background: toxoplasmosis is one of the most important food-borne diseases distributed worldwide. in order to determinate the involvement of poultry meat in clinical toxoplasmosis, this study aimed to genetic characterization of toxoplasma gondii in tissue samples of serologically positive chickens of tunisia using polymerase chain reaction (pcr). methods: trail of isolation of local t. gondii ...

1. The Third Joint FAO/WHO/UNEP International Conference on Mycotoxins was held in Tunis, Tunisia, from 3 to 6 March 1999. The Conference was convened by the DirectorsGeneral of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and was kindly hosted by the Government of the Republic of ...

Biomechanical model of the ankle to estimate the musculotendinous forces during an isometric plantar flexion S. Bennour a , N. Zarrouk b , M. Dogui b , L. Romdhane a & J.-P. Merlet c a Laboratoire de Mécanique de Sousse, École Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sousse , 4054 , Sousse , Tunisia b Unité de Recherche Neurophysiologie de la Vigilance, de l'Attention et des Performances, Service d'Exploratio...

Tinggang Zhao Dept. of Math.,Lanzhou City University, Lanzhou 730070,P. R. CHINA B. K. Ben Mahmoud ESSTT/ 63 Rue Sidi Jabeur 5100 Mahdia, TUNISIA M. A. Toumi Dép. des Math.,Faculté des Sciences de Bizerte,7021, Zarzouna, Bizerte, TUNISIA O. P. Faromika Department of Physics, Federal Univ. of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, NIGERIA M. Dada Department of Physics, Federal Univ. of Technology, Minna...

Tunisia is rich in geothermal resources from ancient civilizations. Hydrothermal activity in Tunisia has been related to three main stages: magmatic and tectonic activities, eustatisme (Atlantic and Mediterranean coupling) and climate change. The principal factor and the responsable of this phenomenon is the meteoric water by piston flow processes. It constitue the catalyst of volcanism. The Tr...

This paper introduces a new methodology to target direct transfers against poverty. Our method is based on observable correlates and on estimation methods that focus on the poor. Using data from Tunisia, we estimate ‘focused’ transfer schemes that improve anti-poverty targeting performances. Post-transfer poverty can be substantially reduced with the new estimation method. The impact of these s...

BACKGROUND Consumption of raw milk and unpasteurized dairy products is common in Tunisia where bovine tuberculosis remains enzootic. We herein investigated the frequency of M. bovis isolation from raw milk. METHODS Three hundred and six milk samples collected from 102 infected cows in different Tunisian regions were analysed. M. bovis isolates were further characterized by spoligotyping and v...

Based on mitochondrial 16S rRNA sequences, we suggest that the founder individuals of the introduced Greek population of Chamaeleo africanus originated in the Nile Delta region of Egypt. In Ch. chamaeleon, we discovered in the eastern Mediterranean new 16S rRNA haplotypes, being highly distinct from previously published western Mediterranean haplotypes. Eastern Mediterranean haplotypes were fou...

Cynara cardunculus.L exhibits an important adaptability to arid and semi-arid regions where high salinity is frequently present. Aiming to introduce its cultivation in the Mediterranean environment especially in Tunisia, it seemed interesting to study seed germination of eight populations of cardoon in four concentrations of NaCl: 0g/L, 2g/L, 4g/L, and 8g/L. Our results showed a good variabilit...

In 1981, the World Health Organization (WHO) together with the Fédération Dentaire Internationale (FDI) set global dental health goals for the year 2000 within the global strategy of health for all. In 1999, a team of experts drew up new goals to be achieved by 2020, which aimed to facilitate specific oral health policy development for each country. These goals are more general and have to be a...