Publications

development of an enzyme linked-immunosorbent assay (elisa) for the sand fly fever viruses detection.	an enzyme linked-immunosorbent assay (elisa) was recently established for the detection of sandfly naples and sicilian viruses (sfn and sfs) from laboratory infected as well as wild caught sandflies in egypt. optimal dilutions of the reactants including the coating antibodies (rabbit antiserum), detecting antibodies (mouse antiserum), conjugate and the time used for incubation of the substrate (abts) were determined for both sfn and sfs viruses. the elisa test showed to be highly specific and se ...	1989	2562441
arthropod succession on exposed rabbit carrion in alexandria, egypt.	in 1988 and 1989, seasonal field studies on exposed rabbit carcasses were conducted in alexandria, egypt, to describe the decomposition process and arthropod succession patterns. four decomposition stages were recognized: fresh, bloated, decay, and dry. carcasses in summer and spring decayed at a much faster rate than those in fall and winter. the bloated stage in summer lasted longer than in spring because of the difference in breeding biology of the primary flies infesting carcasses in these s ...	1996	8699450
an accidental but safe and effective use of lucilia cuprina (diptera: calliphoridae) in maggot debridement therapy in alexandria, egypt.	the calliphorid fly, lucilia cuprina (wiedemann), is known to cause serious malign myiasis in animals, whereas its sibling species lucilia sericata (meigen) is commonly a carrion breeder and is used in maggot debridement therapy (mdt). the current study reports an accidental involvement of l. cuprina in mdt in alexandria, egypt, that has proved to be safe and effective. in november 2008, the laboratory colonies of l. sericata (the species regularly used in mdt) at the faculty of science, alexand ...	2010	20496600
seroprevalence of antibodies to encephalitozoon cuniculi and toxoplasma gondii in farmed domestic rabbits in egypt.	rabbit sera from ten commercial farms representing three provinces in northern egypt (behera, alexandria and khafr el-sheikh) were submitted to serological screening for encephalitozoon cuniculi using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and for toxoplasma gondii using an indirect hemagglutination test. antibodies against e. cuniculi were detected in 36/240 (15%) sera examined while antibodies against t. gondii showed a seroprevalence of 22/194 (11.34%). both infections were detected in all of t ...	2010	20887397