Anouar Abidi1*, Alexandre Robbe2, Nadia Kourda3, Alexandre Legrand2 and Saloua Ben Khamsa1 1Research Unit 03/UR/08-05 Pulmonary Fibrosis Prevention and Treatment, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University Tunis Al Manar, Tunis, Tunisia 2Laboratory of Animal Physiology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine of Mons, University of Mons-Hainaut, Belgium 3Service of Anatomo-Pathology, Hospital Charle...

Micro-­‐blogging through Twitter has made information short and to the point, and more importantly systematically searchable. This work is the first of a series in which quotidian observations about Tunisia are obtained using the micro-­‐blogging site Twitter. Data was extracted using the open source Twitter API v1.1. Specific tweets were obtained using functional search operators in particular...

1 Osteoporosis and Arthritis laboratory, Rabta hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Tunis EL Manar University, Tunisia 2 Division of Bone Diseases, Rehabilitation and Geriatrics Department , Geneva University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland 3 Genetics, immunology and human pathologies Laboratory, Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences of Tunis, Tunis EL ...

*Corresponding author: Ilhem Rjeibi, Research Unit of Macromolecular Biochemistry and Genetic, Faculty of Sciences of Gafsa, Gafsa 2112, Tunisia. Tel: +21620480884 E-mail: [email protected] Foundation Project: Supported by the Ministry of High Education and Scientific Research, MHSSR of Tunisia (Grant No. 11/TM06). The journal implements double-blind peer review practiced by specially invited in...

Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among Tunisian women, and the incidence rates vary by region. Three Tunisian registries report age-standardized rates of 6.3/10(5) in the central region, 5.4/10(5) in the north, and 2.7/10(5) in the south. High-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) types and their variants differ in carcinogenic potential and geographic distribution. The HPV type and v...

the islamic awakening with changing power’s balance of middle east and north africa, has changed role of regional powers. therefore, geopolitical contest between iran and turkey have been more important. tunisia and egypt as leaders of revolutionary changes, are the most important. in this research we tried to compare iran and turkey's role in relation to these two countries. the research’...

1Department of Epidemiology, University Hospital Farhat Hached Sousse, Tunisia 2Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Farhat Hached Sousse, Tunisia 3World Health Organization Office Eastern Mediterranean Region, Non-Communicable Diseases Management Unit, Cairo, Egypt 4Pediatric Cardiology Unit, Department of Child and Adolescent University Hospitals of Geneva, University of Geneva, Gene...

Riadh Ben Mansour1*, Saloua Lassoued1, Ines Dammak1, Amel Elgaied1, Souhail Besbes2, Hamadi Attia1,2, Basma Hentati1 Unité de recherche Biotechnologie et pathologies”, Institut Supérieur de Biotechnologie de Sfax, (TUNISIA) Unité de recherche “Analyses Alimentaires”, Ecole Nationale des Ingénieurs de Sfax”, (TUNISIA) E-mail: [email protected] Received: 24 December, 2010 ; Accepted: 3 January...

Tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF) is caused by Borrelia species transmitted to humans by infected Ornithodoros sp. ticks. The disease has been rarely described in North Africa, and in Tunisia the local transmission of TBRF seems to have disappeared or is undiagnosed. A longitudinal study was conducted in 14 sites located in four different bioclimatic zones of Tunisia to assess both the distribu...