Submissions from 2024
Evaluation of a point-of-care multiplex immunochromatographic assay for the diagnosis of typhoid: Results from a retrospective diagnostic accuracy study, Rumina Hasan, Zahida Azizullah, Hina Shams, Sabine Dittrich, Jason R. Andrews, Richelle C. Charles, Javan Esfandiari, Dhammika Gunasekera, Kevin K A Tetteh, and Jyotshna Sapkota
Efflux pump gene single nucleotide variants associated with resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates with discrepant drug genotypes, Zahra Hasan, Safina Abdul Abdul Razzak, Akber Kanji, Sadia Shakoor, and Rumina Hasan
Pre-existing Igg antibodies to Hcovs Nl63 and Oc43 spike increased during the pandemic and after Covid-19 vaccination, Zahra Hasan, Kiran I. Masood, Shama Qaiser, Mishgan Akhtar, Sadaf Balouch, Junaid Mehmood, Yaqub Wasan, Shahneel Hussain, Khalid Feroz, Atif Habib, Akber Kanji, Erum Khan, Afsar Ali Mian, Rabia Hussain, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Concurrent dengue and malaria infection: A double trouble, Syed Bilal Hashmi, Manal Adil, and Laraib Malik
Leptin-adiponectin ratio: A promising index for metabolic syndrome, Syed Bilal Hashmi and Sibtain Ahmed
Choosing the right equation for calculating indirect LDL-Cholesterol (LDL-C) in adult Pakistani population: Evaluation of seven equations using big data analytics, Syed Bilal Hashmi, Sibtain Ahmed, Shiraz Hashmi, Rasool Bux, and Imran Siddiqui
Fibrin glue in managing intractable gingival bleeding in patients with inherited bleeding disorders-a quasi-experimental pilot study, Shabneez Hussain, Syed Aijaz Ali Zaidi, Sobiya Sawani, and Bushra Moiz
Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its association with CT-based central adiposity measures: A cross-sectional study at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Zainab Hussain, Aysha Habib, and Zafar Sajjad
Pneumococcal carriage and changes in serotype distribution post- PCV13 introduction in children in Matiari, Pakistan, Izn Iqbal, Shahira Shahid, Samiah Kanwar, Furqan Kabir, Fayyaz Umrani, Sheraz Ahmed, Waqasuddin Khan, Muhammad Farrukh Qazi, Fatima Aziz, Sahrish Muneer, Adil Kalam, Aneeta Hotwani, Junaid Mehmood, Abdul Khaliq Qureshi, Zahra Hasan, Sadia Shakoor, Iqbal Azam Syed, Fyezah Jehan, and Muhammad Imran Nisar
BCG activation of trained immunity is associated with induction of cross reactive COVID-19 antibodies in a BCG vaccinated population, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Kumail Ahmed, Tehniat Sattar, Fatima Aziz, and Rabia Hussain
A shared group of bacterial taxa in the duodenal microbiota of undernourished Pakistani children with environmental enteric dysfunction, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Aqsa Khalid, Kamran Sadiq, Zehra Jamil, Kumail Ahmed, Junaid Iqbal, Aneeta Hotwani, Furqan Kabir, Najeeb Rehman, Arjumand Rizvi, Romana Idress, Zubair Ahmed, Sheraz Ahmed, Fayyaz Umrani, Sana Syed, and Syed Asad Ali
Insights from semi-structured interviews on integrating artificial intelligence in clinical chemistry laboratory practices, Lena Jafri, Arsala Jameel Farooqui, Janet Grant, Usmaan Omer, Rodney Gale, Sibtain Ahmed, Aysha Habib, Imran Siddiqui, Farooq Ghani, and Hafsa Majid
Developing and piloting an online course on osteoporosis using a multidisciplinary multi-institute approach- A cross-sectional qualitative study, Lena Jafri, Hafsa Majid, Arsala Jameel Farooqui, Sibtain Ahmed, Muhammad Umer Naeem Effendi, Maseeh uz Zaman, Qamar` Riaz, Noreen Nasir, Syeda Sadia Fatima, Sarah Nadeem, Rizwan Haroon Rashid, and Aysha Habib
