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Volume & Issue: Volume 34, Issue 2, April 2025  XML

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Forkhead Box p3 Gene Polymorphism in Bronchial Asthma Patients at Aswan University

Page 1-8
Amal H. Ali; Alzahraa G. Abozeid; Islam G. Sayed; Ahmed S. Ahmed; Mohamed M. Amin

2

The Spread of Parasitic Infections (some Protozoa and Helminths) in Al-Najaf al-Ashraf Governorate/Iraq

Page 9-16
Muna H. Ghazzay; Munaf M. NajI; Meison Abdulbary; Khalida K.A. Al-Kelaby

3

Aberrant Expression of Circulating MicroRNA-373 and MicroRNA-660 as Biomarkers for Diagnosis of Breast Cancer in Egyptian Females

Page 17-25
Hosam A. Anas; Mona A. Hassan; Mohamed A. El-Mokhtar; Hanan A. Eltybe; Hebatallah M. Hassan

4

A pilot Study of Salivary Microbiome in Algerian Obese Adult Females: Insight into Obesity and Oral Health Relationship

Page 27-37
Manel ZERAOULIA; Houria OULED-HADDAR; Hassen CHERAITIA; Kahina GRIBI; Nihel KLOUCHE-KHELIL

5

Blood Levels of Programmed Cell Death Protein 1 and its ligand (PD-L1) as Predictors of Systemic Sclerosis Severity

Page 39-47
Heba Ahmed; Ashraf Abdelwahab; Ebtesam Fayez; Amira Ahmed; Nesma Ahmed

6

Prevalence of Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter species in pediatric patients in AL Najaf Province

Page 49-55
Liqaa S. Zghair; Zahraa Y Motaweq; Zahraa M.M. Alrufaie; Yusra Z. Salman; Makki A. Musilm; Mohauman M. Majeed

7

A Study on Postcovid-19 Patients Assessing the correlation between Covid-19 Infection and an Increased Risk of New-onset Diabetes (NOD)

Page 57-61
Mohammed K. S. Alquraishi; Mohammed A.M. Mohsin; Mustafa H. AlFatlawi; Ammar A. Rashid; Maha M. Al-Bayati

8

The Relation of Sex Difference with COVID-19 Outcomes: A Cross-sectional Study

Page 63-68
Nibras H.A. Al-Ghuraibawi; Suhaer Z. Al-Fadhel; Dunia M.M. Ali

9

Infection Control knowledge, Attitude and Practice among Healthcare Workers in Mansoura University Hospitals, Egypt “Quality Improvement Project”

Page 69-78
Samah S. El-Kazzaz; Ashraf Shouma; Ghada El-Kannishy; Amany Shouma; Basma Shouman; Alaa Aboelnouer Badran; Mohammed Elmowafy et al; Noha M. Mahmoud

10

LncRNA HOTTIP and HOTTIP SNP rs1859168 in Colorectal Cancer

Page 79-88
Esraa H. Abd El-Ghani; Mohamed A. Elfeky; Salwa Seif Eldin; Mohamed A. Salem; Aliaa M.A. Ghandour

11

Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profile of Gram-negative and Gram-positive Bacteria in a Tertiary Hospital: A Retrospective Study

Page 89-104
Amira M. Abbas; Reham M. Raafat Hamed; Marwa O. Elgendy; Heba S. Abdel Aziz

12

Effect of Post COVID-19 hypoxia on Placenta of Pregnant Women: A possible Role of Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1α.

Page 105-110
Fatma Y. A. Abbas; Ebtihal A. Abd-Elaziz; Fatma M. Helbawi; Asmaa Y. A. Abbas; Fatma S. Abd-Elsamea; Tohamy A. Tohamy; Ahmed M. Abbas

13

Study of Epstein Barr Virus Infection in kidney Transplant Recipients: One Egyptian Center Study

Page 111-120
Mary S. Karras; Noha El Mashad; Ayman Refaie; Mohamed Mofreh; Dina F. Badr; Hazem H. Salah; Raghda W. Magar; Maysaa El Sayed Zaki; Mohamed A. Rizk

14

Study of Virulence Genes, Biofilm Formation and Antifungal Susceptibility of Medical Device Associated Candida Infection in ICU Hospitalized Patients

Page 121-132
Reem M. Elkholy; Amira A. El-hendy; Hagar S.M. Nassar; Eman M. Zaher

15

Genetic Variability, Infection Kinetics, or Resistance-Associated Substitutions: Which One is Big Elephant in the Room to Eliminate Hepatitis C Virus by 2030

Page 133-142
Aiman M. S. Momenah

16

Expression of Squamous Cell Carcinoma Antigen 2 in Patients with Verruca Vulgaris: An Immunohistochemical Study

Page 143-150
Ashraf Abdelwahab; Fatma A. Abdelgaber; Amira A. Abdelnaby; Wafaa Abdelmagid

