Conjunctivitis is the commonest eye disease in Egypt, where it presents a major problem of public health. The chief menace of acute infective conjunctivitis lies in the corneal complications which may cause blindness. Since the late 1930s, the gonococcus and KochWeeks bacillus have been regarded as the most common causes of this condition in Egypt (Wilson, I935; Lyons and Amies, I949), but othe...

In Egypt, avian influenza A subtype H5N1 and H9N2 viruses are enzootic in poultry. The control plan devised by veterinary authorities in Egypt to prevent infections in poultry focused mainly on vaccination and ultimately failed. Recently, widespread H5N1 infections in poultry and a substantial increase in the number of human cases of H5N1 infection were observed. We summarize surveillance data ...

break of 1883 in Egypt, but will be strictly limited to an endeavour to explain the origin of the outbreak, yet it will not, I trust, fail in creating an interest among the members of the Society. If it does this, it will have served the purpose for which it was written. Egypt is a very extensive country. It extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the Equator. It is not, however, this vast countr...

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1President, 2Researcher 1Egyptian Society of Oral Implantology, Alexandria, Egypt; Faculty of Dentistry, BPP University, London, United Kingdom 2Department of Periodontology, Oral Medicine, Oral Diagnosis and Oral Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Tanta University, Egypt Corresponding Author: Ahmed Halim Ayoub, Sporting Omar Lotfy Street, 178 Second Floor, Alexandria, Egypt, Phone: +201222205513...

The genus Micatagla Argaman (Bradynobaenidae: Apterogyninae) is reviewed from Egypt, based on specimens collected from Wadi Allaqi (Aswan, Southern Egypt) and Kom Osheim (Fayoum) and those deposited in Egyptian insect collections as well as recorded data from the literature. A single species, Micatagla klugi (André), was previously recorded from Egypt. Micatagla allaqiensis sp. n., Micatagla ez...

BACKGROUND A 2006 avian influenza (AI) outbreak resulted in mass removal of chickens in Lower Egypt, which decreased the household supply of poultry. Poultry, a key animal-source food, contains nutrients critical for child growth. This paper examines determinants of stunting between 2006 and 2008 in children 6 to 59 months of age within the context of the AI outbreak. METHODS The 2005 and 200...

Mohamed Meshref1*, Nihal ElShazly2, Mohamed Nasr3 and Rehab AbdElhai4 *Correspondence: [email protected] 1Departments of Clinical Oncology Kasr El Eini cancer centre – Faculty of Medicine Cairo University, Al-Saray street, El-Manial, Cairo 11956, Egypt. 2Department of Clinical Neurophysiology– Faculty of Medicine Cairo University, Al-Saray street, El-Manial, Cairo 11956, Egypt. 3Department o...

The genus Macroocula Panfilov in Egypt is reviewed. Seven species were previously recorded from Egypt: M. magna (Invrea, 1965), M. mahunkai Argaman, 1994, M. morawitzi (Radoszkowski, 1888), M. nigriventris (Invrea, 1960), M. nitida (Bischoff, 1920), M. savignyi (Klug, 1829) and M. sinaica (Invrea, 1963). Macroocula brothersi Gadallah & Soliman, sp. nov. (Egypt, Wadi Shab, Red Sea) and M. salehi...