Extensive cytomegalovirus gastroduodenitis causing gastric outlet obstruction in an immunocompetent patient, Zunaira Jalil, Zubia Zaman, Sundarta Lund, Naresh Kumar Seetlani, and Sidra Arshad
Extensive cytomegalovirus gastroduodenitis causing gastric outlet obstruction in an immunocompetent patient, Zunaira Jalil, Zubia Zaman, Sundarta Lund, Naresh Kumar Seetlani, and Sidra Arshad
Strain features of pneumococcal isolates in the pre- and post-PCV10 era in Pakistan, Nida Javaid, Asma Basharat, Hadiqa Jaleel, Shaper Mirza, Stephanie W. Lo, Stephen D. Bentley, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Sadia Shakoor, Furqan Kabir, and Aneeta Hotwani
Clinical characteristics, outcome, and factors associated with mortality of pulmonary mucormycosis: A retrospective single-center study from Pakistan, Rameesha Khalid, Iffat Khanum, Kiren Habib, Akbar Shoukat Ali, Joveria Farooqi, Nousheen Iqbal, Taymmia Ejaz, Kauser Jabeen, and Muhammad Irfan
Advancing medical laboratory practice in Pakistan: Insights from a focus group study on technologists' training needs, Fatima Muhammad Asad Khan, Bushra Moiz, Javeria Rehman, Hafsa Majid, Mohammad Zeeshan, Lena Jafri, and Aysha Habib
The Lancet and colonialism: past, present, and future, Mishal Sameer khan, Thirusha Naidu, Irene Torres, Muhammad Naveed Noor, Jesse B Bump B. Bump, and Seye Abimbola
Physicians’ inclination towards standard guidelines and regulations on incentive based prescribing practices in Karachi. A mixed methods study design., Mishal Sameer Khan, Afifah Rahman Shepherd, Zahida Azizullah, Sabeen Shareef Khan, Muhammad Naveed Noor, Nina van der Mark, Sadia Shakoor, Rumina Hasan, and Amna Rehana Siddiqui
"Caught in Each Other's Traps": Factors perpetuating incentive-linked prescribing deals between physicians and the pharmaceutical industry, Mishal Sameer Khan, Afifah Rahman Shepherd, Muhammad Naveed Noor, Sadia Shakoor, Sameen Siddiqi, Rumina Hasan, Sabeen Sharif, Amna Siddiqui, Wafa Aftab, and Catherine Goodman
Beyond the ordinary: Paeniclostridium sordellii osteomyelitis in a young male patient from Pakistan, Moiz Ahmed Khan, Syeda Samiya Kamal, and Summaiya Zafar
The race against time: Zika virus on the horizon in Pakistan, Moiz Ahmed khan and Summaiya Zafar
Fertility patterns in Pakistan: A comparative analysis of family planning trends across different geographic regions, Noor Ullah Khan, Nida Asif, Itrat Zehra, Gopika Mg, Sameen Arshad, and Mah I Kan Changez
Building research capacity in low- and middle-income countries and pandemic preparedness: Lessons learned and future directions, Peter H. Kilmarx, Karen A. Goralesk, Erum Khan, John F. Lindo, and Nancy Gore Saravia
Bacterial contamination of platelets concentrates in a lower middle-income country: Data from a single tertiary care hospital, Bhawna Kumari, Hasan Hayat, Seema Irfan, Abdullah Khalid, and Bushra Moiz
Need for ICU and outcome of critically ill patients with COVID-19 and haematological malignancies: results from the EPICOVIDEHA survey, Tobias Lahmer, Jon Salmanton García, Francesco Marchesi, Shaimaa El Ashwah, Marcio Nucci, Caroline Besson, Federico Itri, Ozren Jaksic, Natasha Colovic, and Natasha Bahadur Ali
Global, regional, and national age-specific progress towards the 2020 milestones of the WHO end TB strategy: A systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2021, Jorge R. Ledesma, Jianing Ma Ma, Huong Chu, Kate Elizabeth LeGrand, Xiaochen Dai, Austin Robert Carter Robert Carter, Jennifer Ross, Hedayat Abbastabar, Deldar Morad Abdulah, and Rumina Hasan
