Journal of General Practice

Sghaier Ikram

Sghaier Ikram
Professor Sghaier Ikram, Master degree in microbiology and molecular epidemiology, Specialist in immunogenetics and virology at university of Tunis-El Manar Tunisia.
University of Tunis
Tunisia

Biography

Sghaier Ikram got Licence degree in analytic and experiment biology, Master degree in microbiology and molecular epidemiology, Specialist in immunogenetics and virology at university of Tunis-El Manar Tunisia. She got the Award of best participation twice in 2012 and 2015 from “Gastroenterology Congress (STGE)”. Currently she is focusing on regulation of some cytokines signalling, and their involvement for clearance or aggravation of HBV and HCV infection and also on the implication of other genes and cytokine towards the success of antiviral treatment. She is an expert Reviewers for journals like: Tropical Medicine and Surgery, Gastrointestinal & Digestive System, Journal of Obesity & Weight Loss Therapy, Internal Medicine, Alternative & Integrative Medicine, Mycobacterial Diseases, Review of Therapies, Journal of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology and others…… - During her PhD she had received fellowship training in: Medical laboratory for the aim of developing a method for control of a pharmaceutical product and its bioavailability using high performance liquid chromatography and gas phase chromatography” validated with honour. The Department of Virology, Amiens University Medical Centre, Amiens, France and Virology Research Unit, EA 4294, Jules Verne University of Picardie, Amiens, France. - She has authored many research articles such as: Roles of ITPA and IL28B genotypes in chronic Hepatitis C patients treated with peginterferon plus ribavirin in Tunisian population. Journal of Clinical Virology, doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2015.06.102 The relationship between TNF alpha gene polymorphisms (−238/-308), TNF RII VNTR (p75) and outcomes of hepatitis B virus infection in Tunisian population. Gene, doi:10.1016/j.gene.2015.05.029