May 2014

Phototropism of sand flies species (Diptera: Psychodidae) collected in a rural locality in Central Morocco

An inventory of a year was achieved using two traps techniques (light and sticky trap) in Oulad Aid (center of Morocco), a focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), to understand better the phototropism of circulating species of the sandflies dominance according to their physiological states (total number of sandflies collected are to be given). The most abundant species were respectively Phlebotomus papatasi (50.52%),...

Author(s): Khadija Lahouiti, El Ouali Lalami Abdelhakim, Asmae Hmamouch and Khadija Bekhti  

May 2014

Prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni and geo-helminthic infections among patients examined at Workemeda Health Center, Northwest Ethiopia

Schistosoma mansoni and geo-helminths are considerable medical and public health problems in Ethiopia. However, information is limited on the epidemiology of these parasitic infections in different areas, it is very important to plan effective prevention and control measures. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of S. mansoni and geo-helmenthic infections among patients examined at Workmeda...

Author(s): Tadesse Hailu and Mulat Yimer