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Influenza, RSV, and Other Respiratory Infections among Children in Qatar
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Qatar University Press
, 2020 , Poster)
Background: Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) lead to high rates of mortality and morbidity among children. However, studies on the etiology of respiratory infections among children in Qatar and surrounding countries are ...
Within-host diversity of SARS-CoV-2 in COVID-19 patients with variable disease severities
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Qatar University Press
, 2020 , Poster)
Background: The ongoing pandemic of SARS-COV-2 has already infected more than eight million people worldwide. The majority of COVID-19 patients are either asymptomatic or have mild symptoms. Yet, about 15% of the cases ...
Nanopore Sequencing SARS-CoV-2 genome in Qatar
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Qatar University Press
, 2020 , Poster)
Background: The current pandemic, COVID-19, is cause by an RNA coronavirus that was recently identified as SARS-CoV-2. RNA viruses tend to have a high mutation rate; the rate is around a million times greater than that of ...