• Effectiveness of the neutralizing antibody sotrovimab among high-risk patients with mild-to-moderate SARS-CoV-2 in Qatar 

      Ahmed, Zaqout; Almaslamani, Muna A.; Chemaitelly, Hiam; Hashim, Samar A.; Ittaman, Ajithkumar; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)
      ObjectivesTo estimate the real-world effectiveness of sotrovimab against severe, critical, or fatal COVID-19 in Qatar at a time in which most SARS-CoV-2 incidences occurred due to the BA.2 Omicron subvariant. MethodsWe ...
    • Persistence of spike-specific immune responses in BNT162b2-vaccinated donors and generation of rapid ex-vivo T cells expansion protocol for adoptive immunotherapy: A pilot study 

      Mestiri, Sarra; Merhi, Maysaloun; Inchakalody, Varghese P.; Taib, Nassiba; Smatti, Maria K.; ... more authors ( Frontiers Media , 2023 , Article)
      Introduction: The BNT162b2 mRNA-based vaccine has shown high efficacy in preventing COVID-19 infection but there are limited data on the types and persistence of the humoral and T cell responses to such a vaccine. Methods: ...
    • Prognostic tools and candidate drugs based on plasma proteomics of patients with severe COVID-19 complications 

      Al-Nesf, Maryam A. Y.; Abdesselem, Houari B.; Bensmail, Ilham; Ibrahim, Shahd; Saeed, Walaa A. H.; ... more authors ( Nature Research , 2022 , Article)
      COVID-19 complications still present a huge burden on healthcare systems and warrant predictive risk models to triage patients and inform early intervention. Here, we profile 893 plasma proteins from 50 severe and 50 ...