Myoepithelial tumors of soft tissue and bone in children and young adults: A clinicopathologic study of 40 cases occurring in patients ≤ 21 Years of age, Suzanna J. Logan, Carina A. Dehner, Fatimah I. Alruwaii, Nasir uddin, Damon R. Olson, Karen J. Fritchie, Gregory W. Charville, Melissa M. Blessing, and Andrew L. Folpe
Metabolomics in Pakistan: A comprehensive analysis of availability, practices, and challenges in clinical laboratories, Hafsa Majid, Aamir Ijaz, Lena Jafri, Imran Siddiqui, Sibtain Ahmed, and Aysha Habib
Enhancing specimen collection skills for dried blood spots through an immersive virtual learning environment: A cross-sectional study, Hafsa Majid, Lena Jafri, Shanzay Rehman, Azeema Jamil, Aysha Habib, Fatima Khanam, and Nadir Shah
Reappraisal of soft tissue myoepithelial tumors by DNA methylation profiling reveals an epigenetically distinct group of mostly fusion-driven neoplasms, Faizan Malik, Selene C. Koo, Nasir uddin, Quynh T. Tran, Oscar Lopez- Nunez, Sabina Barresi, Silvia Vallese, Giuseppe Milano, Evelina Miele, Michael R. Clay, Rita Alaggio, and Brent A. Orr
SARS-CoV-2 variants induce increased inflammatory gene expression but reduced interferon responses and heme synthesis as compared with wild type strains, Mariam Merchant, Javaria Ashraf, Kiran Iqbal Masood, Maliha Yameen, Rabia Hussain, Asghar Nasir, and Zahra Hasan
Shift in SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern from Delta to Omicron was associated with reduced hospitalizations, increased risk of breakthrough infections but lesser disease severity, Fridah Mwendwa, Akber Kanji, Sayed Ali Raza Bukhari, Unab Khan, Ayesha Sadiqa, Zain Mushtaq, Nosheen Nasir, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Uzma Bashir Aamir, and Zahra Hasan
Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance 1990-2021: A systematic analysis with forecasts to 2050, Mohsen Naghavi, Stein Emil Vollset, Kevin S. Ikuta, Lucien R. Swetschinski, Authia P. Gray, Eve E. Wool, Gisela Robles Aguilar, Tomislav Meštrović, Chieh Han, Rumina Hasan, Rebecca L. Hsu, Julian Chalek, Daniel T. Araki, Erin Chung, and Catalina Raggi
Linezolid-resistant enterococcus faecium clinical isolates from Pakistan: A genomic analysis, Syed Ali Raza Nasir, Mohammad Zeeshan, Najia Bano Ghanchi, Noureen Saeed, Hassan Ghayas, Sadaf Zaka, Javaria Ashraf, Kauser Jabeen, Joveria Farooqi, Zahra Hasan, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Mehreen Arshad, Erum Khan, and Rumina Hasan
Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in a patient with BRCA1 mutation: A rare association, Saad Salim Naviwala, Mirza Rameez Samar, Daania Shoaib, Fizza Akbar, Romana Idress, and Yasmin Abdul Rashid
Healthcare consumers' perceptions of incentive-linked prescribing: A scoping review, Muhammad Naveed Noor, Haider Safdar Abbasi, Zahida Azizullah, Rumina Hasan, Sadia Shakoor, Nina van Der Mark, Janice Linton, Afifah Rahman Shepherd, Amna Rehana Siddiqui, and Mishal Sameer Khan
Incentive-linked prescribing and the plights of patients: A qualitative study in Pakistan, Muhammad Naveed Noor, Zahida Azizullah, Haider Safdar Abbasi, Rumina Hasan, Sadia Shakoor, Nina van der Mark, Afifah Rahman Shepherd, Mishal Sameer Khan, and Amna Rehana Siddiqui
