Browsing Biomedical Sciences by Author "Boughattas, Sonia"
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Assessing the burden of intestinal parasites affecting newly arrived immigrants in Qatar
Abu-Madi, Marawan A; Behnke, Jerzy M; Ismail, Ahmed; Boughattas, Sonia ( BioMed Central , 2016 , Article)In the last decades, the enormous influx of immigrants to industrialized countries has led to outbreaks of parasitic diseases, with enteric infections being amongst the most frequently encountered. In its strategy to control ... -
A decade of intestinal protozoan epidemiology among settled immigrants in Qatar
Abu-Madi, Marawan A.; Behnke, Jerzy M.; Boughattas, Sonia; Al-Thani, Asma; Doiphode, Sanjay H. ( PubMed Central , 2016 , Article)Background: The World Health Organization estimates that about 3.5 billion people worldwide are affected by intestinal parasitic infections. Reports have already emphasized the role of immigrants in outbreaks of ... -
Helminth infections among long-term residents and settled immigrants in Qatar in the decade from 2005 to 2014: temporal trends and varying prevalence among subjects from different regional origins
Abu-Madi, Marawan A.; Behnke, Jerzy M.; Boughattas, Sonia; Al-Thani, Asma; Doiphode, Sanjay H.; Deshmukh, Anand... more authors ... less authors ( BioMed Central , 2016 , Article)Background: Travel and migration from developing regions, where tropical diseases are common, to more developed industrialised nations can contribute to the introduction and subsequent spread of infections. With its rapidly ... -
Molecular analysis of the enteric protozoa associated with acute diarrhea in hospitalized children
Boughattas, Sonia; Behnke, Jerzy M.; Al-Ansari, Khalid; Sharma, Aarti; Abu-Alainin, Wafa; Al-Thani, Asma; Abu-Madi, Marawan A.... more authors ... less authors ( Frontiers Media S.A. , 2017 , Article)Pediatric diarrhea is a common cause of death among children under 5 years of age. In the current study, we investigated the frequency of intestinal parasites among 580 pediatric patients with chronic diarrhea. Parasitic ... -
Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in feral cats in Qatar
Boughattas, Sonia; Behnke, Jerzy; Sharma, Aarti; Abu-Madi, Marawan ( BioMed Central , 2017 , Article)Background: Cats are essential in the life cycle of Toxoplasma gondii as they can shed the environmentally resistant oocysts after acquiring infection. Human populations living in cities with high densities of feral cats ...