Personal Information

 Assistant Professor

Department of

Contact Information

Phone: 6952000 Ext. 20100

Email: atonkal@kau.edu.sa

Dr. Abdulkader Mohamed Dawood Tonkal

 Assistant Professor

Profile

Education

  • 1993

    Doctorate degree from Medical ParasitologyLondon School of Hygiene and T, Univrsity of London, لندن, بريطانيا

Employment

Research Interests

 

Master thesis:

Comparison of schistosomula membrane antigens and adult worm membrane antigens in Schistosoma mansoni

Ph. D. thesis:  

Histopathology of the inflammatory response in experimental cutaneous leishmaniasis.

Scientific interests

   Publications

 

1. Saha B., Tonkal A. M. D. J., Croft S., Roy S. Mast cells at the host-pathogen interface: host-protection versus immune evasion in leishmaniasis. Clinical & Experimental Immunology (2004); 137 (1): 19–23.

2.Tonkal AM, Salem HS, Jamjoom MB, Altaieb AM, Al-Bar Hassan. Preliminary study on the effect of Ziziphus spina christi, on selected Leishmania species. Sc. J. Az. Med. Fac. (Girls). 2005; 26 (1): 1915-1921. 

3. El-Sagaff S, Salem HS, Nichols W, Tonkal AK, Abo-Zenadah NY. Cell death pattern in cerebellum neurons infected with Toxoplasma gondii. J. Egypt Soc. Parasitol. 2005 Dec; 35(3): 809-18.

4. Abd El-Aal AA, El-Arousy MH, El-Gendy AM, Tonkal AK, Ismail SI, El-Badry AA. Early Post-Treatment Immunoglobulin Profile in Human Schistosomiasis. J, Egypt. Soc. Parasitol., 35 (1), 2005: 167 – 180. 

5. Jamjoom MB, Azhar EA, Tonkal AM, Al-Harthi SA, Ashankyty IM. Detection of Malaria in Saudi Arabia by Real-Time PCR. J. Egypt Soc. Parasitol.  2006; 36(3): 737-748.

6. Barnawi AB. Tonkal AM, Fouad MA, Al-Braiken FA. Detection of Entamoeba histolytica/dispar in stool specimens by using Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in the population of Jeddah city, Saudi Arabia. J, Egypt. Soc. Parasitol., 2007; 37(1): 143-150. 

7. Tonkal AM, Salem HS, Jamjoom MB, Al-Ghamdi EM, Al-Bar Hassan. Evaluation of anti-parasitic effect of herbal plant Rumex nervosus on selected Leishmania spp. The 3rd. International Conference of pharmaceutical and drug industries division. National research centre (NRC) Cairo, Egypt. 2007.


8. Tonkal AMD, PCR versus ELISA in diagnosis of human Toxoplasmosis in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. J, Egypt. Soc. Parasitol., 2008; 38(3): 707-714.

 

9. Tonkal AMD, Morsy TA, An update on commiphora molmol and related species. J, Egypt. Soc. Parasitol., 2008; 38(3): 763-796.

 

10.Tonkal AMD, Evaluation of Fasciola Gigantica coproantigen in the diagnosis of infection, (submitted)

11.  المشاركة في تأليف كتاب أساسيات الطفيليات الطبية مع نخبة من أساتذة القسم بالكلية

Courses

Medical Parasitology 303 Med Para

Areas of expertise