Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine Monthly Volume 5, Number 2, February, 2015 www.apjtb.com Covered by Medline, PubMed Central, BA, CSA, CA, WPRIM, Scopus, EM, ZR, CABI, Global Health, IC, UPD Statement of Ethical: Conflict of Interest, Human/Animal Rights, Informed Consent, please refer to Information for authors in inside back cover. Copyright © 2015, Asian Pacific Tropical Medicine Press. All rights reserved. Contents Ebola virus Ebola vaccine 2014: remained problems to be answered 85 Somsri Wiwanitkit, Viroj Wiwanitkit Medicinal plants Apoptosis-inducing effects of extracts from desert plants in HepG2 human hepatocarcinoma cells 87 Deepak Bhatia, Animesh Mandal, Eviatar Nevo, Anupam Bishayee Investigation of antioxidant and antihemolytic properties of Thymus satureioides collected from Tafilalet Region, south-east of Morocco 93 Mhamed Ramchoun, Khalid Sellam, Hicham Harnafi, Chakib Alem, Mohamed Benlyas, Farid Khallouki, et al. Quantification of total phenol, flavonoid content and pharmacognostical evaluation including HPTLC fingerprinting for the standardization of Piper nigrum Linn fruits 101 Aftab Ahmad, Asif Husain, Mohd Mujeeb, Shah Alam Khan, Hani Abdullah Anber Alhadrami, Anil Bhandari Vector-borne disease Molecular detection of vector-borne bacteria and protozoa in healthy hunting dogs from Central Italy 108 Valentina Virginia Ebani, Simona Nardoni, Giulia Fognani, Linda Mugnaini, Fabrizio Bertelloni, Guido Rocchigiani, et al. Human disease Do parental coronary heart disease risk factors (non-modifiable) effect their young ones? Arun Kumar 113 Blinding trachoma among refugees: complicating social disaster 124 Yeshigeta Gelaw, Aemero Abateneh Microbiology Clostridium difficile in ready-to-eat foods in Isfahan and Shahrekord, Iran 128 Ebrahim Rahimi, Zahra Sadat Afzali, Zeinab Torki Baghbadorani Immunology Safety evaluation in mice of the childhood immunization vaccines from two south-eastern states of Nigeria 132 Oli Angus Nnamdi, Agu Remigus Uchenna, Oli Ugochukwu Chinedum, Nwoye Charles Ugochukwu, Ejiofor Obiora Shedrack, Esimone Charles Okechukwu Identification of human cytomegalovirus phosphoprotein 65 in C57BL/6 and BXSB mice as a potential trigger of systemic lupus erythematosus related serum markers 138 Yuan Zhang, Ting-Ting Jia, Yang Pan, Wen-Li Li, Yu Sun, Jin-Ming Li, et al. Reviews Medicinal plants with hepatoprotective activity in Iranian folk medicine 146 Majid Asadi-Samani, Najme Kafash-Farkhad, Nafiseh Azimi, Ali Fasihi, Ebrahim Alinia-Ahandani, Mahmoud Rafieian-Kopaei Neurobrucellosis in children 158 Mohamed Ata Hendaus, Rasha Muneer Qaqish, Ahmed Hassan Alhammadi Retraction Antimicrobial secondary metabolites from marine gastropod egg capsules and egg masses 162 Kaviarasan T, Siva Sankar R, Yogamoorthi A Statement of Ethical, including Conflict of Interest, Human/Animal Rights, Informed Consent, please refer to Information for authors in inside back cover. Copyright © 2015, Asian Pacific Tropical Medicine Press. All rights reserved. [Serial parameters] ISSN 2221-1691 2011 m A4 84 en