Browsing by Author "Al-Kanaani, Zaina"
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mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against the B.1.1.7 and B.1.351 variants and severe COVID-19 disease in Qatar
Chemaitelly, Hiam; Yassine, Hadi M.; Benslimane, Fatiha M.; Al Khatib, Hebah A.; Tang, Patrick; Hasan, Mohammad R.; Malek, Joel A.; Coyle, Peter; Ayoub, Houssein H.; Al Kanaani, Zaina; Al Kuwari, Einas; Jeremijenko, Andrew; Kaleeckal, Anvar Hassan; Latif, Ali Nizar; Shaik, Riyazuddin Mohammad; Abdul Rahim, Hanan F.; Nasrallah, Gheyath K.; Al Kuwari, Mohamed Ghaith; Al Romaihi, Hamad Eid; Al-Thani, Mohamed H.; Al Khal, Abdullatif; Butt, Adeel A.; Bertollini, Roberto; Abu-Raddad, Laith J.... more authors ... less authors (2021 , Article)The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic continues to be a global health concern. The mRNA-1273 (Moderna) vaccine was reported to have an efficacy of 94.1% at preventing symptomatic COVID-19 due to infection with ‘wild-type’ variants in a ... -
Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA BNT162b2 Covid-19 vaccine protection against variants of concern after one versus two doses.
Abu-Raddad, Laith J; Chemaitelly, Hiam; Yassine, Hadi M; Benslimane, Fatiha M; Al Khatib, Hebah A; Tang, Patrick; Malek, Joel A; Coyle, Peter; Ayoub, Houssein H; Al Kanaani, Zaina; Al Kuwari, Einas; Jeremijenko, Andrew; Kaleeckal, Anvar Hassan; Latif, Ali Nizar; Shaik, Riyazuddin Mohammad; Abdul Rahim, Hanan F; Nasrallah, Gheyath K; Al Kuwari, Mohamed Ghaith; Al Romaihi, Hamad Eid; Al-Thani, Mohamed H; Al Khal, Abdullatif; Butt, Adeel A; Bertollini, Roberto... more authors ... less authors ( Oxford University Press , 2021 , Article)Strategies for rolling out vaccination against Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) varied across countries. A key question is whether delaying administration of the second vaccine dose to vaccinate the largest number of ... -
Population immunity of natural infection, primary-series vaccination, and booster vaccination in Qatar during the COVID-19 pandemic: an observational study
Suelen H., Qassim; Chemaitelly, Hiam; Ayoub, Houssein H.; Coyle, Peter; Tang, Patrick; Yassine, Hadi M.; Al Thani, Asmaa A.; Al-Khatib, Hebah A.; Hasan, Mohammad R.; Al-Kanaani, Zaina; Al-Kuwari, Einas; Jeremijenko, Andrew; Kaleeckal, Anvar Hassan; Latif, Ali Nizar; Shaik, Riyazuddin Mohammad; Abdul-Rahim, Hanan F.; Nasrallah, Gheyath K.; Al-Kuwari, Mohamed Ghaith; Butt, Adeel A.; Al-Romaihi, Hamad Eid; Al-Thani, Mohamed H.; Al-Khal, Abdullatif; Bertollini, Roberto; Abu-Raddad, Laith J.... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)BackgroundWaning of natural infection protection and vaccine protection highlight the need to evaluate changes in population immunity over time. Population immunity of previous SARS-CoV-2 infection or of COVID-19 vaccination ... -
Protection against Reinfection with the Omicron BA.2.75 Subvariant
