Browsing by Author "Boughattas, Sonia"
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Assessing the burden of intestinal parasites affecting newly arrived immigrants in Qatar
Abu-Madi, Marawan A; Behnke, Jerzy M; Ismail, Ahmed; Boughattas, Sonia ( BioMed Central , 2016 , Article)In the last decades, the enormous influx of immigrants to industrialized countries has led to outbreaks of parasitic diseases, with enteric infections being amongst the most frequently encountered. In its strategy to control ... -
Coproscopy and molecular screening for detection of intestinal protozoa
Abu-Madi, Marawan; Boughattas, Sonia; Behnke, Jerzy M; Sharma, Aarti; Ismail, Ahmed ( BioMed Central , 2017 , Article)Intestinal parasitosis is one of several health concerns about immigrants who travel from endemic to non-endemic regions. Reliable rapid sensitive diagnostic tools, for use in non-endemic regions, are urgently required to ... -
Cryptosporidium spp., prevalence, molecular characterisation and socio-demographic risk factors among immigrants in Qatar.
Boughattas, Sonia; Behnke, Jerzy M; Al-Sadeq, Duaa; Ismail, Ahmed; Abu-Madi, Marawan; BOUGHATTAS, SONIA... more authors ... less authors ( Public Library of Science , 2019 , Article)The World Health Organization WHO has estimated that in developed countries, up to 30% of the population may suffer from foodborne diseases each year, and that in developing countries up to 2 million deaths per annum can ... -
A decade of intestinal protozoan epidemiology among settled immigrants in Qatar
Abu-Madi, Marawan A.; Behnke, Jerzy M.; Boughattas, Sonia; Al-Thani, Asma; Doiphode, Sanjay H. ( PubMed Central , 2016 , Article)Background: The World Health Organization estimates that about 3.5 billion people worldwide are affected by intestinal parasitic infections. Reports have already emphasized the role of immigrants in outbreaks of ... -
Genetic Diversity and Prevalence of in Qatar.
Chourabi, Marwa; Boughattas, Sonia; Abdallah, Atiyeh M; Ismail, Ahmed; Behnke, Jerzy M; Al-Mekhlafi, Hesham M; Abu-Madi, Marawan... more authors ... less authors ( Frontiers Media , 2021 , Article)is a common human intestinal parasite worldwide, and the causative agent of diarrhea, with the severity of disease ranging from asymptomatic to intense and debilitating infection. is known to consist of eight genetically ... -
Helminth infections among long-term residents and settled immigrants in Qatar in the decade from 2005 to 2014: temporal trends and varying prevalence among subjects from different regional origins
Abu-Madi, Marawan A.; Behnke, Jerzy M.; Boughattas, Sonia; Al-Thani, Asma; Doiphode, Sanjay H.; Deshmukh, Anand... more authors ... less authors ( BioMed Central , 2016 , Article)Background: Travel and migration from developing regions, where tropical diseases are common, to more developed industrialised nations can contribute to the introduction and subsequent spread of infections. With its rapidly ... -
Helminth Infections Among Long-Term-Residents and Settled Immigrants in Qatar in the Decade from 2005 to 2014: Temporal Trends and Varying Prevalence Among Subjects from Different Regional Origins
Abu-Madi, Marawan; Behnke, Jerzy; Doiphode, Sanjay; Boughattas, Sonia ( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)We analysed the prevalence of helminth infection in a dataset of 31,008 records of subjects referred for stool examination at the Hamad Medical Corporation over the course of a decade (2005 to 2014, inclusive). Overall ... -
Molecular Analysis of Aquaglyceroporin 1 Gene in Non-Healing Clinical Isolates Obtained from Patients with Cutaneous Leishmaniasis from Central of Iran
Alijani, Yasaman; Hosseini, Saeedeh Sadat; Ahmadian, Salman; Boughattas, Sonia; Eslami, Gilda; Naderian, Shadi; Ajamein, Vahid... more authors ... less authors ( Tehran University of Medical Sciences , 2019 , Article)Background: Regarding the antimonial-resistant of Leishmania spp., understanding of related mechanism is necessary. One of the most important involved molecules is aquaglyceropin1 (AQP1). The aim of this study was molecular ... -
Molecular analysis of the enteric protozoa associated with acute diarrhea in hospitalized children
Boughattas, Sonia; Behnke, Jerzy M.; Al-Ansari, Khalid; Sharma, Aarti; Abu-Alainin, Wafa; Al-Thani, Asma; Abu-Madi, Marawan A.... more authors ... less authors ( Frontiers Media S.A. , 2017 , Article)Pediatric diarrhea is a common cause of death among children under 5 years of age. In the current study, we investigated the frequency of intestinal parasites among 580 pediatric patients with chronic diarrhea. Parasitic ... -
Nanopore Sequencing SARS-CoV-2 genome in Qatar
