RAPID IMPLEMENTATION OF REAL-TIME REVERSE-TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (REAL-TIME RT-PCR) ASSAY FOR THE DETECTION OF SARS-COV-2 IN A MOROCCAN HOSPITAL

Background: The main challenge faced in the African countries was to implement efficient molecular diagnostic facilities and start Covid-19 diagnosis as fast as possible to handle the rapid and unpredictable rise of cases. Materials, Methods and Results: We describe our experience in implementing a molecular biology unit at Sheikh Zaïd International University Hospital in Rabat, with a delay as short as one week, and starting real-time RT-PCR assay for the detection of SARS-Cov-2 infection, since the outbreak widened in Morocco in mid-March, 2020. Conclusion: The challenges encountered in the first period of Covid-19 pandemic are still present. This work aims to give an example of a rapid and adaptive response in order to maintain our diagnosis ability for Covid-19 and for other pathogen

Análisis de la fracturación y su relación con estructuras kársticas presentes en las calizas del Jurásico Inferior del plateau de Agourai (Atlas Medio, Marruecos)

This study analyzes the fracture network at different scales in the Lower Jurassic limestones outcropping in the Agourai plateau, Middle Atlas, and their relationship with karst structures. This zone belongs to the Sub-Tabular Middle Atlas belt, called "Causses Moyen-Atlasiques ". This area underwent a polyphased tectonic evolution, involving karst depressions aligned NE-SWparallel to the main faults. The approach is based on the fracturing analysis and the determination of relationships between tectonic events and the main karstic structures development, corresponding to aligned dolines forming important uvala systems. We analyze the karst distribution along the main faults affecting Liassic carbonates and we describe some karst sedimentary fillEste trabajo muestra un análisis de la fracturación a diferentes escalas que afecta a las calizas del Jurásico Inferior del plateau de Agourai, Atlas Medio Esta zona pertenece al cinturón subhorizontal medio del Atlas y ha sufrido una evolución tectónica polifásica, con depresiones kársticas alineadas NE-SO paralelas a las fallas principales. Este estudio está basado en el análisis de la fracturación y la determinación de relaciones entre los eventos tectónicos y el desarrollo de las principales estructuras kársticas, que corresponden con dolinas alineadas formando sistemas de uvalas. Analizamos la distribución kárstica a lo largo de las fallas principales que afectan a las calizas del Lias y describimos los rellenos kársticos de algunas de ella