background: oral health in down syndrome (ds) children has some peculiar aspects that must be considered in the follow-up of these patients. the objective of the present study was to assess the prevalence of dental caries and treatment needs among children with ds in yemen and also to investigate the association between these outcomes with various socio-demographic and clinical variables. mater...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to determine the quality of life among breast cancer patients in Yemen based on socio-demographic and clinical characteristics. METHODOLOGY This study was designed as a cross-sectional study. The data collected from 106 female breast cancer patients who were chosen for recruitment from the outpatient in National Oncology Centre (NOC), Sana'a, Yemen fro...

The genus Distephanus is native to Madagascar, the Mauritius, central and southern Africa, Yemen (Socotra Island), and China. The majority of the diversity is found in Madagascar. Here we provide new combinations for nine species of Vernonia that belong in Distephanus, all from Madagascar. All of the species were formerly placed in the large genus Vernonia, now greatly reduced.

Mustafa Kamal, Abu-Bakr El-BediwiTamer Dawod* and Adel. S. Waqlan** Metal Physics Lab. Physics Department, Faculty of Science –Mansoura University, Egypt. * Medical Physics Unit, Clinical Oncology and Nuclear Medicine Dept., Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University **On leave, M.sc student, Ministry of Higher Education, Yemen. [email protected], [email protected] [email protected]...

An outbreak of Rift Valley fever in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Yemen in 2000 was the first recognized occurrence of the illness outside of Africa and Madagascar. An assessment of potential mosquito vectors in the region yielded an isolate from Aedes vexans arabiensis, most closely related to strains from Madagascar (1991) and Kenya (1997).

study of the ground water quality in hodeidah is an essential ingredient for a healthypopulation. in this research, study of drinking water samples for eight water sources wells in thequti field has been achieved. the purpose was to a certain the quality of water from thesesources, the physical properties such as ph, electrical conductivity (ec) and total dissolvedsolids (tds), showed the varia...

Chikungunya virus is recognized as a serious public health problem. The complete genome was sequenced for a chikungunya virus isolated from the mosquito Aedes aegypti during a 2011 outbreak in Al Hodayda, Yemen, which resulted in significant human fatalities. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that this Yemeni isolate is most closely related to Indian Ocean strains of the east/central/south Afr...

CONTEXT The prevalence of hypertension in developing countries is coming closer to values found in developed countries. However, surveys usually rely on readings taken at a single visit, the option to implement the diagnosis on readings taken at multiple visits, being limited by costs. OBJECTIVE To estimate more accurately the magnitude and extent of the resource that should be allocated to t...

Background Evaluating outcomes after tuberculosis (TB) treatment can help identify the primary reasons for treatment success or failure. However, Yemen has a treatment success rate that remains below the World Health Organization's target. This study aimed to identify factors that were associated with unsuccessful treatment and prolonged treatment (>1 year). Method Newly diagnosed cases of sm...