Rubella seroprevalence among pregnant women in the region of Rabat, Morocco: a cross-sectional study.

Objectives: The aim of the present research is to update data on the seroprevalence of rubella and to identify the associated risk factors among pregnant women in the Rabat region of Morocco in order to take immediate action to monitor the virus.

Design: A cross-sectional study.

Setting: The study was conducted at Ibn Sina University Hospital and at referral healthcare centres in the region of Rabat.

Clonal diversity and detection of carbapenem resistance encoding genes among multidrug-resistant isolates recovered from patients and environment in two intensive care units in a Moroccan hospital.

Background: Carbapenem-resistant has recently been defined by the World Health Organization as a critical pathogen. The aim of this study was to compare clonal diversity and carbapenemase-encoding genes of isolates collected from colonized or infected patients and hospital environment in two intensive care units (ICUs) in Morocco.

Methods: The patient and environmental sampling was carried out in the medical and surgical ICUs of Mohammed V Military teaching hospital from March to August 2015.

Vitamin D status in Moroccan pregnant women and newborns: reports of 102 cases.

Introduction: Vitamin D insufficiency to pregnant women has been associated with a number of adverse consequences, and has been recognized as a public health concern. The aim of this study was to evaluate vitamin D status of Morrocan pregnant women and their newborns. Our study is being the first of its kind in Morocco, as it supports the program of systematic supplementation of pregnant women in the third quarter.