Chemaitelly, Hiam; Tang, Patrick; Coyle, Peter; Yassine, Hadi M.; Al-Khatib, Hebah A.; Smatti, Maria K.; Hasan, Mohammad R.; Ayoub, Houssein H.; Altarawneh, Heba N.; Al-Kanaani, Zaina; Al-Kuwari, Einas; Jeremijenko, Andrew; Kaleeckal, Anvar H.; Latif, Ali N.; Shaik, Riyazuddin M.; Abdul-Rahim, Hanan F.; Nasrallah, Gheyath K.; Al-Kuwari, Mohamed G.; Butt, Adeel A.; Al-Romaihi, Hamad E.; Al-Thani, Mohamed H.; Al-Khal, Abdullatif; Bertollini, Roberto; Abu-Raddad, Laith J.... more authors ... less authors ( Massachusetts Medical Society , 2023 , Other)The BA.2.75 sublineage of the B.1.1.529 (omicron) variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) may escape neutralizing antibodies. The BA.2.75 sublineage (primarily the BA.2.75.2 subvariant) ... -
Protection against the omicron variant from previous SARS-CoV-2 infection
Altarawneh, Heba N.; Chemaitelly, Hiam; Hasan, Mohammad R.; Ayoub, Houssein H.; Qassim, Suelen; AlMukdad, Sawsan; Coyle, Peter; Yassine, Hadi M.; Al-Khatib, Hebah A.; Benslimane, Fatiha M.; Al-Kanaani, Zaina; Al-Kuwari, Einas; Jeremijenko, Andrew; Kaleeckal, Anvar H.; Latif, Ali N.; Shaik, Riyazuddin M.; Abdul-Rahim, Hanan F.; Nasrallah, Gheyath K.; Al-Kuwari, Mohamed G.; Butt, Adeel A.; Al-Romaihi, Hamad E.; Al-Thani, Mohamed H.; Al-Khal, Abdullatif; Bertollini, Roberto; Tang, Patrick; Abu-Raddad, Laith J.... more authors ... less authors ( Massachusetts Medical Society , 2022 , Other)Natural infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) elicits strong protection against reinfection with the B.1.1.7 (alpha),1,2 B.1.351 (beta),1 and B.1.617.2 (delta)3 variants. However, the ... -
Protection from previous natural infection compared with mRNA vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe COVID-19 in Qatar: a retrospective cohort study
Hiam, Chemaitelly; Ayoub, Houssein H; AlMukdad, Sawsan; Coyle, Peter; Tang, Patrick; Yassine, Hadi M; Al-Khatib, Hebah A; Smatti, Maria K; Hasan, Mohammad R; Al-Kanaani, Zaina; Al-Kuwari, Einas; Jeremijenko, Andrew; Kaleeckal, Anvar Hassan; Latif, Ali Nizar; Shaik, Riyazuddin Mohammad; Abdul-Rahim, Hanan F; Nasrallah, Gheyath K; Al-Kuwari, Mohamed Ghaith; Butt, Adeel A; Al-Romaihi, Hamad Eid; Al-Thani, Mohamed H; Al-Khal, Abdullatif; Bertollini, Roberto; Abu-Raddad, Laith J... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)BackgroundUnderstanding protection conferred by natural SARS-CoV-2 infection versus COVID-19 vaccination is important for informing vaccine mandate decisions. We compared protection conferred by natural infection versus ... -
Protection of Omicron sub-lineage infection against reinfection with another Omicron sub-lineage
Chemaitelly, Hiam; Ayoub, Houssein H.; Coyle, Peter; Tang, Patrick; Yassine, Hadi M.; Al-Khatib, Hebah A.; Smatti, Maria K.; Hasan, Mohammad R.; Al-Kanaani, Zaina; Al-Kuwari, Einas; Jeremijenko, Andrew; Kaleeckal, Anvar Hassan; Latif, Ali Nizar; Shaik, Riyazuddin Mohammad; Abdul-Rahim, Hanan F.; Nasrallah, Gheyath K.; Al-Kuwari, Mohamed Ghaith; Butt, Adeel A.; Al-Romaihi, Hamad Eid; Al-Thani, Mohamed H.; Al-Khal, Abdullatif; Bertollini, Roberto; Abu-Raddad, Laith J.... more authors ... less authors ( Nature Research , 2022 , Article)There is significant genetic distance between SARS-CoV-2 Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant BA.1 and BA.2 sub-lineages. This study investigates immune protection of infection with one sub-lineage against reinfection with the other ... -
Relative infectiousness of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine breakthrough infections, reinfections, and primary infections.
