Featured Publications
Antimicrobial resistance in the protracted Syrian conflict: halting a war in the war
Osman M, Rafei R, Ismail M, Al Omari S, Mallat H, Dabboussi F, Cazer C, Karah N, Abbara A, Hamze M. Antimicrobial resistance in the protracted Syrian conflict: halting a war in the war. Future Microbiology 2021, 16: 825-845. PMID: 34223789, DOI: 10.2217/fmb-2021-0040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSyrian crisisSyrian conflictMassive displacementHost countryEffective policiesMiddle EastInternational health organizationsWarExhausting conditionsConflictCrisisCurrent situationCurrent obstaclesKey interventionsRefugeesGovernmentPolicySyriaCountriesEuropeContextOrganizationEastThreatEmergence
2020
First data on latent tuberculosis infection in Syrian refugees with diabetes in Lebanon
Ismail M, Nour D, Raad G, Osman M, Rafei R, Mallat H, Dabboussi F, Hamze M. First data on latent tuberculosis infection in Syrian refugees with diabetes in Lebanon. Public Health 2020, 189: 97-100. PMID: 33197733, DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2020.09.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLatent tuberculosis infectionTuberculosis infectionQuantiFERON-TB GoldTuberculosis control strategiesCross-sectional studyMean ageRisk factorsClinical dataStudy populationHigh riskBlood samplesDiabetesOlder agePatientsDouble troubleInfectionVulnerable populationsAgeStructured questionnaireRiskNorth LebanonSyrian refugeesPopulationConflict-displaced populationsMellitus