Publications by authors named "Mariem Smaoui"
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- Miscarriage is a common pregnancy issue, and this study aimed to explore how zoonotic bacteria and genital pathogens might be linked to miscarriages in women.
- The research involved analyzing samples from 132 women with miscarriages and 54 women with healthy pregnancies to detect various bacteria through culture and real-time PCR.
- Results indicated that certain pathogens like Chlamydia trachomatis and Mycoplasma hominis were more prevalent in women who experienced miscarriages, but further research is needed to fully understand these connections and the high seroprevalence of Waddlia chondrophila in early miscarriages.
Objectives: Human platelet-specific alloantigens (HPA) are polymorphic epitopes which vary among ethnic groups.
Background: In Tunisia, HPA frequencies were determined in North and centre; however, the pattern of HPA in South Tunisian population is not been studied yet. The aim of this work was to determine allelic frequencies of HPA-1, -3, and -5 systems in south Tunisian population, in order to estimate the risk of anti-platelet allo-immunization and to create a register of HPA-typed blood donors.
Venous thrombosis (VT) is a common disease with multifactorial pathogenesis. Factor V Leiden mutation (G1691A) (FVL) is the most common risk factor in venous thrombosis. The prevalence of FVL varies according to geography and ethnicity.
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