17

The Diagnostic Reliability of a Novel 13-Carbon Urea Breath Test in the Identification of an Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Page 151-157
Mohammed A. Alfahdawi; Yasir. M. Abdulateef; Haitham N. Eyada

18

Genetic Variants of EGFR and EpCAM in association with HCC Susceptibility in HBV Infected Iraqi Patients

Page 159-167
Khalid R. Majeed; Wiaam A. AL-Amili; Safaa A.A. Al-Waysi

19

Activity of Nigella Sativa Oil on Multidrug Resistant Organisms Isolated from Diabetic Foot Patients

Page 169-174
Mohamed I. Abd El-Hamid; Marwa M.E. Abd-Elmonsef; Emad M. Sallam; Sara I. Abd El Galil

20

Correlation between Methicillin Resistance Gene Presence, Biofilm Production and Antibiotics Pattern of Staphylococcus aureus Wound Isolates and the Activity of Possible River Water Bacteriophage Against Them

Page 175-181
Sarah A.H. Abdulsattar; Mohammed J. Alfeehan; Mohammed R. Mohaisen

21

Clinical Correlates of Soluble sCD163 and IL9 in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease and Lupus Nephritis

Page 183-187
Ameer K. Mohammad; ِAhmed A.J. Aljanaby

22

Impact of Neutrophil Extracellular Trapping on Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Page 189-194
Lamiaa A. Salama; Elshimaa S. Eleraky; Iman M. Fawzy; Ziad Y. Selim; Safaa M. Elageery; Noha T. Abou El-Khier; Nawal S. Gouda; Rasha M. Elnagar

23

Evaluation of the Interleukin-8 and Interleukin12 Indices among Individuals Infected with Helicobacter pylori and Suffering from Gastric Ulcers

Page 195-199
Baneen S. Mohammed; ِAhmed A.J. Aljanaby

24

Evaluation of Low-cost, Manual Techniques for Rapid Detection of Ceftazidime-avibactam Susceptibility against Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales

Page 201-209
Salah A.I. Ali; Aya A. Ghamry; Alyaa M. El-Zayaat; Fatma M.A. Alsayaad; Fatma A. Ibrahim

25

Behind the Veil: Understanding Toxoplasmosis in Type 1 Diabetic Children of Menoufia Governorate, Egypt

Page 211-216
Dalia A. Shafey; Marwa F. Yousef; Mona F. Salama; Mai A. Elbadawi; Hebatallah M. Sallam

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Impact of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) Coupled with Antimicrobial Stewardship Program on Pediatric ICU Patients in a Tertiary Care Pediatric Hospital

Page 217-224
Hamsah A. Yousef; Sahar M. Khairat; Mona M. Abdelhalim; Sally K.I. Ishak; Elshimaa S. Ahmed; Sherifa T. Salem

27

Tim-3-immune Checkpoint Receptor Expression on CD4+ and CD8+ T cells and Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity

Page 225-232
Tamer M. Soliman; Esam M. Abu Al Fadl; Ahmed R. Radwan; Yasmine M. Amrosy; Sherif M. H. El-kannishy; Eman AE Elmansoury; Heba A. Ahmed; Alaa A. Badran

28

Intratonsillar Molecular Detection of some Herpesviruses with a Histopathological Study

Page 233-241
Akeel A. Jassim; Hayder A. Al-Hmudi; Maha K. Al-Mallak

29

Post COVID-19 syndrome and biological markers: A new enigma

Page 243-249
Reham Ramadan; Waleed Eldars; Tamer Elhadidy; El-Naggar M M; Nesrene S. Omar

30

Phenotypic and Genetic Detection of Healthcare Associated Multi-drug Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection: A Guideline Step of Infection Control Strategy in an Outbreak Prevention

Page 251-258
Ayman S. Yassin; Ahmed S. Ahmed; Mohamed A. Ibrahim; Mohamed R. Saad; Nesreen M. Kamel; Mohamed M. Amin; Amgad A. Ezzat; Ehab M. Fahmy

31

The biosystematic of E. coli Strains Isolated from Clinical and Environmental Samples Phenotypically and Genotypically in Najaf Governorate

Page 259-267
Waleed D. Alnasrawy; Mahdi H. AL-Aammar

32

Relationship between miR-29a Gene Expression and Progesterone Levels in Iraqi Patients with Breast Cancer

Page 269-275
Dhaneen Mahdi; Alaauldeen S.M. AL-Sallami; Mohammad Alzeyadi

33

Expression Profile of NLRP3 Inflammasome in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells and Plasma Interleukin-22 Level in Multiple Sclerosis

Page 277-284
Heba M. Elbatal; Karim A.A. Ibrahim; Zeinab A.I Mostafa; Amr M. Fouad; Asmaa S. Hegab

34

Sustainable and Green Zinc Oxide Nanoparticle Synthesis from Zingiber Officinale as a Wound Healing Accelerator

