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Evaluation of antiviral activity of Manuka honey against SARS-CoV-2.

Elbashir, Israa; Aisha Nasser J M Al-Saei, Aisha; Thornalley, Paul; Rabbani, Naila ( Qatar University Press , 2021 , Poster)

Background and aims: In 2020 a global pandemic was declared caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). The pandemic is still ongoing and continues to cause considerable mortality and morbidity ...

SARS-CoV-2 Infection Is at Herd Immunity in the Majority Segment of the Population of Qatar.

Al-Thani, Mohamed H; Farag, Elmoubasher; Bertollini, Roberto; Al Romaihi, Hamad Eid; Abdeen, Sami; ... more authors ... less authors ( Oxford University Press , 2021 , Article)

Qatar experienced a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic that disproportionately affected the craft and manual worker (CMW) population, who comprise 60% of the total population. This study ...

Is preexisting immunity to seasonal coronaviruses limited to cross-reactivity with SARS-CoV-2? A seroprevalence cross-sectional study in north-eastern France

Hadeel T., Zedan; Nasrallah, Gheyath K. ( Elsevier , 2021 , Other)

Evaluation of antibody response in symptomatic and asymptomatic covid-19 patients and diagnostic assessment of new IgM/IgG elisa kits

Al-Jighefee, Hadeel T.; Yassine, Hadi M.; Nasrallah, Gheyath K. ( MDPI , 2021 , Article)

© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This study aims to study the immune response and evaluate the performances of four new IgM and five IgG enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits for detecting ...

Molecular and Biological Mechanisms Underlying Gender Differences in COVID-19 Severity and Mortality

Wehbe, Zena; Hammoud, Safaa Hisham; Yassine, Hadi M; Fardoun, Manal; El-Yazbi, Ahmed F; ... more authors ... less authors ( Frontiers Media , 2021 , Article)

Globally, over two million people have perished due to the recent pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2. The available epidemiological global data for SARS-CoV-2 portrays a higher rate of severity and mortality in males. Analyzing ...

One Year of SARS-CoV-2: Genomic Characterization of COVID-19 Outbreak in Qatar

Benslimane, Fatiha M; Al Khatib, Hebah A; Al-Jamal, Ola; Albatesh, Dana; Boughattas, Sonia; ... more authors ... less authors ( Frontiers , 2021 , Article)

Qatar, a country with a strong health system and a diverse population consisting mainly of expatriate residents, has experienced two large waves of COVID-19 outbreak. In this study, we report on 2634 SARS-CoV-2 whole-genome ...

Association of Prior SARS-CoV-2 Infection With Risk of Breakthrough Infection Following mRNA Vaccination in Qatar.

Abu-Raddad, Laith J; Chemaitelly, Hiam; Ayoub, Houssein H; Yassine, Hadi M; Benslimane, Fatiha M; ... more authors ... less authors ( American Medical Association , 2021 , Article)

The effect of prior SARS-CoV-2 infection on vaccine protection remains poorly understood. To assess protection from SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infection after mRNA vaccination among persons with vs without prior SARS-CoV-2 ...

Trends in fecal carriage of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in children before and after the implementation of international travel restrictions in response to COVID-19

Andrés, Pérez-López; Hasan, Mohammad Rubayet; Sundararaju, Sathyavathi; Tsui, Clement Kin Ming; Al-Mana, Hassan Abdulla; ... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2021 , Other)

Qatar is located on the northeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula with a large expatriate population comprising 86% of the country's population, most of whom originate from Indian subcontinent countries [1]. International ...

Identification of potential natural inhibitors of the receptor-binding domain of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein using a computational docking approach

Mathew, Shilu Mathew; Benslimane, Fatiha; Althani, Asmaa A; Yassine, Hadi M ( Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press , 2021 , Article)

The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the only zoonotic-origin CoV to reach the pandemic stage, to which neither an effective vaccine nor a specific therapy is available. The spike ...

Can commercial automated immunoassays be utilized to predict neutralizing antibodies after SARS-CoV-2 infection? A comparative study between three different assays.

Ismail, Ahmed; Shurrab, Farah M; Al-Jighefee, Hadeel T; Al-Sadeq, Duaa W; Qotba, Hamda; ... more authors ... less authors ( IMR , 2021 , Article)

Background: High-throughput assays that can infer neutralizing activity against SARS-CoV-2 are of great importance for assessing the immunity induced by natural infection and COVID-19 vaccines. We aimed to evaluate the ...