Browsing Biomedical Research Center by Author "Abu-Madi, Marawan"
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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 ... -
Comparison of intestinal parasitic infection in newly arrived and resident workers in Qatar.
Abu-Madi, Marawan A; Behnke, Jerzy M; Ismail, Ahmed; Al-Olaqi, Nada; Al-Zaher, Kefah; El-Ibrahim, Roda... more authors ... less authors ( BioMed Central , 2011 , Article)The rapid growth of Qatar in the last two decades has been associated with an enormous expansion of building programs in its cities and in the provision of new service industries. This in turn has attracted a large influx ... -
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 ... -
Feline patent Toxoplasma-like coccidiosis among feral cats (Felis catus) in Doha city, Qatar and its immediate surroundings
Abu-Madi, Marawan A.; Behnke, Jerzy M. ( De Gruyter Open , 2014 , Article)Doha city has a high feral cat population and studies of hospital records in Doha have shown that human toxoplasmosis also occurs. Clearly, there is a need to understand the role of cats as vectors of human toxoplasmosis ... -
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 ...