BACKGROUND Bovine tuberculosis (BTB) is caused by Mycobacterium bovis, which belongs to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Mycobacterium bovis have been described to be responsible of most cases of bovine tuberculosis. Although M. tuberculosis, M. africanum and non-complex mycobacteria were isolated from cattle. In Morocco, so far, no molecular studies were conducted to characterize the st...

background: despite the importance of the postnatal consultation, in morocco, only 22% of women attended these consultations. the aim of this study was to identify associated factors with these consultations and offer suggestions to improve their use. methods: this study was conducted in 2014 in marrakech. a sample of women in reproductive age (15-49 yr) giving birth during 2013 year was enroll...

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...

Worldwide spread of antibiotic resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major problem. However, data from West and North African countries are scarce. To study the level of resistance and compare the situations in different cities, a prospective study was conducted in Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Casablanca (Morocco), Dakar (Senegal), and Tunis (Tunisia), from 1996 to 1997. The resistances to eigh...

RACHID AZZALLOU1, YASSINE RIADI1, RACHID MAMOUNI2, MOHAMMADINE EL HADDAD1, MARIE-CLAUDE VIAUD-MASSUAD3, GÉRALD GUILLAUMET4, SAID LAZAR1* 1 Université Hassan II-Mohammedia, Laboratoire de Biochimie, Environnement & Agroalimentaire URAC 36, Morocco. 2 Université Ibn Zohr Agadir, Laboratoire de chimie Organique, Equipe de chimie Bio-Organique Appliquée, Morocco. 3 Génétique Immunothérapie Chimie e...

The main purpose of this paper is to study the future prospects of online banking in Morocco, based on the technology acceptance model, by examining the intention of the Moroccan customers to adopt online banking and the factors that influence it. The questionnaire used in this study was distributed to 300 Moroccan banks’ customers, and the data gathered were then analysed using structural equa...

In the past decade in Morocco, there has been a reactivation of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL) foci with an unusual long outbreak episode. The aims of this review article were to update our knowledge of this disease in Morocco, to compare the situation with that prevailing in the other countries of the Maghreb region and to highlight factors that could be responsible for the current sit...