The species of the paederine subtribe Cryptobiina from Oman and Yemen are examined. The following taxa are (re-) described and illustrated: Cryptomanum gen. n., C. omanicum (Coiffait, 1981), comb. n., C. spinosissimum sp. n. (Oman), and Afrobium arabicum sp. n. (Yemen, Iran). Keys to the genera of Cryptobiina present in the Western Palaearctic region and to the Cryptobiina species recorded from...

1Department of Paediatrics, Sana’a University, Sana’a, Yemen (Correspondence to S.M. Banajeh: [email protected]). Department of Obstetrics; Department of Paediatrics, Al Sabeen Hospital for Women and Children, Sana’a, Yemen. ABSTRACT We conducted a 12-year retrospective analysis of perinatal characteristics at Al-Sabeen Hospital, Sana’a. There were 62 168 births, 2936 stillbirths and 5434 per...

Background Esophageal cancer is the seventh most common malignancy worldwide and the fifth in the developing countries. Its incidence is rising more rapidly than any other cancer. The risk of developing esophageal cancer between countries may be influenced by diversity of cultures and customs. One of the unique customs in Yemen is chewing khat, therefore the aim of this study was to determine t...

background: the study was conducted to estimate and compare the validity and performance of two screening methods for uri­nary schistosomiasis: the interview - reporting blood in urine- and detecting microhematuria by reagent strip. methods:  in year 2003, 515 schoolchildren from five schools in abyan and taiz governorates in yemen, were in-terviewed by healtworker for hematuria, and then urine...

Through the Mectizan Donation Program, Merck & Co., Inc. has donated Mectizan (ivermectin, MSD) for the treatment of onchocerciasis worldwide since 1987. Mectizan has also been donated for the elimination of lymphatic filariasis (LF) since 1998 in African countries and in Yemen where onchocerciasis and LF are co-endemic; for LF elimination programs, Mectizan is co-administered with albendazole,...

As we write this account in late June 1996, there are reports of floods in Yemen. Marib and Shabwa are prominently mentioned, although there is no indication of damage to any archaeological sites. The reports remind us of the destructive potential that resides in the monsoon rains that are essential for cultivation in the mountains of Yemen. The still-visible remnant of the dam at Marib is only...

There is substantial evidence that on average, urban children have better health outcomes than rural children. This paper investigates the underlying factors that account for the regional disparities in child malnutrition in three Arab countries, namely; Egypt, Jordan, and Yemen. We use data on a nationally representative sample from the most recent rounds of the Demographic and Health Survey. ...

Cryptosporidium is a protozoan parasite of humans and animals and has a worldwide distribution. The parasite has a unique epidemiology in Middle Eastern countries where the IId subtype family of Cryptosporidium parvum dominates. However, there has been no information on Cryptosporidium species in Yemen. Thus, this study was conducted in Yemen to examine the distribution of Cryptosporidium speci...

Until the  the built environment of North Yemen conveyed a general image of homogeneity, consolidated through centuries of isolation. There were episodic partial occupations of envoys from the centers of Islamic rule, but the area was never controlled by any of the Western powers that dominated, politically or economically, the surrounding countries. The Republican Revolution of , howe...