Abu-Raddad, Laith J; Chemaitelly, Hiam; Ayoub, Houssein H; Tang, Patrick; Coyle, Peter; Hasan, Mohammad R; Yassine, Hadi M; Benslimane, Fatiha M; Al-Khatib, Hebah A; Al-Kanaani, Zaina; Al-Kuwari, Einas; Jeremijenko, Andrew; Kaleeckal, Anvar Hassan; Latif, Ali Nizar; Shaik, Riyazuddin Mohammad; Abdul-Rahim, Hanan F; Nasrallah, Gheyath K; Al-Kuwari, Mohamed Ghaith; Butt, Adeel A; Al-Romaihi, Hamad Eid; Al-Khal, Abdullatif; Al-Thani, Mohametabd H; Bertollini, Roberto... more authors ... less authors ( Springer , 2022 , Article)SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections in vaccinated individuals and in those who had a prior infection have been observed globally, but the transmission potential of these infections is unknown. The RT-qPCR cycle threshold ... -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody-positivity protects against reinfection for at least seven months with 95% efficacy
Laith J., Abu-Raddad; Chemaitelly, Hiam; Coyle, Peter; Malek, Joel A.; Ahmed, Ayeda A.; Mohamoud, Yasmin A.; Younuskunju, Shameem; Ayoub, Houssein H.; Al Kanaani, Zaina; Al Kuwari, Einas; Butt, Adeel A.; Jeremijenko, Andrew; Kaleeckal, Anvar Hassan; Latif, Ali Nizar; Shaik, Riyazuddin Mohammad; Abdul Rahim, Hanan F.; Nasrallah, Gheyath K.; Yassine, Hadi M.; Al Kuwari, Mohamed Ghaith; Al Romaihi, Hamad Eid; Al-Thani, Mohamed H.; Al Khal, Abdullatif; Bertollini, Roberto... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)Background Reinfection with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been documented, raising public health concerns. SARS-CoV-2 reinfections were assessed in a cohort of antibody-positive persons ... -
SARS-CoV-2 infection hospitalization, severity, criticality, and fatality rates in Qatar
Seedat, Shaheen; Chemaitelly, Hiam; Ayoub, Houssein H.; Makhoul, Monia; Mumtaz, Ghina R.; Al Kanaani, Zaina; Al Khal, Abdullatif; Al Kuwari, Einas; Butt, Adeel A.; Coyle, Peter; Jeremijenko, Andrew; Kaleeckal, Anvar Hassan; Latif, Ali Nizar; Shaik, Riyazuddin Mohammad; Yassine, Hadi M.; Al Kuwari, Mohamed G.; Al Romaihi, Hamad Eid; Al-Thani, Mohamed H.; Bertollini, Roberto; Abu-Raddad, Laith J.... more authors ... less authors ( Nature Research , 2021 , Article)The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic resulted in considerable morbidity and mortality as well as severe economic and societal disruptions. Despite scientific progress, true infection severity, factoring both diagnosed and undiagnosed ... -
SARS-CoV-2 Infection Is at Herd Immunity in the Majority Segment of the Population of Qatar.
Al-Thani, Mohamed H; Farag, Elmoubasher; Bertollini, Roberto; Al Romaihi, Hamad Eid; Abdeen, Sami; Abdelkarim, Ashraf; Daraan, Faisal; Elhaj Ismail, Ahmed Ibrahim Hashim; Mostafa, Nahid; Sahl, Mohamed; Suliman, Jinan; Tayar, Elias; Kasem, Hasan Ali; Agsalog, Meynard J A; Akkarathodiyil, Bassam K; Alkhalaf, Ayat A; Alakshar, Mohamed Morhaf M H; Al-Qahtani, Abdulsalam Ali A H; Al-Shedifat, Monther H A; Ansari, Anas; Ataalla, Ahmad Ali; Chougule, Sandeep; Gopinathan, Abhilash K K V; Poolakundan, Feroz J; Ranbhise, Sanjay U; Saefan, Saed M A; Thaivalappil, Mohamed M; Thoyalil, Abubacker S; Umar, Inayath M; Al Kanaani, Zaina; Al Khal, Abdullatif; Al Kuwari, Einas; Butt, Adeel A; Coyle, Peter; Jeremijenko, Andrew; Kaleeckal, Anvar Hassan; Latif, Ali Nizar; Shaik, Riyazuddin Mohammad; Abdul Rahim, Hanan F; Yassine, Hadi M; Nasrallah, Gheyath K; Al Kuwari, Mohamed Ghaith; Chaghoury, Odette; Chemaitelly, Hiam; Abu-Raddad, Laith J... more authors ... less authors ( Oxford University Press , 2021 , Article)Qatar experienced a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic that disproportionately affected the craft and manual worker (CMW) population, who comprise 60% of the total population. This study ... -
SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in the urban population of Qatar: An analysis of antibody testing on a sample of 112,941 individuals