What happens when private general practitioners receive incentivisation offers from pharmaceutical sales representatives? A qualitative study in Pakistan, Muhammad Naveed Noor, Sabeen Sharif Khan, Rumina Hasan, Iqbal Azam Syed, Sameen Siddiqi, Sadia Shakoor, Robyna Irshad Khan, Amna Rehana Siddiqui, Faiza Bhutto, and Afshan Khurshid Isani
What happens when private general practitioners receive incentivisation offers from pharmaceutical sales representatives? A qualitative study in Pakistan, Muhammad Naveed Noor, Afifah Rahman Shepherd, Sabeen Sharif Khan, Rumina Hasan, Amna Rehana Siddiqui, Iqbal Azam, Sameen Siddiqi, Robyna Irshad Khan, and Sadia Shakoor
Guiding postmenopausal care for osteoporosis: First evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for Pakistan, Alina Pervez, Manju Chandran, and Aysha Habib
Formulation of workplace-based assessments (WBAs) and entrustable professional activities (EPAs) for postgraduate medical trainees in clinical biochemistry, Tahir S. Pillay, Lena Jafri, and Rivak Punchoo
Unmet needs and barriers in venous thromboembolism education and awareness among people living with cancer: A global survey, Nicola Potere, Isabelle Mahé, Pantep Angchaisuksiri, Gabriela Cesarman Maus, Chee Wee Tan, Anila Rashid, Farjah H. AlGahtani, Egidio Imbalzan, Nick van Es, and Avi Leader
Allostatic load as a mediator and perceived chronic stress as a moderator in the association between maternal mental health and preterm birth: A prospective cohort study of pregnant women in Pakistan, Shahirose Sadrudin Premji, Sharifa Bashir Lalani, Farooq Ghani, Sidrah Nausheen, Geoffrey Omuse, Wangira Musana, Nazneen Islam, Ntonghanwah Forcheh, Neelofur Babar, Nicole Letourneau, Salima Sulaiman, Shahnaz Shahid Ali, Aliyah Dosani, and Ilona S. Yim
Longevity of immune response after a single dose of typhoid conjugate vaccine against Salmonella Typhi among children in Hyderabad, Pakistan, Farah Naz Qamar, Sonia Qureshi, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Ibtisam Qazi, Seema Irfan, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Zohra Amalik, Aneeta Hotwani, Qumber Ali, Irum Fatima Dehraj, and Najeeb Rehman
Recurrent Wnt Pathway and ARID1A alterations in sinonasal olfactory carcinoma, Lisa M. Rooper, Abbas Agaimy, Diana Bell, Jeffrey Gagan, Gary L. Gallia, Vickie Y. Jo, James S. Lewis, Nyall R. London, Michiya Nishino, and Nasir uddin
Temporary persistence of bedaquiline-resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates under bedaquiline pressure as a model to explore resistance mechanisms, Dania Khalid Saeed, Sadia Shakoor, Zahra Hasan, Safina Abdul Razzak, Javaria Ashraf, Zahida Azizullah, Akber Kanji, and Rumina Hasan
Sensitivity and predictive value of the frozen section of sentinel lymph node biopsy in the post-neoadjuvant setting: Experience from a tertiary care hospital in a resource-limited country, Fatima Safdar, Romana Idress, and Lubna Vohra
A comprehensive clinicopathologic and molecular reappraisal of GLI1-altered mesenchymal tumors with pooled outcome analysis showing poor survival in GLI1- amplified versus GLI1-rearranged tumors, Carla Saoud, Abbas Agaimy, Josephine K. Dermawan, Nasir uddin, Jie- Fu Chen, Marc K. Rosenblum, Brendan C. Dickson, Nooshin Dashti, Michael Michal, and Karen Albritton
Evaluation of hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine for the prevention of COVID-19 (COPCOV): A double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial, William H. K. Schilling, Mavuto Mukaka, James J. Callery, Martin J. Llewelyn, Cintia V. Cruz, Mehul Dhorda, Thatsanun Ngernseng, Mohammad Asim Beg, Farah Qamar, and Abdul Momin Kazi
