Ahlam Masaud Ellafi

University of Tripoli | UOT · faculty of Medicine

severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is the respiratory disease responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic; one of the worst pandemics reported throughout human history with a high Case fatality rate reported leading to high potential impacts and lockdown of the entire world’s activities. This study assessed and determined the Case fatality r...

Hepatitis E (HE) is a transfusion-transmitted viral disease caused by the Hepatitis E virus (HEV). There are currently no national seroprevalence reports for Libyan blood donors. This study therefore aimed to evaluate HEV risk to blood safety by assessing the prevalence of anti-HEV IgG and anti-HEV IgM among Libyan healthy blood donors. A total of...

Keywords: Diabetes Mellitus (DM); Depression Background: Diabetic patients have a relatively high prevalence of depressive symptoms, and self-harm thoughts often complicate

Background: The recent COVID-19 epidemic outbreak is an ongoing crisis that is causing

Background. Brucellosis, is a neglected and transmissible zoonotic infection, it considered endemic in developing countries. However, published data on Brucellosis prevalence in Libya is limited. Objectives: To determine seroprevalence, to access the role of associated risk factors among Healthy blood donors. Methods. This study conducted at Ce...

Background: Human cytomegalovirus (CMV), is more common in developing countries & associated with serious morbidity and mortality in susceptible patients, which is one of the main viruses associated with blood transfusion. serology is the only reliable screening method that would identify up to 50% of CMV infections. In Libya, no data yet regard...

Background: The pre-vaccination survey is considered an important tool for assessing and evaluating knowledge, attitudes and determine vaccine hesitancy. Throughout many decades the world had faced a challenge in fighting against the endemic, epidemic, and pandemic diseases that have been emerging and re-emerging special those that constitute a gre...

The Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) is a new global pandemic. World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a public health emergency of international concern. Health Care Works (HCWs) are the primary sectors in contact with suspected patients. Thus, the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of HCWs towards COVID-19 remain unclear. The objectiv...