Browsing College of Health Sciences by Author "Dargham, Soha R."

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    • Characterizing epidemiology of prediabetes, diabetes, and hypertension in Qataris: A cross-sectional study 

      Al-Thani, Mohammed H.; Al-Mutawa, Kholood A.; Alyafei, Salah A.; Ijaz, Muhammad A.; Khalifa, Shamseldin A.H.; ... more authors ( Public Library of Science , 2021 , Article)
      Objectives To characterize the epidemiologic profiles of prediabetes mellitus (preDM), diabetes mellitus (DM), and hypertension (HTN) in Qataris using the nationally representative 2012 Qatar STEPwise Survey. Methods A ...

    • Coronavirus Disease 2019 Disease Severity in Children Infected With the Omicron Variant 

      Butt, A.A.; Butt, Adeel A.; Dargham, Soha R.; Loka, Srusvin; Shaik, Riyazuddin M.; ... more authors ( NLM (Medline) , 2022 , Article)
      SHORT SUMMARY: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection from the Omicron variant in children/adolescents is less severe than infection from the Delta variant. Those 6 to <18 years also have less severe ...

    • Diagnostic Efficiency of Three Fully Automated Serology Assays and Their Correlation with a Novel Surrogate Virus Neutralization Test in Symptomatic and Asymptomatic SARS-COV-2 Individuals 

      Younes, Salma; Al-Jighefee, Hadeel; Shurrab, Farah; Al-Sadeq, Duaa W.; Younes, Nadin; ... more authors ( MDPI , 2020 , Article)
      Abstract: To support the deployment of serology assays for population screening during the COVID-19 pandemic, we compared the performance of three fully automated SARS-CoV-2 IgG assays: Mindray CL-900i® (target: spike [S] ...

    • Performance of Four Diagnostic Assays for Detecting Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Antibodies in the Middle East and North Africa 

      Nasrallah, Gheyath K.; Dargham, Soha R.; Sahara, Afifah S.; Elsidiq, Malaz S.; Abu-Raddad, Laith J. ( Elsevier , 2019 , Article)
      Background Assessments of commercial assays in detecting herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) antibodies have shown variable sensitivity and specificity, and variation in performance by global population. Objective To ...

    • Screening and diagnostic testing protocols for HIV and Syphilis infections in health care setting in Qatar: Evaluation and recommendations 

      Nasrallah, Gheyath K.; Al-Buainain, Raniya; Younes, Nadin; Dargham, Soha R.; Al-Sadeq, Duaa W.; ... more authors ( Public Library of Science , 2023 , Article)
      Background HIV and Syphilis are common STIs, which have become a concern and burden on healthcare systems, as many infections go untreated and lead to potentially serious complications. HIV is usually diagnosed with Western ...

    • Seroprevalence of herpes simplex virus type 1 and type 2 among the migrant workers in Qatar 

      Nasrallah, Gheyath K.; Dargham, Soha R.; Al-Sadeq, Duaa W.; Amanullah, Fathima H.; Shurrab, Farah M.; ... more authors ( Springer , 2023 , Article)
      Background: Limited data exists on herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and type 2 (HSV-2) infections in migrant populations. This study investigated HSV-1 and HSV-2 seroprevalences and associations among craft and manual ...