Microscopic colitis in a young male: Unveiling the Rarity, Yumna Shahid, Zahabia Sohail, Adeel Ur rehman, and Zeeshan Uddin
Angiosarcoma arising in a vagal schwannoma - Report and literature review, Zeeshan Ali Shaikh, Iqbal A Muhammad Khyani, Asad Diwan, Paras Naseem, and Hasan Abbas
A curious case of primary gastric mucosal melanoma, Zahabia Sohail, Mirza Rameez Samar, Adeeba Zaki, Neelam Jawed Qureshi, and Sidra Arshad
Diagnostic utility of anti-thyroid peroxidase immunohistochemistry in the identification of papillary thyroid carcinoma, Sahar Suleman, Saira Fatima, and Muhammad Usman Tariq
Risk factors of crimean-congo haemorrhagic fever in Sindh Province, Pakistan, Muhammad Asif Syed, Ishfaque Hussain Memon, Zeeshan Ansar Ahmed, Muhammad Ilyas Siddiqui, Kishwar Jehandad, Nayyar Nawaz Baloch, Hamza Jamal, Aamir Hussain, Naveed Masood Memon, Masroor Hussain Syed, Robert E. Fontaine, and Paola Rullán- Oliver
Accuracy and comparison of core needle biopsy diagnoses with excision specimen for diagnosing fibroepithelial lesions of the breast, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Alka Rani, Naila Kayani, Abida K. Sattar, Lubna Vohra, and Romana Idress
Clinicopathological characteristics of extranodal Rosai-Dorfman disease: A retrospective case series of 25 patients, Pierre T C Tran, Nasir uddin, Zhengfan Xu, and Beena U. Ahsan
WHO model list of essential in vitro diagnostics: strengthening diagnostics capacity to transform health care for all, Dario Trapani, Patricia j. Garcia, Lee Schroeder, Rashad Abdul Ghani, Amina Hansali, Paulinus Nnamdi Offutalu, William Sewell, Sadia Shakoor, Lyu Yunfeng, and Naofumi Hashimoto
A novel homozygous FAM92A gene (CIBAR1) variant further confirms its association with non-syndromic postaxial polydactyly type A9 (PAPA9), Muhammad Umair, Zaheer Ahmed, Bilal Shaker, Muhammad Bilal, Abdulkareem Al Abdulrahman, Hammal Khan, Muhammad Jawad Khan, and Majid Alfadhel
Mutated neuron navigator 3 as a candidate gene for a rare neurodevelopmental disorder, Muhammad Umair, Meshael Alharbi, Essra Aloyouni, Abdulkareem Al Abdulrahman, Mohammed Aldrees, Abeer Al Tuwaijri, Muhammad Bilal, and Majid Alfadhel
Aetiology and use of antibiotics in pregnancy-related infections: results of the WHO global maternal sepsis study (GLOSS), 1-week inception cohort, Carolina C Ribeiro Valle, Mercedes Bonet, Edgardo Abalos, Adama Baguiya, Fernando Bellissimo Rodrigues, Mihaela Budianu, Marian Knight Knight, David Lissauer, Catherine Dunlop, and Sadia Shakoor
A journey of innovation: 40 years of pioneering medical education at the Aga Khan University Medical College in Karachi, Pakistan, Maham Vaqar, Muhammed Tariq, Muhammad Rizwan Khan, Sadaf Khan, Qamar` Riaz, Sana Mahmood, Natasha Bahadur Ali, and Adil H. Haider
YAP1::KMT2A-rearranged sarcomas harbor a unique methylation profile and are distinct from sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma and low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma, Laura M. Warmke, Baptiste Ameline, Karen J. Fritchie, Carina A. Dehner, Abbas Agaimy, Nasir uddin, Markku M. Miettinen, John M. Gross, Judith J. Thangaiah, and John SA Chrisinger
Xanthogranulomatous epithelial tumors/keratin-positive giant cell-rich tumors involving the head and neck: Report of seven cases and review of the literature, Rumeal D. Whaley, Abbas Agaimy, Julia A. Bridge, Robert Stoehr, Nasir Uddin, Jeffrey Gagan, Debby Rampisela, Andrew L. Folpe, and Justin A. Bishop
