• Characterizing the transitioning epidemiology of herpes simplex virus type 1 in the USA: Model-based predictions 

      Ayoub H.H.; Chemaitelly H.; Abu-Raddad L.J. ( BioMed Central Ltd. , 2019 , Article)
      Background: Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) is a prevalent lifelong infection that appears to be undergoing an epidemiologic transition in the United States (US). Using an analytical approach, this study aimed to ...
    • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950-2017: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 

      Dicker D.; Nguyen G.; Abate D.; Abate K.H.; Abay S.M.; ... more authors ( Elsevier B.V. , 2018 , Article)
      Background Assessments of age-specific mortality and life expectancy have been done by the UN Population Division, Department of Economics and Social Affairs (UNPOP), the United States Census Bureau, WHO, and as part of ...
    • Hepatitis C virus infection spontaneous clearance: Has it been underestimated? 

      Ayoub H.H.; Chemaitelly H.; Omori R.; Abu-Raddad L.J. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2018 , Article)
      Objectives: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) clearance rate (fclearance) is defined as the proportion of infected persons who will spontaneously clear their infection after acute infection. We aimed to estimate fclearance using a ...
    • Herd immunity against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection in 10 communities, qatar 

      Jeremijenko, A.; Chemaitelly, H.; Ayoub, H.H.; Alishaq, M.; Abou-Samra, A.-B.; ... more authors ( Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , 2021 , Article)
      We investigated what proportion of the population acquired severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV- 2) infection and whether the herd immunity threshold has been reached in 10 communities in Qatar. The ...
    • Herpes simplex virus type 1 epidemiology in Latin America and the Caribbean: Systematic review and meta-analytics 

      Sukik L.; Alyafei M.; Harfouche M.; Abu-Raddad L.J. ( Public Library of Science , 2019 , Article)
      Objectives To investigate the epidemiology of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) in Latin America and the Caribbean. Methods Systematic review and meta-analytics guided by the Cochrane Collaboration Handbook and reported ...
    • Treatment as prevention for hepatitis C virus in Pakistan: Mathematical modelling projections 

      Ayoub H.H.; Abu-Raddad L.J. ( BMJ Publishing Group , 2019 , Article)
      Objective Direct-Acting antivirals have opened an opportunity for controlling hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in Pakistan, where 10% of the global infection burden is found. We aimed to evaluate the implications of five ...