Browsing College of Medicine by Author "Bansal, Devendra"

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    • Association between Multimorbidity and COVID-19 Mortality in Qatar: A Cross-Sectional Study 

      AbouGalala, Khalid; Elsayed, Basant; Elmarasi, Mohamed; Kotob, Mona; Taha, Reham; ... more authors ( PagePress , 2023 , Article)
      This study assessed the association between multimorbidity and mortality from COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa region, where such data are scarce. We conducted a cross-sectional study using data of all cases ...

    • Association between pregnancy and severe COVID-19 symptoms in Qatar: A cross-sectional study. 

      Al-Qassem, Alla' K; Humaidi, Ammar B; Al-Kuwari, Amna K; Hasan, Elham M; Yakti, Nosaiba H; ... more authors ( PLOS Global Public Health , 2023 , Article)
      There is inconclusive evidence whether pregnancy exacerbates COVID-19 symptoms or not, and scarce data from the Middle East and North Africa region. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between pregnancy ...

    • Characterizing the Qatar advanced-phase SARS-CoV-2 epidemic 

      Abu-Raddad, Laith J.; Chemaitelly, Hiam; Ayoub, Houssein H.; Al Kanaani, Zaina; Al Khal, Abdullatif; ... more authors ( springer nature , 2021 , Article)
      The overarching objective of this study was to provide the descriptive epidemiology of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic in Qatar by addressing specific research questions through a ...

    • Duration of COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Effectiveness against Severe Disease 

      Bansal, Devendra; Abdulmajeed, Jazeel; Al-Shamali, Maha H.M.A.; Albayat, Soha S.A.; Himatt, Sayed M.; ... more authors ( MDPI , 2022 , Article)
      Waning immunity following administration of mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines remains a concern for many health systems. We undertook a study to determine if recent reports of waning for severe disease could have been attributed ...

    • Dynamics of Anti-S IgG Antibodies Titers after the Second Dose of COVID-19 Vaccines in the Manual and Craft Worker Population of Qatar 

      Bansal, Devendra; Atia, Hassan; Al Badr, Mashael; Nour, Mohamed; Abdulmajeed, Jazeel; ... more authors ( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2023 , Article)
      There is limited seroepidemiological evidence on the magnitude and long-term durability of antibody titers of mRNA and non-mRNA vaccines in the Qatari population. This study was conducted to generate evidence on long-term ...

    • Pathogenicity and virulence of monkeypox at the human-animal-ecology interface 

      Islam, Md Mazharul; Dutta, Pronesh; Rashid, Rijwana; Jaffery, Syed Shariq; Islam, Ariful; ... more authors ( Taylor & Francis , 2023 , Article)
      Monkeypox (Mpox) was mostly limited to Central and Western Africa, but recently it has been reported globally. The current review presents an update on the virus, including ecology and evolution, possible drivers of ...

    • Pathogenicity and virulence of monkeypox at the human-animal-ecology interface. 

      Islam, Md Mazharul; Dutta, Pronesh; Rashid, Rijwana; Jaffery, Syed Shariq; Islam, Ariful; ... more authors ( Taylor & Francis Group. , 2023 , Article)
      Monkeypox (Mpox) was mostly limited to Central and Western Africa, but recently it has been reported globally. The current review presents an update on the virus, including ecology and evolution, possible drivers of ...

    • Prevalence and determinants of symptomatic COVID-19 infection among children and adolescents in Qatar: A cross sectional analysis of 11445 individuals. 

      Musa, Omran A H; Chivese, Tawanda; Bansal, Devendra; Abdulmajeed, Jazeel; Ameen, Osman; ... more authors ( 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 ...