Publications by authors named "Mohammad K Yassin"
This paper reported a new Egyptian of Echinochasmus aspinuosa in herons trapped in Giza and Sharkia Governorates. The detailed morphology was given and illustrated. The zoonotic importance of this digenetic treamatode was discussed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMange mites causing scabies in Egyptian buffaloes at Giza Governorate, Egypt.
J Egypt Soc Parasitol
April 2011
Article Synopsis
- A study checked 560 buffaloes on a farm in Giza for scabies, which are tiny bugs that can bother their skin.
- It found that 83.2% of the buffaloes were infested with two kinds of mites, and more buffaloes got infested during winter than in summer.
- Female buffaloes were more affected than males, and older buffaloes had more infestations, while baby buffaloes less than one year old didn't have any mites at all.
Allergenic Dermatophagoides mites causing asthma among schoolchildren at Ain-Shams District, Cairo, Egypt.
J Egypt Soc Parasitol
April 2011
The present study was performed on house dust samples collected from ten homes of schoolchildren suffering from asthma at Ain-Shams district, over a period of two years (2008 & 2009). The data revealed that the total annual density of the two allergenic mites (Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (Trouessart) & Dermatophagoides farinae (Hughes) was 202 individual mites with 22 asthmatic children in the first year, and individual mites increased to 268 with 36 asthmatic children in the second year. The two house dust mites were more abundant in bedrooms than in living ones (292 & 187 mites, respectively).
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