Benslimane, Fatiha M.; Al Khatib, Hebah; Albatesh, Dana; Al-Jamal, Ola; Boughattas, Sonia; Althani, Asmaa A.; Yassine, Hadi M.... more authors ... less authors ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Background: The current pandemic, COVID-19, is cause by an RNA coronavirus that was recently identified as SARS-CoV-2. RNA viruses tend to have a high mutation rate; the rate is around a million times greater than that of ... -
One Year of SARS-CoV-2: Genomic Characterization of COVID-19 Outbreak in Qatar
Benslimane, Fatiha M; Al Khatib, Hebah A; Al-Jamal, Ola; Albatesh, Dana; Boughattas, Sonia; Ahmed, Ayeda A; Bensaad, Meryem; Younuskunju, Shameem; Mohamoud, Yasmin A; Al Badr, Mashael; Mohamed, Abdalla A; El-Kahlout, Reham A; Al-Hamad, Tasneem; Elgakhlab, Dina; Al-Kuwari, Fatima H; Saad, Chadi; Jeremijenko, Andrew; Al-Khal, Abdullatif; Al-Maslamani, Muna A; Bertollini, Roberto; Al-Kuwari, Einas A; Al-Romaihi, Hamad E; Al-Marri, Salih; Al-Thani, Mohammed; Badji, Radja M; Mbarek, Hamdi; Al-Sarraj, Yasser; Malek, Joel A; Ismail, Said I; Abu-Raddad, Laith J; Coyle, Peter V; Thani, Asmaa A Al; Yassine, Hadi M... more authors ... less authors ( Frontiers , 2021 , Article)Qatar, a country with a strong health system and a diverse population consisting mainly of expatriate residents, has experienced two large waves of COVID-19 outbreak. In this study, we report on 2634 SARS-CoV-2 whole-genome ... -
Optimized DNA Extracting Method for Oxford Nanopore- Long reads Sequencing from Marine samples
Boughattas, Sonia; Al Batesh, Dana; Giraldes, Bruno W; Al-Thani, Asmaa A.; Benslimane, Fatiha M. ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Sustaining social and economic growth is impossible without a holistic environmental vision that places environmental preservation for Qatar's future generations at the forefront. According to the ministry of development ... -
Prevalence and genetic diversity of Blastocystis sp. among autochthonous and immigrant patients in Italy
Marianna, Marangi; Boughattas, Sonia; De Nittis, Rosella; Pisanelli, Daniela; delli Carri, Valeria; Lipsi, Maria Rosaria; La Bella, Gianfranco; Serviddio, Gaetano; Niglio, Mariangela; Lo Caputo, Sergio; Margaglione, Maurizio; Arena, Fabio... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)The prevalence of Blastocystis sp., its genetic diversity and the distribution of circulating subtypes (STs) were molecularly investigated in a cohort of autochthonous and immigrant patients with gastrointestinal symptoms ... -
Prevalence of Blastocystis sp. and other gastrointestinal pathogens among diarrheic COVID-19 patients in Italy
Marianna, Marangi; Boughattas, Sonia; Valzano, Felice; La Bella, Gianfranco; De Nittis, Rosella; Margaglione, Maurizio; Arena, Fabio... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)BackgroundGastrointestinal pathogens (GPs) contribute significantly to the burden of illness worldwide with diarrhoea being the most common among gastrointestinal symptoms (GSs). In the COVID-19 disease, diarrhoea, could ... -
Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma Gondii Among Stray Cats in Qatar
Boughattas, Sonia; Sharma, Aarti; Abu-Madi, Marawan ( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)Toxoplasmosis is the most widespread infection worldwide due to the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. The protozoan is a ubiquitous pathogen of warm-blooded animals, including man. In man it is responsible for fetal damage and ... -
Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in feral cats in Qatar
Boughattas, Sonia; Behnke, Jerzy; Sharma, Aarti; Abu-Madi, Marawan ( BioMed Central , 2017 , Article)Background: Cats are essential in the life cycle of Toxoplasma gondii as they can shed the environmentally resistant oocysts after acquiring infection. Human populations living in cities with high densities of feral cats ... -
Toxoplasma infection and milk consumption: Meta-analysis of assumptions and evidences.
Boughattas, Sonia ( Taylor & Francis , 2017 , Article)Toxoplasmosis is the most widespread infection worldwide. It occurs within congenital contamination, organ transplant or immune system depression. Primary infection is mainly foodborne with the ingestion of raw or undercooked ... -
Whole genome sequencing of marine organisms by Oxford Nanopore Technologies: Assessment and optimization of HMW-DNA extraction protocols
Boughattas, Sonia; Albatesh, Dana; Al-Khater, Albandari; Giraldes, Bruno W.; Althani, Asma A.; Benslimane, Fatiha M.... more authors ... less authors ( Wiley , 2021 , Article)Marine habitats are Earth's largest aquatic ecosystems, yet little is known about marine organism's genomes. Molecular studies can unravel their genetics print, thus shedding light on specie's adaptation and speciation ...