Public Health

Demographic and Viral-Genetic Analyses of COVID-19 Severity in Bahrain Identify Local Risk Factors and a Protective Effect of Polymerase Mutations

August 16, 2022 Bahrain

medRxiv This working paper analyzes paired viral sequencing and non-genetic host data to understand host and viral determinants of severe COVID-19 infections. The authors estimated the effects of demographic variables specific to the Bahrain population and found that the impact of health factors are largely consistent with other populations. Working Paper

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Reverse Immigration Effects for Expatriates in Oman During the COVID-19 Pandemic Shock

August 15, 2022 Oman

International Advances in Economic Research This article investigates whether the COVID-19 pandemic shock had a negative impact on expatriates in the host country (Oman), and it identifies heterogeneous effects among different ethnic groups. Journal Article

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Regional Connectivity Drove Bidirectional Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the Middle East during Travel Restrictions

August 15, 2022 Jordan

Nature Communications This article investigates the relative contributions of regional and intercontinental connectivity to the source-sink dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 for Jordan and the Middle East. By integrating genomic, epidemiological and travel data, the authors show that the source of introductions into Jordan was dynamic across 2020, shifting from intercontinental seeding in the early pandemic to…

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Seroprevalence and Longevity of SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid Antigen-IgG among Health Care Workers in a Large COVID-19 Public Hospital in Saudi Arabia: A Prospective Cohort Study

August 12, 2022 Saudi Arabia

PLOS One This article aims to describe the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 IgG in healthcare workers in Saudi Arabia and to perform 8 months longitudinal follow-up (FU) to assess the duration of detectable IgG. It also aims to explore the risk factors associated with positive SARS-CoV-2 IgG. Journal Article

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Comorbidities and Outcomes among Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 in Upper Egypt

August 12, 2022 Egypt

The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery This article aims to evaluate the impact of comorbidities in COVID-19 patients on the outcome and to determine predictors of prolonged hospital stay, requisite for intensive care unit (ICU) admission. Journal Article

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Monkeypox Caused Less Worry than COVID-19 among the General Population during the First Month of the WHO Monkeypox Alert: Experience from Saudi Arabia

August 11, 2022 Saudi Arabia

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease This article assesses the Saudi public’s perception, worries, and vaccine acceptance for Monkeypox and COVID-19 during the first month of announcement by the World Health Organization. Journal Article

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The Quality of Syrian Healthcare Services during COVID-19: A HEALTHQUAL Approach

August 11, 2022 Syria

Frontiers in Public Health This article evaluates the perceived healthcare service quality in Syria during the COVID-19 pandemic based on hospital type (public and private) using five HEALTHQUAL dimensions. The authors argue that crowdedness environment, medical staff availability and their low salaries, pricing policies as well as the health insurance system, are to blame for…

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The Palestinian Health-Care Providers’ Perceptions, Challenges and Human Rights-Related Concerns during the COVID-19 Pandemic

August 11, 2022 Palestine

International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare This article aims to explore health-care providers’ perceptions, perspectives, challenges and human rights-related concerns during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Palestine. Journal Article

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Modelling the Fourth Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic in Egypt

August 11, 2022 Egypt

Journal of Mathematics and Computer Science This article studies the dynamics of COVID-19 in Egypt using machine learning algorithms and the epidemiological model SEIR. Among the machine learning models studied, two models showed promising results (SVR, SEGPR). Journal Article

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The Attitudes of Public-School Teachers towards E-learning in Saudi Arabia

August 10, 2022 Saudi Arabia

Arab World English Journal This article aims to investigate the attitudes of Saudi public-school teachers towards e-learning during the COVID-19 pandemic and to document their views concerning its advantages and disadvantages. Journal Article

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