Publications by authors named "F M Attia"

Multiple drug resistance (MDR) has gained pronounced attention among . The transfer of multiple antimicrobial resistance genes, frequently carried on conjugative incompatibility F (IncF) plasmids and facilitating interspecies resistance transmission, has been linked to spp. and in broilers.

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The present investigation explored the potential neuroprotective role of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnONPs) on aluminum chloride (AlCl)-mediated Alzheimer's disease (AD)-like symptoms. Rats were distributed into four treatment groups equally: control, ZnONPs (4 mg/kg b.wt.

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Purpose: To elucidate the induced effects of horizontal strabismus on the Bielschowsky Head Tilt Test (BHTT).

Design: Prospective clinical study.

Methods: Prospective analysis of BHTT testing in 85 patients with exotropia and 71 patients with esotropia who were examined in a strabismus clinic.

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Prevention of transfusion-transmitted viral infections and insurance of safe blood transfusion are the main goals of all blood banks worldwide. Despite the high sensitivity and specificity of currently used enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing, viral transmission could still occur during the window period. Introducing viral individual donation nucleic acid testing (ID-NAT) can greatly decrease such risk providing an additional layer in securing blood transfusion.

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