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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 ...

Demographics and Epidemiology of Hepatitis B in the State of Qatar: A Five-Year Surveillance-Based Incidence Study

Al Romaihi, Hamad E.; Ganesan, Nandakumar; Farag, Elmoubasher A.; Smatti, Maria K.; Nasrallah, Gheyath K.; ... more authors ... less authors ( MDPI , 2019 , Article)

Background: Expatriates represent >80% of Qatar’s population, mostly arriving from countries in Africa and Asia that are endemic with many diseases. This increases the risk for introducing new pathogens into the country ...

Inter-Versus Intra-Host Sequence Diversity of pH1N1 and Associated Clinical Outcomes

Al Khatib, Hebah A.; Al Maslamani, , Muna A.; V. Coyle, Peter; Thompson, I. Richard Thompson; A. Farag, Elmoubasher; ... more authors ... less authors ( MDPI , 2020 , Article)

The diversity of RNA viruses dictates their evolution in a particular host, community or environment. Here, we reported within- and between-host pH1N1virus diversity at consensus and sub-consensus levels over a three-year ...

Epidemiological, Molecular, and Clinical Features of Norovirus Infections among Pediatric Patients in Qatar

Mathew, Shilu; Alansari, Khalid; Smatti, Maria K.; Zaraket, Hassan; Al Thani, Asmaa A.; ... more authors ... less authors ( MDPI , 2019 , Article)

Abstract: Background: Norovirus (NoV) is recognized as the second most important etiological agent leading to acute gastroenteritis globally. In order to determine the burden and characteristics of NoV infections in children ...

Improving influenza vaccination rate among primary healthcareworkers in Qatar

Elawad, Khalid H.; Farag, Elmoubasher A.; Abuelgasim, Dina A.; Smatti, Maria K.; Al-Romaihi, Hamad E.; ... more authors ... less authors ( MDPI AG , 2017 , Article)

The purpose of this study was to improve influenza vaccination, and determine factors influencing vaccine declination among health care workers (HCW) in Qatar. We launched an influenza vaccination campaign to vaccinate ...

The Spectrum of Antibiotic Prescribing During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Literature Review

Al-Hadidi, Sara H.; Alhussain, Hashim; Abdel Hadi, Hamad; Johar, Alreem; Yassine, Hadi M.; ... more authors ... less authors ( Mary Ann Liebert , 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 ...

Measuring influenza hemagglutinin (HA) stem-specific antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) in human sera using novel stabilized stem nanoparticle probes

Smatti, Maria K.; Nasrallah, Gheyath K.; Al Thani, Asmaa A.; Yassine, Hadi M. ( Elsevier , 2019 , Article)

BackgroundGenerating vaccine that confers a complete protection is a major goal in designing a universal influenza vaccine. Currently, there is a considerable interest in the broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAb) targeting ...

Impact of physical exercise on gut microbiome, inflammation, and the pathobiology of metabolic disorders

Sohail, Muhammad U.; Yassine, Hadi M.; Sohail, Aaqib; Al Thani, Asmaa A. ( Society for Biomedical Diabetes Research , 2019 , Article)

BACKGROUND: The gastrointestinal tract (GIT) harbors a complex and diverse microbial composition that outnumbers our own body cells and their gene contents. These microbes play a significant role in host metabolism and ...

Prevalence of antibiotic resistant Escherichia coli isolates from fecal samples of food handlers in Qatar

Eltai, Nahla O; Yassine, Hadi M.; Al Thani, Asmaa A.; Abu Madi, Marwan A.; Ismail, Ahmed; ... more authors ... less authors ( BioMed Central , 2018 , Article)

Background: It is well documented that food handlers harbor and shed enteric foodborne pathogens causing foodborne disease outbreaks. However, little known on enteric antibiotic resistant (AR) bacteria carriage in ...

Detection and Phylogenetic Analysis of Human Pegivirus (GBV-C) Among Blood Donors and Patients Infected With Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) in Qatar

AbuOdeh, Raed O.; Al-Absi, Enas; Ali, Nadima H.; Khalili, Makiyeh; Al-Mawlawi, Naema; ... more authors ... less authors ( Wiley , 2015 , Article)

Human Pegivirus (HPgV), formerly GB virus-C/ Hepatitis G virus (GBV-C/HGV), collectively known as GBV-C, is widely spread and has been reported to be associated with non-A–E hepatitis. To our knowledge, no previous ...