Currently Iran and Morocco are going through an energy transition. Ambitious plans exist at international, regional and national governance levels to deploy renewable energy sources (RES), such as concentrated solar power (CSP) and photovoltaic (PV) solar power. These plans foresee deployment of RES to cover local growing energy needs, to diversify energy supply and to benefit from electricity ...

1 Research Team in Neurology and Neurogenetics, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Genomics Center of Human Pathologies, University Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco, 2 Department of Neurology and Neurogenetics, Hôpital des spécialités de Rabat, Rabat, Morocco, 3 University de Bordeaux, Institut des maladies neurodégénératives, UMR 5293, Bordeaux, France, 4 CNRS, Institut des maladies neurodégénérative...

During the past 20 years, cutaneous leishmaniasis has emerged as a major public health threat in Morocco. We describe distribution of Leishmania major and L. tropica in Morocco and a new focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis due to L. infantum. We recommend using molecular techniques to diagnose suspected leishmaniasis cases.

BACKGROUND Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a neglected parasitic disease that is fatal if left untreated. VL is endemic in Morocco and other countries in North Africa were it mainly affects children from rural areas. In Morocco, the direct observation of Leishmania parasites in bone marrow aspirates and serological tests are used to diagnose VL. Glucantime is the first line of treatment. The obj...

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...

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...