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Prevalence and determinants of symptomatic COVID-19 infection among children and adolescents in Qatar: A cross sectional analysis of 11445 individuals.
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Cambridge University Press
, 2021 , Article)
There is a paucity of evidence about the prevalence and risk factors for symptomatic infection among children. This study aimed to describe the prevalence of symptomatic COVID-19 and its risk factors in children and ...
The Spectrum of Antibiotic Prescribing during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Literature Review
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Mary Ann Liebert Inc.
, 2021 , Article Review)
Objectives: Over the last decades, there has been a significant increase in antimicrobial prescribing and consumption associated with the development of patients' adverse events and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to the ...
Dysregulation of angiotensin converting enzyme 2 expression and function in comorbid disease conditions possibly contributes to coronavirus infectious disease 2019 complication severity
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American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapy
, 2021 , Article Review)
ACE2 has emerged as a double agent in the COVID-19 ordeal, as it is both physiologically protective and virally conducive. The identification of ACE2 in as many as 72 tissues suggests that extrapulmonary invasion and damage ...
COVID-19 in Ethiopia: A geospatial analysis of vulnerability to infection, case severity and death
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BMJ Publishing Group
, 2021 , Article)
Background COVID-19 has caused a global public health crisis affecting most countries, including Ethiopia, in various ways. This study maps the vulnerability to infection, case severity and likelihood of death from COVID-19 ...
The COVID-19 pandemic and healthcare systems in Africa: A scoping review of preparedness, impact and response
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BMJ Publishing Group
, 2021 , Article)
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has overwhelmed health systems in both developed and developing nations alike. Africa has one of the weakest health systems globally, but there is limited evidence on how the region is ...
Herd immunity against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection in 10 communities, qatar
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
, 2021 , Article)
We investigated what proportion of the population acquired severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV- 2) infection and whether the herd immunity threshold has been reached in 10 communities in Qatar. The ...
A protocol for the detection of genetic markers in saliva by polymerase chain reaction without a nucleic acid purifi cation step: Examples of SARS-CoV-2 and GAPDH markers
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Danylo Halytskyi Lviv National Medical University
, 2021 , Article)
Introduction. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based diagnostic tests use purifi ed nucleic acids (NAs) from clinical samples. The NAs purifi cation step adds time, cost, and aff ects the quality of testing. The objective ...
Complement C5a and Clinical Markers as Predictors of COVID-19 Disease Severity and Mortality in a Multi-Ethnic Population
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Frontiers Media S.A.
, 2021 , Article)
Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) was declared as a pandemic by WHO in March 2020. SARS-CoV-2 causes a wide range of illness from asymptomatic to life-threatening. There is an essential need to identify biomarkers to ...
Acceptance and attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccines: A cross-sectional study from Jordan
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Public Library of Science
, 2021 , Article)
Vaccines are effective interventions that can reduce the high burden of diseases globally. However, public vaccine hesitancy is a pressing problem for public health authorities. With the availability of COVID-19 vaccines, ...
Severity, Criticality, and Fatality of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Beta Variant
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Oxford Academic
, 2021 , Article)
Beta (B.1.351) variant COVID-19 disease was investigated in Qatar. Compared to Alpha (B.1.1.7) variant, odds of progressing to severe disease were 1.24-fold (95% CI: 1.11-1.39) higher for Beta. Odds of progressing to ...