Microbiological Profiles and Storage Temperatures of Egyptian Fish and Other Sea Foods.

Raw and cooked fish and other sea foods (108 samples) were collected from hotels of different classes, restaurants, markets, street vendors, and small cook-shops and analyzed for common foodborne pathogens. Salmonellae were isolated from two samples of raw shrimp, but not from raw fish and other seafoods. Shigella was isolated from one sample of raw fish and from two samples of raw shrimp.

A controlled field trial of a serogroup A meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine.

A controlled field trial of a serogroup A meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine was conducted at three locations in Egypt during the winter cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM) season of 1971-72. The study population consisted of schoolchildren 6-15 years of age. No cases of serogroup A meningococcal CSM occurred in the group of students vaccinated with the test vaccine whereas 8 cases occurred in the control group vaccinated with tetanus toxoid, and 151 cases occurred in an unvaccinated contrast group.