| using synoptic systems' typical wind trajectories for the analysis of potential atmospheric long-distance dispersal of lumpy skin disease virus. | lumpy skin disease virus (lsdv) is an infectious, arthropod-borne virus that affects mostly cattle. solitary outbreaks have occurred in israel in 1989 and 2006. in both years, the outbreaks occurred parallel to a severe outbreak in egypt, and lsdv was hypothesized to be transmitted from egypt to israel via long-distance dispersal (ldd) of infected vectors by wind. the aim of this study was to identify possible events of such transport. at the first stage, we identified the relevant synoptic syst ... | 2017 | 26011073 |
| threats and control of the brown necked ravens (corvus ruficollis) in egypt. | the suez canal region is a small fertile area in egypt that is placed under enormous pressure of existing resources. in these areas, intensive agricultural practices are performed in combination with high population densities. the described problem is that together with agricultural practices and urbanization, brown necked ravens (corvus ruficollis) are in huge amounts attracted. the birds are very aggressive and showed to be a serious pest. they spread germs and diseases for human health and fo ... | 2007 | 18399444 |
| sarcosaprophagous flies in suez province, egypt. i--seasonal distribution and sex-ratio. | seasonal field studies on 4 bait traps (fish, bovine-lung, grapes and molasses) were conducted in el-arbaeen fish-market, el-arbaeen district, suez governorate egypt in 1999 and 2000 to describe the pattern and sex-ratio of sarcosaprophagous flies. the presence of sarcosaprophagous flies (calliphoridae, muscidae and sarcophagidae) revealed that chrysomya megacephala (fabricius), lucilia cuprina (wiedemann) and musca domestica (linnaeus) were the most dominant flies. almost equal number of male a ... | 2002 | 12512819 |
| natural babesia infection sought in black and norway rats trapped in five egyptian governorates. | babesiosis is a protozoal disease caused by members of the genus babesia transmitted by the ixodid ticks. it is a parasite of various mammalian hosts as bovine (b. bovis), equine (b. equi), rodent (b. microti), canine (b. canis) and others. human cases of babesiosis have been reported from several countries including egypt. it is now well established that man may become infected (fulminating or subclinical) with several species of babesia without prior splenectomy. in this paper, a total of 398 ... | 1993 | 8376851 |
| coxiella burnetii antibody prevalences among human populations in north-east africa determined by enzyme immunoassay. | retrospective serosurveys were conducted to determine the prevalence of antibody to phase-i coxiella burnetii among humans in various locations of north-east africa. sera were tested by the enzyme immunoassay (eia). initially the eia was compared with the standard indirect fluorescent antibody (ifa) method for the detection of antibody to c. burnetii. results indicated that the eia was slightly less sensitive (88%), but highly specific (94%) and less subjective than the ifa technique. eia was su ... | 1995 | 7783275 |
| the isolation of lumpy skin disease virus and bovine herpesvirus-4 from cattle in egypt. | lumpy skin disease (lsd) virus (lsdv) was isolated for the first time from cattle in egypt in 2 disease outbreaks. bovine herpesvirus-4 (bhv-4) and lsdv were detected in a pooled sample from the first outbreak (suez). only lsdv was isolated from the second outbreak (ismalia). the capripoxviruses were identified as lsdv by neutralization with specific antiserum and by their ability to produce generalized lsd in experimentally inoculated cattle. | 1990 | 1965577 |