Hanaa Y. Bakir

Variation of Mice Immune Responses after Infection with Lethal Strain Plasmodium yoelii: Role of Inflammatory and Anti-inflammatory Cytokines

Hanaa Y. Bakir & Chikako Tomiyama-Miyaji · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2016

Objective: Variability in resistance to infections is a well-known phenomenon that has been ascribed to genetic and immunologic factors. The present study was conducted to identify the mRNA expression pattern for some cytokines in two groups of mice from different genotypes.  Met...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJTDH/2016/29371

First Record of Indigenous Furuncular Myiasis Due to Cordylobia anthropophaga in Unusual Ecologic Niche, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Amal M. Abdo Almatary, Raafat Y. Hassanein, Raafat T. Makhlof, Hanaa Y. Bakir & Amr M. Mohamed · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2016

Background: Cordylobia anthropophaga, one of the known furuncular myiasis-associated fly, has long been limited to the Afro-tropical region. In Saudi Arabia, Southwest region, part of the Afro-tropical region, has been considered the sole endemic region of C. anthropophaga outsid...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJTDH/2016/29086

Co-occurrence of Free-living Amoebae and Amoebae-resisting Bacteria in Hospital Drinking Water System: Evaluation and Comparative Analysis

Lamia Galal, Omnia El-Badawy, Mona H. M. Abdel-Rahim, Eman Mossad & Hanaa Y. Bakir · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2016

Aims: Conventional routine water analysis does not search for free-living amoebae (FLA) and Amoebae-Resisting Bacteria (ARB) in spite of their morbid impact on human health especially towards patients in health care services. In Egypt, very limited data are available in FLA, exis...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJTDH/2016/28815