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Challenges in Laboratory Diagnosis of the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2

Younes, Nadin; Al-Sadeq, Duaa W; Al-Jighefee, Hadeel; Younes, Salma; Al-Jamal, Ola; ... more authors ... less authors ( MDPI , 2020 , Article)

The recent outbreak of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has quickly spread worldwide since its discovery in Wuhan city, China in December 2019. A comprehensive strategy, including surveillance, diagnostics, research, ...

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)

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; ... 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 ...

Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV2 in Qatar: a longitudinal epidemiological study

Shurrab, Farah; Al-Jighefee, Hadeel; Younes, Salma; Al-Sadeq, Duaa; Althani, Asmaa; ... 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 ...

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; ... 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] ...