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Sleeping Habits during COVID-19 Induced Confinement

Alomari, Mahmoud; Khabour, Omar F.; Alzoubi, Karem; Darabseh, Mohammad Z. ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)

The COVID19 pandemic has impacted daily life activity, lifestyle, and well-being. Sleep was shown to be affected by many physical and psychological factors such as quality of life, psychological wellbeing, and levels of ...

Nanopore Sequencing SARS-CoV-2 genome in Qatar

Benslimane, Fatiha M.; Al Khatib, Hebah; Albatesh, Dana; Al-Jamal, Ola; Boughattas, Sonia; ... more authors ... less authors ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)

Background: The current pandemic, COVID-19, is cause by an RNA coronavirus that was recently identified as SARS-CoV-2. RNA viruses tend to have a high mutation rate; the rate is around a million times greater than that of ...

Evaluation of reverse transcription-loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) for detecting SARS-CoV-2 in clinical, environmental and animal samples.

Benslimane, Fatiha M.; Al-Jamal, Ola; Boughattas, Sonia|Al Thani, Asmaa A; Yassine, Hadi M. ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)

Background: First described 20 years ago by Notomi et al., the loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay is robust, rapid and straightforward, yet retains high sensitivity and specificity. These features have ...

Changes in Dietary Habits and Eating Behaviors during COVID-19 Induced Confinement

alnatsheh, reem bassim; Alomari, Mahmoud; Khabour, Omar; Alzoubi, Karem; Keewan, Esra'a ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the dietary habits (DH) and eating behaviors (EB) among adults during COVID19-induced confinement. For this purpose, an online survey designed to assess the change in DH and EB ...

A meta-review of meta-analyses and an updated meta-analysis on the efficacy of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine in treating COVID19 infection

Soliman, Nada Hossam; Aboughalia, Ahmed T.M.; Chivese, Tawanda; Musa, Omran A.H.; Hindy, George; ... more authors ... less authors ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)

Objective: To synthesize the findings presented in systematic reviews and meta-analyses as well as to update the evidence using a meta-analysis in evaluating the efficacy and safety of CQ and HCQ with or without Azithromycin ...