Peter V., Coyle; Chemaitelly, Hiam; Ben Hadj Kacem, Mohamed Ali; Abdulla Al Molawi, Naema Hassan; El Kahlout, Reham Awni; Gilliani, Imtiaz; Younes, Nourah; Al Anssari, Ghada Ali A.A.; Al Kanaani, Zaina; Al Khal, Abdullatif; Al Kuwari, Einas; Butt, Adeel A.; Jeremijenko, Andrew; Kaleeckal, Anvar Hassan; Latif, Ali Nizar; Shaik, Riyazuddin Mohammad; Abdul Rahim, Hanan F.; Nasrallah, Gheyath K.; Yassine, Hadi M.; Al Kuwari, Mohamed Ghaith; Al Romaihi, Hamad Eid; Al-Thani, Mohamed H.; Bertollini, Roberto; Abu-Raddad, Laith J.... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)The study objective was to the assess level of detectable severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) antibodies in the urban population of Qatar. Antibody testing was performed on residual blood specimens ... -
Severity, Criticality, and Fatality of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Beta Variant
Abu-Raddad, Laith J; Chemaitelly, Hiam; Ayoub, Houssein H; Yassine, Hadi M; Benslimane, Fatiha M; Al Khatib, Hebah A; Tang, Patrick; Hasan, Mohammad R; Coyle, Peter; AlMukdad, Sawsan; Al Kanaani, Zaina; Al Kuwari, Einas; Jeremijenko, Andrew; Kaleeckal, Anvar Hassan; Latif, Ali Nizar; Shaik, Riyazuddin Mohammad; Abdul Rahim, Hanan F; Nasrallah, Gheyath K; Al Kuwari, Mohamed Ghaith; Butt, Adeel A; Al Romaihi, Hamad Eid; Al-Thani, Mohamed H; Al Khal, Abdullatif; Bertollini, Roberto... more authors ... less authors ( Oxford Academic , 2021 , Article)Beta (B.1.351) variant COVID-19 disease was investigated in Qatar. Compared to Alpha (B.1.1.7) variant, odds of progressing to severe disease were 1.24-fold (95% CI: 1.11-1.39) higher for Beta. Odds of progressing to ... -
Short- and longer-term all-cause mortality among SARS-CoV-2- infected individuals and the pull-forward phenomenon in Qatar: a national cohort study
Hiam, Chemaitelly; Faust, Jeremy Samuel; Krumholz, Harlan M.; Ayoub, Houssein H.; Tang, Patrick; Coyle, Peter; Yassine, Hadi M.; Al Thani, Asmaa A.; Al-Khatib, Hebah A.; Hasan, Mohammad R.; Al-Kanaani, Zaina; Al-Kuwari, Einas; Jeremijenko, Andrew; Kaleeckal, Anvar Hassan; Latif, Ali Nizar; Shaik, Riyazuddin Mohammad; Abdul-Rahim, Hanan F.; Nasrallah, Gheyath K.; Al-Kuwari, Mohamed Ghaith; Butt, Adeel A.; Al-Romaihi, Hamad Eid; Al-Thani, Mohamed H.; Al-Khal, Abdullatif; Bertollini, Roberto; Abu-Raddad, Laith J.... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)ObjectivesWe assessed short-, medium-, and long-term all-cause mortality risks after a primary SARS-CoV-2 infection. MethodsA national, matched, retrospective cohort study was conducted in Qatar to assess risk of all-cause ... -
Two prolonged viremic SARS-CoV-2 infections with conserved viral genome for two months
Laith J., Abu-Raddad; Chemaitelly, Hiam; Malek, Joel A.; Ahmed, Ayeda A.; Mohamoud, Yasmin A.; Younuskunju, Shameem; Al Kanaani, Zaina; Al Khal, Abdullatif; Al Kuwari, Einas; Butt, Adeel A.; Coyle, Peter; Jeremijenko, Andrew; Kaleeckal, Anvar Hassan; Latif, Ali Nizar; Shaik, Riyazuddin Mohammad; Abdul Rahim, Hanan F.; Yassine, Hadi M.; Al Kuwari, Mohamed G.; Al Romaihi, Hamad Eid; Al-Thani, Mohamed H.; Bertollini, Roberto... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)We document two cases of viremic and prolonged active infection with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) where the viral genome was conserved for two months, but infection was with little or ... -
Waning of BNT162b2 Vaccine Protection against SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Qatar.
Chemaitelly, Hiam; Tang, Patrick; Hasan, Mohammad R; AlMukdad, Sawsan; Yassine, Hadi M; Benslimane, Fatiha M; Al Khatib, Hebah A; Coyle, Peter; Ayoub, Houssein H; Al Kanaani, Zaina; Al Kuwari, Einas; Jeremijenko, Andrew; Kaleeckal, Anvar H; Latif, Ali N; Shaik, Riyazuddin M; Abdul Rahim, Hanan F; Nasrallah, Gheyath K; Al Kuwari, Mohamed G; Al Romaihi, Hamad E; Butt, Adeel A; Al-Thani, Mohamed H; Al Khal, Abdullatif; Bertollini, Roberto; Abu-Raddad, Laith J... more authors ... less authors ( Massachusetts Medical Society , 2021 , Article)Waning of vaccine protection against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection or coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is a concern. The persistence of BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) vaccine ...