Publications by authors named "I ElMasry"
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- Bovine mastitis, primarily caused by pathogens like S. aureus and E. coli, poses significant challenges for the dairy industry and public health, prompting research into effective treatments.
- The study focused on creating chitosan nanoparticles loaded with berberine chloride and ethanolic extracts from Cyperus rotundus to enhance their bioavailability and stability, using various analytical techniques for characterization.
- Results showed that these nanoparticles, when administered orally to rats with mastitis, effectively reduced inflammatory markers and improved histopathological outcomes without causing harm to kidney or liver functions.
Background: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was identified in humans in 2012. Since then, 2605 cases and 937 associated deaths have been reported globally. Camels are the natural host for MERS-CoV and camel to human transmission has been documented.
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- * A joint international project by OIE, FAO, and INTERPOL, launched in 2019, aims to enhance preparedness against agro-terrorism and agro-crime impacting animal health, with support from Canada.
- * The project incorporates the FAO Surveillance Evaluation Tool (SET) and a new Biothreat Detection Module to assess countries' abilities to detect animal health threats, with a pilot implementation planned for early 2021.
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus of the H5N1 subtype has been enzootic in the Egyptian poultry with significant human infections since 2008. This work evaluates the epidemiological and virological information from February 2006 to May 2015 in spatial and temporal terms. Only data with confirmed HPAI H5N1 sub-type were collected, and matched with the epidemiological data from various spatially and temporally-dispersed surveillances implemented between 2006 and 2015.
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- Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 viruses are prevalent in Egyptian poultry and are linked to human infections, necessitating a study of their genetic evolution from 2006 to 2014.
- The research utilized methods like Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo for estimating evolutionary rates and SLAC for analyzing selection pressures, examining 368 full-length hemagglutinin (HA) sequences from various poultry types and regions.
- Findings showed two main virus subgroups evolved from a single introduction, with subgroup 2.2.1.2 exhibiting a higher evolution rate and both subgroups under positive selection, featuring notable mutations that may influence virus behavior.