Medical Research

Combining COVID-19 and Seasonal Influenza Vaccines Together to Increase the Acceptance of Newly Developed Vaccines in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: A Cross-Sectional Study

Annals of Medicine and Surgery This article assesses the acceptance of simultaneously receiving the seasonal influenza vaccine (SIV) and the COVID-19 vaccine in a single administration to reduce vaccine rejection towards the COVID-19 vaccination among patients in the East Mediterranean Region. Journal Article

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Comparative Study of Total Antibody Titer Against SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein between Male and Female COVID-19 Patients of Different Age Groups in UAE

American Journal of Clinical Pathology This article aims to examine the associations with age, gender, and clinical parameters of total antibody responses against the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 after infection in the UAE population. Journal Article

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Healthcare-Associated Infections in Critical COVID-19 Patients in Tunis: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Outcomes

Acute and Critical Care This article studies the characteristics of all HAIs (healthcare-associated infections) occurring in critically ill COVID-19 patients. Journal Article

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Glycemic Variability and Time in Range among Children with Type 1 Diabetes on Insulin Pump during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Egypt; Single Center Experience

BMC Endocrine Disorders This article aims to assess the impact of COVID-19 on glycemic control and acute complications among children with Type 1 Diabetes on insulin pumps in Egypt. Journal Article

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Predictive Machine Learning Model for Mental Health Issues in Higher Education Students Due to COVID-19 Using HADS Assessment

Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research This article aims to evaluate the mental well-being after COVID-19 in terms of anxiety and depression through Machine Learning algorithms among students pursuing medical and engineering studies in Oman. Journal Article

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The Outcome of Antibiotic Overuse before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Oman

Antibiotics This article aims to assess antibiotics use before and during the COVID-19 pandemic and to correlate the results with the rate of resistant microorganisms detected in hospitalized patients during the study period in Oman. Journal Article

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Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in the Treatment of COVID-19 Induced Cytokine Storm: The First Moroccan Experience

BMC Infectious Diseases This article aims to evaluate the efficiency of therapeutic plasma exchange on critically ill COVID-19 patients by analyzing multiple clinical and biological parameters and comparing two groups of patients. Journal Article

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Blood Stream Infections in COVID-19 Patients From a Tertiary Care Center in Lebanon: Causative Pathogens and Rates of Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms

Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes This article aims to report the microbiological profile of the pathogens implicated in bloodstream infections (BSI) in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Journal Article

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Comparative Reconstruction of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Transmission in Three African Countries Using a Mathematical Model Integrating Immunity Data

IJID Regions This article presents a susceptible–exposed–infected–recovered model including COVID-19 mortality data for Tunisia, Senegal, and Madagascar where the recovery class is structured by specific immunization and modeled by a partial differential equation considering the opposed effects of immunity decline and immunization. Journal Article

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Impact of the SARS‐CoV‐2 Pandemic on the Overall Respiratory Viruses’ Transmission in a Cancer Care Setting

Immunity, Inflammation and Disease This article aims to validate the impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and its interventional measures on COVID-19 transmission and infection rates in a cancer care center in Jordan. Journal Article

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