Page 285-292
Zainab A. Najim; Nasir A. Almansour; Hisham F. Mohammad

35

Role of Serum Ghrelin and Ghrelin Gene Polymorphism (rs34911341) in Psoriatic Arthritis

Page 293-300
Doaa E. Kamal; Asmaa A. Saad; Rofaida A. Hassan; Mahmoud A. Sharafeddin; Reham Abd Elkhalek

36

Associations of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (MMP-9 -1562 C/T rs 3918242) with the Risk of Severity in Adult Multiple Trauma ICU Admitted Patients: A Pilot Study

Page 301-310
Sara A. Aboelroos; Amr K. Abotaqia; Hasnaa Azab; Nashwa R. Hassan

37

Surface Mycobiota of Mobile Phones from some Researchers in Iraq

Page 311-318
Zaid Q. Alzamil; Abdullah H. Al-Saadoon; Najwa M.J.A. Abu-Mejdad

38

The Immunomodulatory Effect of Anti-Cancer Drug Cisplatin on Colon Cancer SW480 Cell Line

Page 319-324
Alaa K. Hameed; Ifad K. Abd Al-Shibly; Rana A. Ghaleb

39

Mystery Behind COVID-19 and Autoimmune Diseases

Page 325-334
Samaa A. Taha; Mona M, Ali; Enaam M. Junainah; Nuha N. Filfilan; Usama M. Marzouk

40

Interrelation of Urinary Tract Infections and Renal Failure: Evaluating Pathogen Prevalence and the Diagnostic Utility of FGF23 and CFH Biomarkers

Page 301-407
Ahmed H.K. Alkarewy; Ali J.A Alyassery; Masar R.R. Al-Mousawi

41

Assessment of Synergistic Antimicrobial Effectiveness of Glycyrrhiza glabra and Syzygium aromaticum Extracts against oral bacteria (Streptococcus mutans)

Page 335-343
Mareh L. Al-amili; Kamil M. Al-jobori

42

Assessing COVID-19 Risks among Egyptian Healthcare Workers: Incidence, Reinfection, and Vaccination Insights: A Retrospective Study

Page 345-359
Heba S. Abdel Aziz; Reham M.R. Hamed; Sara E. Abd El-Ghani,; Hadeel A.M. Hassanen; Reham A. Abdelmageed; Soliman B. Soliman; Ghada H. El-Sherif; Radwa M. ElSayed; Mostafa A. Abdelmoneim; Shehab M.K. Ali; Sohaila M.M. Abdelbar; Abdelhameed M.A. Elshenawy,; Marwa O. Elgendy; Amira M. Abbas

43

Enhanced Antimicrobial Activity and Cytotoxicity of Egyptian Streptomyces rochei RS2 through Optimized Fermentation Conditions: Insights from MTT Assay

Page 361-371
Reeham M. Shawqy; Khalid I. Abd El Ghany; Hanafy A. Hamza; Rateb N. Abbas

44

Role of miRNA-182 and 187 as Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarkers for Prostate Cancer

Page 373-379
Doaa M. Riad; Raghdaa N. Shrief; Medhat El-Daker; Hassan Abol-Enein; Hazem H. Saleh; Fikry E. El-Morsy

45

Parasitic and Viral Gastroenteritis among Pediatric Egyptian Patients less than Five Years

Page 381-389
Shimaa M. Abdel Aal; Amira R. Ismail; Nermin S. Rashwan; Nardeen Z. Bocktor

46

Biofilm Mediated Antibiotic Resistance in Uropathogenic Escherichia Coli Isolated From Egyptian Women with Urinary Tract Infections

Page 391-399
Fatma elzahraa A. Mohammed; Mohamed A. Elfeky; Gamal H. Sayed; Amany M. Nafea; Rawhia F. Abd El Hamid

47

Comparsion of Antiparasitic Effects of Allium sativum and Triclabendazole on Eggs and Miracidium of Fasciola hepatica In-vitro

Page 409-414
lubna AQ al-ibrahimi; Ikhlas A, Marhoon; Marwa S. Alwan

48

Coliphage ASEC2202-Driven Eradication of Biofilm Matrix of E. coli Clinical Isolate

Page 415-424
Sudhaker Padmesh; Humaira Saeed; Aditi Singh; Manodeep Sen

49

New Horizons for the Relationship between Genetic Variations and Two Immune Markers in Spontaneous Abortion among Iraqi Women: A Cross-Sectional Study

Page 425-433
Nedhal M. Kaleefah; Bushra J. Al-Tmimi; Asmaa K. Gataa

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Cytotoxic activity of partial purified ExoT toxin produced by P. aeruginosa against MCF-7 and PC3 cancer cell lines

Page 435-438
Mohammed S. Ismaieel; Muthanna H. Hassan; May T. Flayyih