Case of embryonal tumor multilayered rosettes in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1, Soha Zahid, Farrah Bashir, Mohammad Khurram Minhas, Kiran Hilal, and Naureen Mushtaq
Daptomycin MICs by broth microdilution method against staphylococcus aureus in clinical specimens: A cross-sectional study from Pakistan, Mohammad Zeeshan, Imran Ahmed, Seema Irfan, Afia Zafar, and Moiz Ahmed khan
Chromoblastomycosis: A single centre clinical laboratory experience of seven years (2016-2022) and literature review from Pakistan, Mohammad Zeeshan, Saira Fatima, Joveria Farooqi, Rabiya Owais, Arsalan Ahmed, Kauser Jabeen, and Afia Zafar
Model for detecting metastatic deposits in lymph nodes of colorectal carcinoma on digital/ non-WSI images, Talat Zehra, Sarosh Moeen, Mahin Shams, Muhammad Raza, Amna Khurshid, Asad Jafri, and Jamshid Abdul- Ghafar
Machine-learning-based integrative -'omics analyses reveal immunologic and metabolic dysregulation in environmental enteric dysfunction, Fatima Zulqarnain, Xueheng Zhao, Yash Sharma, Phillip Fernandes, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Najeeb Rehman, Kamran Sadiq, Zubair Ahmad, Romana Idress, Junaid Iqbal, Sheraz Ahmed, Aneeta Hotwani, Fayyaz Umrani, Syed Asad Ali, Sana Syed, Beatrice Amadi, and Paul Kelly
Submissions from 2023
A versatile tool for precise variant calling in mycobacterium tuberculosis genetic polymorphisms, Safina Abdul Abdul Razzak, Zahra Hasan, M. Kamran Azim, Akber Kanji, Sadia Shakoor, and Rumina Hasan
Climate change justice goes beyond authorship equity, Muhammad Abbas Abid and Muhammad Bilal Abid
Pakistan's battle against HIV, Muhammad Abbas Abid, Maya Kaim Khani, and Muhammad Bilal Abid
The aftermath of floods in Pakistan: A public health emergency, Muhammad Abbas Abid, M Kaim Khani, and M B. Abid
The mighty metabolomics: Emerging tool for disease diagnostics, Nayab Afzal
RREB1::MRTFB fusion-positive extra-glossal mesenchymal neoplasms: A series of five cases expanding their anatomic distribution and highlighting significant morphological and phenotypic diversity, Abbas Agaimy, Nasir uddin, Josephine K. Dermawan, Florian Haller, Katja Melzer, Axel Denz, Daniel Baumhoer, Robert Stoehr, Robert Grützmann, and Cristina R. Antonescu
Events in CNS tumor pathology post-2016 WHO CNS: cIMPACT-NOW updates and other advancements: A comprehensive review plus a summary of the salient features of 2021 WHO CNS 5, Zubair Ahmad, Shabina Rahim, Jamshid Abdul-Ghafarr, Qurratulain Chundriger, and Nasir uddin
Evaluation of the clinical, biochemical, and genetic presentation of neonatal and adult-onset 5,10-methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) deficiency in patients from Pakistan, Sibtain Ahmed, Fizza Akbar, Ralph J. DeBerardinis, Min Ni, and Bushra Afroze
Assessing the knowledge, attitude and practice of osteoporosis among Pakistani women: A national social-media based survey, Sibtain Ahmed, Arsala Jameel Farooqui, Nousheen Pradhan, Nawazish Zehra, Hafsa Majid, Lena Jafri, and Aysha Habib
L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria - review of literature and case series, Sibtain Ahmed, Ayra Siddiqui, Ralph J. DeBerardinis, Min Ni, Wen Gu Lai, Feng Cai, Hieu S. Vu, and Bushra Afroze
Editorial: Recent advances in vitamin D supplementation for improved reproductive endocrine and metabolic parameters, Faiza Alam, Aysha Habib, Mukhtiar Baig, and Rehana Rehman
