Aldjia Nait Abdesselam L2CSP laboratory Mouloud Mammeri UNiversity Route de Hasnaoua BP 17, 15000, Tizi-Ouzou Algeria [email protected] Redouane Kara L2CSP laboratory Mouloud Mammeri University Route de Hasnaoua BP 17, 15000, Tizi-Ouzou Algeria [email protected] Jean-Jacques Loiseau IRCCyN UMR CNRS 6597 BP 92101 1 rue de la No 44321 Nantes Cedex 3 France [email protected]

We report a case of epidemic typhus in a patient from the Batna region of Algeria, who presented with generalized febrile exanthema. The clinical diagnosis was confirmed by serological cross-adsorption followed by Western blotting. Our report emphasizes the threat of epidemic typhus in the highlands of Algeria.

Two strains of Bacillus, B. cereus E41 and B. anthracis F34, were isolated from a salt lake in Aïn M'lila-Oum El Bouaghi, eastern Algeria, and Ain Baida-Ouargla, southern Algeria, respectively. Their genomes display genes for the production of several bioactive secondary metabolites, including polyhydroxyalkanoate, iron siderophores, lipopeptides, and bacteriocins.

Taha Abdelmoutaleb Cherfia LIRE Laboratory Software Technologies and Information Systems Department, Constantine 2 University Algeria [email protected] Faïza Belala LIRE Laboratory Software Technologies and Information Systems Department, Constantine 2 University Algeria [email protected] Kamel Barkaoui Laboratoire CEDRIC Conservatoire Nationale des Arts et Métier...

To determine whether sandfly fever Sicilian virus (SFSV) is present in Algeria, we tested sandflies for phlebovirus RNA. A sequence closely related to that of SFSV was detected in a Phlebotomus ariasi sandfly. Of 60 human serum samples, 3 contained immunoglobulin G against SFSV. These data suggest SFSV is present in Algeria.

FOUDIL ABDESSEMED∗, ERIC MONACELLI∗∗, KHIER BENMAHAMMED∗∗∗ ∗ UNIVERSITE de Batna Institut d’Electronique, Rue Chahid Boukhlouf Batna – 05000, Algeria e-mail: [email protected] ∗∗ Laboratoire de Robotique de Paris 1–12 Avenue de l’Europe, 78140 Velizy-Paris, France e-mail: [email protected] ∗∗∗ Université de Setif, Institut d’Electronique Setif – 19000, Algeria e-mail: khierben@lyco...

CONTEXT Little is known about the impact of trauma in postconflict, low-income countries where people have survived multiple traumatic experiences. OBJECTIVE To establish the prevalence rates of and risk factors for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in 4 postconflict, low-income countries. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Epidemiological survey conducted between 1997 and 1999 among surv...

Recently, by observing Algerian market, we find that the Chinese products are cornering this market. Since the living standards have risen in Algeria, as well, the purchasing power has increased too. Therefore, this led to the increasing amounts of municipal solid waste in Algeria. And it reached 10 million tons in 2011 and it is projected to reach 18 million tons by 2030. In Algeria, most of w...

After an outbreak of human plague, 95 Xenopsylla cheopis fleas from Algeria were tested for Yersinia pestis with PCR methods. Nine fleas were definitively confirmed to be infected with Y. pestis biovar orientalis. Our results demonstrate the persistence of a zoonotic focus of Y. pestis in Algeria.

BACKGROUND Two hepatitis E virus (HEV) outbreaks occurred in Algeria (1979 - 1980 and 1987 - 1988). However, to date, no study on the prevalence of anti-HEV antibodies has been conducted in Algeria, and the genotype of the circulating strains remains unclear. OBJECTIVES This study was conducted to investigate the presence of anti- HEV antibodies among outpatients and blood donors in three dif...