Browsing by Author "Shurrab, Farah"
Now showing items 1-7 of 7
-
Analytic comparison between three high-throughput commercial SARS-CoV-2 antibody assays reveals minor discrepancies in a high-incidence population
Nasrallah, Gheyath K; Dargham, Soha R; Shurrab, Farah; Al-Sadeq, Duaa W; Al-Jighefee, Hadeel; Chemaitelly, Hiam; Al Kanaani, Zaina; Al Khal, Abdullatif; Al Kuwari, Einas; Coyle, Peter; Jeremijenko, Andrew; Kaleeckal, Anvar Hassan; Latif, Ali Nizar; Shaik, Riyazuddin Mohammad; Rahim, Hanan F Abdul; Yassine, Hadi M; Al Kuwari, Mohamed G; Qotba, Hamda; Al Romaihi, Hamad Eid; Tang, Patrick; Bertollini, Roberto; Al-Thani, Mohamed H; Althani, Asmaa A; Abu-Raddad, Laith J... more authors ... less authors ( Nature Research , 2021 , Article)Performance of three automated commercial serological IgG-based assays was investigated for assessing SARS-CoV-2 "ever" (past or current) infection in a population-based sample in a high exposure setting. PCR and serological ... -
Diagnostic Efficiency of Three Fully Automated Serology Assays and Their Correlation with a Novel Surrogate Virus Neutralization Test in Symptomatic and Asymptomatic SARS-COV-2 Individuals
Younes, Salma; Al-Jighefee, Hadeel; Shurrab, Farah; Al-Sadeq, Duaa W.; Younes, Nadin; Dargham, Soha R.; Al-Dewik, Nader; Qotba, Hamda; Syed, Mohamed; Alnuaimi, Ahmed; Yassine, Hadi M.; Tang, Patrick; Abu-Raddad, Laith J.; Nasrallah, Gheyath K.... more authors ... less authors ( MDPI , 2020 , Article)Abstract: To support the deployment of serology assays for population screening during the COVID-19 pandemic, we compared the performance of three fully automated SARS-CoV-2 IgG assays: Mindray CL-900i® (target: spike [S] ... -
Epidemiology of SARS-CoV2 in Qatar's primary care population aged 10 years and above
Syed, Mohamed Ahmed; Al Nuaimi, Ahmed Sameer; A/Qotba, Hamda Abdulla; Nasrallah, Gheyath K; Althani, Asmaa A; Yassine, Hadi M; Zainel, Abduljaleel Abdullatif; Khudadad, Hanan; Marji, Tamara; Veettil, Shajitha Thekke; Al-Jighefee, Hadeel T; Younes, Salma; Shurrab, Farah; Al-Sadeq, Duaa W; AlFehaidi, Al Anoud Saleh; Yfakhroo, Ameena Ibrahim; AlMesaifri, Meshal Abdulla; Al Mujalli, Hanan; Al Abdulla, Samya Ahmad; Al Kuwari, Mohamed Ghaith; Azad, Faruk Mohammed; Al Malki, Badria Ali Mohamed; Abdulmalik, Mariam Ali... more authors ... less authors ( BMC , 2021 , Article)There is an urgent need to elucidate the epidemiology of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) and characterize its potential impact. Investing in characterising the SARS-CoV2 will help plan and ... -
Performance evaluation of five ELISA kits for detecting anti-SARS-COV-2 IgG antibodies
Hadi M., Yassine; Al-Jighefee, Hadeel; Al-Sadeq, Duaa W.; Dargham, Soha R.; Younes, Salma N.; Shurrab, Farah; Marei, Reham M.; Hssain, Ali Ait; Taleb, Sara; Alhussain, Hashim A.; Al-Nesf, Maryiam A.; Al-Khal, Abdullatif; Qotba, Hamda; Althani, Asmaa A.; Tang, Patrick; Abu-Raddad, Laith J.; Nasrallah, Gheyath K.... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)ObjectivesTo evaluate and compare the performances of five commercial ELISA assays (EDI, AnshLabs, Dia.Pro, NovaTec, and Lionex) for detecting anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG. Methods70 negative control samples (collected before the ... -
Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV2 in Qatar: a longitudinal epidemiological study
Shurrab, Farah; Al-Jighefee, Hadeel; Younes, Salma; Al-Sadeq, Duaa; Althani, Asmaa; Yassine, Hadi; Syed, Mohamed; AlNuami, Ahmed; Qotba, Hamda; Nasrallah, Gheyath... more authors ... less authors ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)In Qatar, the first COVID-19 cases were reported on the 29th of February 2020, and the numbers increased dramatically within few months. Primary Health Care Corporation in collaboration with Qatar University's Biomedical ... -
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 natural animal reservoirs and experimental models: systematic review.
Younes, Salma; Younes, Nadin; Shurrab, Farah; Nasrallah, Gheyath K ( John Wiley and Sons , 2020 , Article Review)The current severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak has been rapidly spreading worldwide, causing serious global concern. The role that animal hosts play in disease transmission is still ... -
Validation of Selected Commercial Serological Assays for Diagnosis of COVID-19
Younes, Salma; Al-Jighefee, Hadeel; Shurrab, Farah; Al-Sadeq, Duaa; Yassine, Hadi; Althani, Asmaa; Marei, Reham; Alhussain, Hashim; Nasrallah, Gheyath... more authors ... less authors ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)As researchers around the globe rush to put the available antibody tests to use, concerns have been raised about their precision. This study aimed to evaluate and compare the performance of selected commercial & automated ...