<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD JATS (Z39.96) Journal Publishing DTD v1.2d1 20170631//EN" "JATS-journalpublishing1.dtd"> <ArticleSet> <Article> <Journal> <PublisherName>journal-jmsr</PublisherName> <JournalTitle>Journal of Medical and Surgical Research</JournalTitle> <PISSN>I</PISSN> <EISSN>S</EISSN> <Volume-Issue>Vol. II, n 2</Volume-Issue> <PartNumber/> <IssueTopic>Multidisciplinary</IssueTopic> <IssueLanguage>English</IssueLanguage> <Season>December, 2015</Season> <SpecialIssue>N</SpecialIssue> <SupplementaryIssue>N</SupplementaryIssue> <IssueOA>Y</IssueOA> <PubDate> <Year>-0001</Year> <Month>11</Month> <Day>30</Day> </PubDate> <ArticleType>JMSR History of Medicine</ArticleType> <ArticleTitle>The History of Tuberculosis in Morocco</ArticleTitle> <SubTitle/> <ArticleLanguage>English</ArticleLanguage> <ArticleOA>Y</ArticleOA> <FirstPage>171</FirstPage> <LastPage>173</LastPage> <AuthorList> <Author> <FirstName>Chaymae Ben</FirstName> <LastName>Yakhlef</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>N</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> <FirstName>Maryam</FirstName> <LastName>Fourtassi</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> <FirstName>Ghita</FirstName> <LastName>Hjiej</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> <FirstName>Abderrazak</FirstName> <LastName>Hajjioui</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> </Author> </AuthorList> <DOI/> <Abstract>Whether tuberculosis (TB) was already spread in Morocco before the French protectorate or was it brought by foreigners, is an interesting debate in the medical history of Morocco. It was common among practitioners who were first interested in the health situation of Moroccans. TB, and especially its pulmonary form, was rather rare in Morocco. In the 19thcentury, a medical doctor (Despine) who lived in Essaouira, declared the absence of TB in this Moroccan city, which was open for trade with Europeans very early in history.</Abstract> <AbstractLanguage>English</AbstractLanguage> <Keywords>Epidemiology, History, Morocco, Tuberculosis</Keywords> <URLs> <Abstract>https://journal-jmsr.net/ubijournal-v1copy/journals/abstract.php?article_id=4770&title=The History of Tuberculosis in Morocco</Abstract> </URLs> <References> <ReferencesarticleTitle>References</ReferencesarticleTitle> <ReferencesfirstPage>16</ReferencesfirstPage> <ReferenceslastPage>19</ReferenceslastPage> <References/> </References> </Journal> </Article> </ArticleSet>