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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.; ... 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 ...

Immune Modulatory Effects of Vitamin D on Viral Infections.

Siddiqui, Maheen; Manansala, Judhell S; Abdulrahman, Hana A; Nasrallah, Gheyath K; Smatti, Maria K; ... more authors ... less authors ( MDPI , 2020 , Article)

Viral infections have been a cause of mortality for several centuries and continue to endanger the lives of many, specifically of the younger population. Vitamin D has long been recognized as a crucial element to the ...

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Early Travel-Associated COVID-19 Cases

Marei, Reham M.; Emara, Mohamed M.; Elsaied, Omar M.; Nasrallah, Gheyath K.; Chivese, Tawanda; ... more authors ... less authors ( Frontiers Media , 2020 , Article)

© Copyright © 2020 Marei, Emara, Elsaied, Nasrallah, Chivese, Al-Romaihi, Althani, Al Thani, Farag and Yassine. Background: SARS-CoV-2 continues to claim hundreds of thousands of people's lives. It mostly affects the elderly ...

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, ...

The incidence of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 among asymptomatic patients: a systematic review

Nasrallah, Gheyath K. ( 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, ...

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] ...

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 ...