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Qatar Medical Journal This article aims to estimate the incidence of healthcare-associated infections (HAI)s in an intensive care unit (ICU) during a 10-year period and compare HAI incidence during the pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 periods in Qatar. Journal Article
Read MoreHealth Science Reports This article aims to evaluate the risk of COVID-19 transmission to healthcare workers who transport COVID-19 patients on an ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) device. Journal Article
Read MoremedRxiv This working paper compares the incidence of COVID-19 Omicron infection in the Qatari cohort of adolescents 12 years of age who received the two-dose primary series of the 30-µg BNT162b2 vaccine to that in the Qatari cohort of adolescents 11 years of age who received the two-dose primary-series of the pediatric 10-µg BNT162b2 vaccine….
Read MorePharmacy Practice This article aims to evaluate the knowledge and attitude of hospital pharmacists in Qatar about COVID-19 by surveying pharmacists who are working in 10 different hospitals under Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC). Journal Article
Read MoreThe New England Journal of Medicine This article aims to assess the real-world effectiveness of the BNT162b2 vaccine against infection with COVID-19 among children and adolescents in Qatar. Journal Article
Read MoreThe Lancet Microbe This article compares the anti-COVID-19 protection conferred by natural infection versus that from the BNT162b2 (Pfizer–BioNTech) and mRNA-1273 (Moderna) vaccines in Qatar. Journal Article
Read MoreEnergy Strategy Reviews This article investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on electricity consumption in Qatar by utilizing three machine-learning models in the analysis. Journal Article
Read MoreNew England Journal of Medicine This article shows that the protection of a previous COVID-19 infection against reinfection with a BA.4 or BA.5 subvariant was lower than that against reinfection with a BA.1 or BA.2 subvariant because of more waning of immune protection over time and a greater capacity for immune-system evasion with the BA.4…
Read MoreMayo Clinic Proceedings Journal This article aims to report whether cardiovascular diseases increase the risk for hospitalization and further complications in COVID-19 patients in Qatar. Journal Article
Read MoreJournal of Travel Medicine This article reports that the remarkable variations in RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) transmission dynamics during the relaxation of COVID-19 measures in Qatar in late 2020 and 2021 could be mainly attributed to the number of international arrivals and the introduction of RSV from different regions. Journal Article
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