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Performance evaluation of five ELISA kits for detecting anti-SARS-COV-2 IgG antibodies
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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 ...
تأثير تنوع الجينوم الفيروسي والخلايا المضيفة على كوفيد-19 و تطورات حول لقاح كورونا وكيفية علاجه
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Qatar University Press
, 2020 , Poster)
بعد مرور حوالي نصف عام على انتشار جائحة كورونا (كوفيد-19)، لا يزال العالم ينتظر بفارغ الصبر تحقيق تقدم ملحوظ على مستوى التوصل إلى لقاح وعلاج للمرض. ولكن الإنجازات العلمية الشاملة التي تراعي الجوانب الأخلاقية عادة ما تستغرق ...
Validation of Selected Commercial Serological Assays for Diagnosis of COVID-19
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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 ...
Fasting Ramadan During COVID-19 Pandemic: Immunomodulatory Effect
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Frontiers Media S.A.
, 2020 , Article)
As of April 24, 2020, more than 1. 6 billion Muslims observe the holy fasting month of Ramadan worldwide. The safety of fasting of healthy adult Muslims during the COVID-19 era is debatable. In this perspective, we discuss ...
Mental wellbeing of healthcare workers working in quarantine centers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Qatar
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2020 , Article)
Background: Healthcare workers managing Coronavirus 19 (COVID-19) patients are at increased risk of poor mental wellbeing. The available literature on the psychological impact in the Arabian Gulf region is limited, and a ...
Host Genetic Variants Potentially Associated With SARS-CoV-2: A Multi-Population Analysis.
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Frontiers Media
, 2020 , Article)
Clinical outcomes of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) showed enormous inter-individual and inter-population differences, possibly due to host ...
Comorbid diabetes and the risk of disease severity or death among 8807 COVID-19 patients in China: A meta-analysis.
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
Diabetes mellitus has been reported to be one of the most prevalent comorbidity in patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). We aimed to assess the association of comorbid diabetes with COVID-19 severity or mortality ...
The incidence of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 among asymptomatic patients: a systematic review
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
Backgroundthe recent outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) has quickly spread globally since its discovery in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. A comprehensive strategy, including surveillance, diagnostics, ...
COVID-19 personal protection equipment (PPE): A potential source of microplastic pollution in the State of Qatar
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Qatar University Press
, 2020 , Poster)
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a global pandemic. The personal protection equipment (PPE), especially medical face masks and N95 filtering face piece respirators (FFRs) are typically worn by people at ...
Smart System to Monitor Social-Distancing During the Covid-19 Pandemic
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Qatar University Press
, 2020 , Poster)
We introduce a smart system to track and maintain real-time physical distance between people and to warn people to any deviation from the prescribed distances. Social-distancing is an effective way of slowing infectious ...