European countries. In Tunisia, genotype 2 was the second prevalent genotype after genotype 1 and most isolates...

Abstract This article examines the relationship between emergent LGBTQ movements and state in Arab world over past two decades. Focusing on efforts of various social to confront criminalization homosexuality region, puzzles a cascade legal victories for rights advocates Lebanon recent years spite hostile justice sector mired with corruption. It interrogates set prevalent assumptions about effec...

emergence of primary signs of muslims uprising in tunisia, egypt, libya, bahrain, yemen, and, in a somehow limited form, in arabia and jordan against local tyranny and foreign colonization, made big powers and western expansionist countries to expropriate public movements to their own benefit and to deviate such movements from their true path. in fact, the matter of process or project nature of...

Lung cancer is the most common cancer worldwide but data from Tunisia are limited. The aim of this research was to describe the epidemiology, pathology and clinical features of lung cancer in Central Tunisia. All lung cancer cases diagnosed during a 15-year period were analyzed based on the data of the Cancer Registry of the Center of Tunisia. Five-year age-specific rates, world age-standardize...

BACKGROUND In northern Tunisia, the co-circulation of two related sand fly-borne phleboviruses, Toscana virus (TOSV) and Punique virus (PUNV) was previously demonstrated. In contrast to TOSV, a prominent human pathogen, there is no data supporting that PUNV is capable to infect and cause disease to humans. We studied the respective involvement of TOSV and PUNV in human infections in northern Tu...