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Assessing the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in Pakistan: A test-negative case-control study
Nisar M, Ansari N, Malik A, Shahid S, Lalani K, Chandna M, Younus A, Hasan Z, Khan U, Khalid F, Mahesar M, Farrukh Qazi M, Yildirim I, Jehan F, Omer S. Assessing the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in Pakistan: A test-negative case-control study. Journal Of Infection 2023, 86: e144-e147. PMID: 36708775, PMCID: PMC9876011, DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2023.01.016.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Respiratory Syncytial Virus–Associated Mortality Among Young Infants in Karachi, Pakistan: A Prospective Postmortem Surveillance Study
Kazi AM, Aguolu OG, Mughis W, Ahsan N, Jamal S, Khan A, Qureshi HM, Yildirim I, Malik FA, Omer SB. Respiratory Syncytial Virus–Associated Mortality Among Young Infants in Karachi, Pakistan: A Prospective Postmortem Surveillance Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2021, 73: s203-s209. PMID: 34472574, PMCID: PMC8411247, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab488.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRespiratory syncytial virusRespiratory symptomsInfant deathRSV seasonalityRole of RSVYoung infantsPresence of RSVMultivariable logistic regression analysisMaternal immunization strategiesSignificant mortality burdenVaccine-hesitant populationYoung infant deathsMultivariable logistic regressionCold-like symptomsSignificant predictorsLogistic regression analysisPostneonatal ageRSV mortalityRSV seasonMaternal immunizationInfant morbidityNasopharyngeal specimensNasopharyngeal swabsSyncytial virusRespiratory illness
2018
Assessment and Validation of Syndromic Case definitions for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Testing in a Low Resource Population
Omer SB, Bednarczyk R, Kazi M, Guterman LB, Aziz F, Allen KE, Yildirim I, Ali SA. Assessment and Validation of Syndromic Case definitions for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Testing in a Low Resource Population. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2018, Publish Ahead of Print: &na;. PMID: 30074977, PMCID: PMC6437080, DOI: 10.1097/inf.0000000000002159.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity-based surveillanceCase definitionRespiratory syncytial virus testingRespiratory syncytial virus infectionSyncytial virus infectionLow-resource populationsStandardized case definitionsSyndromic case definitionsResource-limited settingsVaccine evaluationVirus infectionVirus testingYoung infantsVirus control strategiesModest specificitySurveillanceCyanosisWheezeApneaInfantsInfection