1Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt. 2Tuberculosis Control Programme, Directorate of Health Affairs, Alexandria Ministry of Health, Alexandria, Egypt. ABSTRACT A study of gender differences in health care utilization and outcome of respiratory tuberculosis was carried out in Alexandria, Egypt. A cohort of 334 patients was followed-...

Rickets is not a new disease to Egypt. Its existence dates back to ancient times. Drawings in old Egyptian tombs show that rickets existed in the times of the Pharaohs (Ruffer, 1921). Until recently (Dicks, 1922) the disease was considered to be rare in Egypt. Shawki (1928), however, demonstrated that rickets is prevalent in this country. Nearly 50 per cent. of all Egyptian infants between the ...

The 1957 and 1968 influenza pandemics, each of which killed ≈1 million persons, arose through reassortment events. Influenza virus in humans and domestic animals could reassort and cause another pandemic. To identify geographic areas where agricultural production systems are conducive to reassortment, we fitted multivariate regression models to surveillance data on influenza A virus subtype H5N...

This paper describes the treatment and conservation of an Egyptian wooden coffin box dating back to ca. 1st century. The treatment procedures entailed cleaning, removal of dust and sand, securing severely damaged wooden fragments and damaged resin as well as the use of a suitable gap filler. Studies included wood and microbiological identification. TECHNICAL PAPER 1. Conservation Dept. Faculty ...

Egypt, located on the isthmus of Africa, is an ideal region to study historical population dynamics due to its geographic location and documented interactions with ancient civilizations in Africa, Asia and Europe. Particularly, in the first millennium BCE Egypt endured foreign domination leading to growing numbers of foreigners living within its borders possibly contributing genetically to the ...

a World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, PO Box 7608 Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt. b World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. c World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt. Correspondence to Driss Zine-Eddine El-Idrissi (e-mail: [email protected]). doi:10.2471/BLT.08.053736 (Submitted: 3 April 2008 – Revised v...

E. M. Darwish and M. Y. Hussein Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Taibah University P. O. Box 1343, Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, Sohag 82524, Egypt Egyptian Center for Theoretical Physics, Modern University for Technology and Information Al-Mukattam, Cairo, Egypt Email Address: eeddarwish@yah...

The Egypt Human Development Report 2003 does not take account of the impact of the environment on human development indicators. A case study was made in one village in El-Montaza district, Alexandria governorate, Egypt. The environmental indicators used for calculating the human development index were access to safe water, access to sanitation and environment surrounding the house. The human de...

Systematic environmental surveillance for poliovirus circulation has been conducted in Egypt since 2000. The surveillance has revealed three independent importations of wild-type poliovirus. In addition, several vaccine-derived polioviruses have been detected in various locations in Egypt. In addition to acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance, environmental surveillance can be used to monit...

International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research Available online at www.globalresearchonline.net © Copyright protected. Unauthorised republication, reproduction, distribution, dissemination and copying of this document in whole or in part is strictly prohibited. 66 Ahmed O. H. El-Nezhawy, Ibrahim A. Maghrabi, Khaled. M. Mohamed, Hany A. Omar. Department of Pharmaceutical Ch...