M.E. Ibrahim

TL;DR: It was shown that certain tribes from northern Sudan were more likely to develop subclinical infections, while those of the Baria tribe from southern Sudan and the Nuba tribe from western Sudan wereMore likely to development visceral leishmaniasis.

TL;DR: Spontaneous healing is commonly seen in Sudanese patients with PKDL, and persistence of the lesions is frequently associated with non-reactivity in the LST and high levels of anti-leishmanial antibodies.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated community pharmacists' practical knowledge and skills of demonstrating proper inhalation technique of asthma inhaler devices available in Sudan and found that more than half of the pharmacists approached with metered dose inhaler did not know how to use optimal technique (i.e., all steps correct) all through.

TL;DR: Although the most significant finding with a consistent effect across sites was for sickle cell trait, its effect is likely to be via reducing a microscopically positive parasitaemia rather than directly on antibody levels.

TL;DR: Drug sensitivity of clinically antimony-unresponsive Leishmania donovani isolates from Eastern Sudan was evaluated in an in vitro culture system against sodium stibogluconate (Pentostam) and Amphotericin B and results indicated that the conventional promastigote and amastigotes-screening assays did not correlate with the clinical picture of patients.