We investigated the microorganisms causing blood culture-negative endocarditis (BCNE) in Morocco. We tested 19 patients with BCNE by serologic methods, molecular methods, or both and identified Bartonella quintana, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus equi, and Streptococcus oralis in 4 patients. These results highlight the role of these zoonotic agents in BCNE in Morocco.

M. Lharch , J.-N. Chazalviel , F. Ozanam, M. Aggour, and R. B. Wehrspohn 1 Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée, Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau, France 2 Département de Génie Électrique, ESTA, B.P. 33/S, Agadir, Morocco 3 Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée, Université Ibn Tofail, 14000 Kénitra, Morocco 4 Max-Planck-Institute of Microstructure Physics, Weinberg 2, 0...

BACKGROUND The presence in Morocco of Argasid ticks of the Ornithodoros erraticus complex, the vector of tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF) in North Africa, has been known since 1919, but the disease is rarely diagnosed and few epidemiological data are available. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Between 2006 and 2011, we investigated the presence of Ornithodoros ticks in rodent burrows in 34 sit...

Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) is one of the most important fruit crop cultivated in Morocco. However, little data is available on its genetic diversity. The genetic relationships among pomegranate cultivars were investigated using Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) markers. Six pairs of primers were used to analyse 24 pomegranate cultivars obtained from the central regions of Moro...

INTRODUCTION There is a lack of information about fitness and other health indicators in women from countries such as Morocco. This study aims to explore the association of weight status with physical and mental health in Moroccan perimenopausal women. METHODS 151 women (45-65 years) from the North of Morocco were analyzed by standardized field-based fitness tests to assess cardiorespiratory ...

This paper explores youth unemployment in Morocco using the Labor Force Survey of 2019 data to estimate a logit model. The provides evidence for three categories possible determinants Morocco. first set are geographic and sociodemographic characteristics such sex, age, marital status area residence. Secondly, socioeconomic factors as young people's family background number workers per household...

In developed countries, currently more than 80% of children with cancer survive and they are considered as cured. However, the survivors are at high risk of medical and social late effects. In Morocco, childhood cancer accounts for 3% of all cancers. The purpose of this study was to look for factors related to education in Moroccan childhood cancer survivors. This was a cross-sectional study co...

The objective of this work is the realization of a map spatialising proposals of management and planning of lands, with a view to their rational management within the framework of a sustainable development. It was based on a diagnosis of the natural environment that allowed the analysis and identification of constraints to the development of the watershed of Ouergha (North of MOROCCO). The meth...