Egypt

The Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Hepatitis B and C Elimination Programs in Egypt: Current Situation and Future Perspective

Egyptian Liver Journal This article examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the machinery of the healthcare systems specifically with respect to Egypt’s viral hepatitis elimination process. Journal Article

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Comparative Genotyping of SARS-CoV-2 among Egyptian Patients: Near-Full Length Genomic Sequences Versus Selected Spike and Nucleocapsid Regions

Medical Microbiology and Immunology This article aims to highlight the molecular epidemiological landscape of COVID-19 in Egypt since the pandemic’s start and describe discrepancies between 3 different genotyping tools. Journal Article

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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Infection in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases: Clinical Characteristics and Relation to Anti-Rheumatic Therapy

The Egyptian Rheumatologist This article aims to describe the clinical manifestations of COVID-19 infection in patients with rheumatic diseases and to investigate their relationship with antirheumatic therapy. Journal Article

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Viral Maintenance and Excretion Dynamics of Coronaviruses within an Egyptian Rousette Fruit Bat Maternal Colony: Considerations for Spillover

Nature Scientific Reports This article aims to identify circulating coronaviruses by investigating shedding dynamics and viral maintenance within a natural maternal colony of Egyptian rousette bats monitored at monthly intervals across two years. Journal Article

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Estimation of Epidemiological Parameters and Ascertainment Rate from Early Transmission of COVID-19 across Africa

Royal Society Open Science This article reconstructs the initial transmission of COVID-19 in 54 African countries (including Algeria, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Libya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia, Sudan, and Tunisia) using a deterministic mathematical model accounting for under-reporting and various levels of severity of infections. Journal Article

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Comparing the Efficacy of Regen-Cov, Remdesivir, and Favipiravir in Reducing Invasive Mechanical Ventilation Need in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients

World Journal of Clinical Cases This article reports the results of an Egyptian study that found that Asirivimab and Imdevimab achieve better clinical outcomes in reducing the need for invasive mechanical ventilation in hospitalized COVID-19 patients, compared to Remdesivir and C Favipiravir. Journal Article

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Body Mass Index as a Major Prognostic Contributing Factor in COVID-19: A Multicentral Egyptian Study

Infection and Drug Resistance This article concludes that the Body Mass Index is a major contributing factor to the outcome of patients with COVID-19 and that patients with extreme BMIs were associated with the worst prognoses. Journal Article

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Role of Personality, Health Beliefs and Fear of COVID-19 in Engagement of Adaptive and Maladaptive Behaviors among Egyptians during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study

The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery This article aims to investigate the association between personality traits, health beliefs, and adaptive or maladaptive behaviors among a population of over 1000 Egyptian adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal Article

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Using the Health Belief Model to Assess COVID-19 Perceptions and Behaviours among a Group of Egyptian Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study

BMC Public Health This article studies the perceptions of a group of Egyptian adults regarding the COVID-19 pandemic using the Health Belief Model (HBM), aiming to measure self-reported practice of preventive behaviors and to identify influencing factors. Journal Article

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Comparison of SARS-Cov-2 Omicron Variant with the Previously Identified SARS-Cov-2 Variants in Egypt, 2020–2022: Insight into SARS-Cov-2 Genome Evolution and Its Impact on Epidemiology, Clinical Picture, Disease Severity, and Mortality

BMC Infectious Diseases This article combines epidemiological data and genomic analysis to better describe the epidemiologic, clinical, and genomic characteristics of the omicron variant in Egypt during the COVID-19 pandemic and compares it to other variants of concern. Journal Article

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