Postoperative radiotherapy for high-grade primary cardiac spindle cell sarcoma: a rare entity, Tooba Ali, Nasir Ali, laraib khan, and Mohammad Khurram Minhas
Overlooked candida glabrata petites are echinocandin tolerant, induce host inflammatory responses, and display poor in vivo fitness, Amir Arastehfar, Farnaz Daneshnia, Hrant Hovhannisyan, Diego Fuentes, Nathaly Cabrera, Christopher Quinteros, Macit Ilkit, Nevzat Ünal, Suleyha Hilmioğlu-Polat, Kauser Jabeen, and Sadaf Zaka
Substitution spectra of SARS-CoV-2 genome from Pakistan reveals insights into the evolution of variants across the pandemic, Javaria Ashraf, Sayed Ali Raza Bukhari, Akber Kanji, Tulaib Iqbal, Maliha Yameen, Waqasuddin Khan, and Zahra Hasan
Sequence Variants in the WNT10B Underlying Non-Syndromic Split-Hand/Foot Malformation, Muhammad Bilal, Wasim Ahmad, Imtiaz Ahmad, Tobias B. Haack, Rebecca Buchert, Susana Peralta, and Sanaullah Abbasi Abbasi
Sequential viral introductions and spread of BA.1 across Pakistan provinces during the Omicron wave, Ali Raza Bukhari, Javaria Ashraf, Akber Kanji, Yusra Abdul Rehman, Maliha Yameen, Samiah Kanwar, Waqasuddin Khan, Furqan Kabir, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Rumina Hasan, and Zahra Hasan
National cervical cancer burden estimation through systematic review and analysis of publicly available data in Pakistan, Novera G. Chughtai, Kausar Perveen, Sehar Rahim Gillani, Aamir Abbas, Afshan Anwar, Salima Karani, Ali Aahil Noorali, Maheen Zakaria, Uzma Shamsi, Uzma Chishti, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Shahid Pervez, and Zainab Samad
Enterobacterales draft genome sequences: 15 historical (1998-2004) and 30 contemporary (2015-2016) clinical isolates from Pakistan, Matthew A. Crawford, Christine Lascols, Sara Lomonaco, Ruth E. Timme, Debra J. Fisher, Kevin Anderson, David R. Hodge, Stephen A. Morse, Segaran P. Pillai, and Erum Khan
Response to ifosfamide, carboplatin, etoposide (ICE) vs. dexamethasone, cytarabine cisplatin (DHAP) as salvage chemotherapy in patients with relapsed/refractory lymphoma, Kanta Devi, Salman Muhammad Soomar, Mohammad Usman Shaikh, and Natasha Bahadur Ali
Utility of MUC4 in the diagnosis of secretory carcinoma of salivary glands, Saira Fatima, Arsalan Ahmed, Sahar Suleman, and Nasir uddin
COVID-19 diagnostic testing underestimated cases amongst females in Pakistan, Najia Bano Ghanchi, Kiran I. Masood, Asghar Nasir, Nazneen Islam, Zeeshan Ansar Ahmed, and Zahra Hasan
Community-acquired meningoencephalitis due to concomitant infection caused by Naegleria fowleri and Streptococcus pneumoniae from Karachi, Pakistan: A Case Report, Najia Karim Ghanchi, Safia Bibi, Binish Arif Sultan, and Afia Zafar
The PURPOSe cause of death study in stillbirths and neonatal deaths in India and Pakistan: A review, Robert L. Goldenberg, Sarah Saleem, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Janet Moore, Gowdar Guruprasad, Shiyam Sunder Tikmani, Sidrah Nausheen, Shazia Masheer, Najia Bano Ghanchi, and Imran Ahmed
Target product profiles: Tests for tuberculosis treatment monitoring and optimization, Ankur Gupta-Wright, Saskia den Boon, EmilyL L. MacLean, Daniela Cirillo, Frank Cobelens, Stephen H. Gillespie, Mikashmi Kohli, Morten Ruhwald, Rada Savic, and Rumina Hasan
Pathogens identified in the internal tissues and placentas of stillbirths: Results from the prospective, observational PURPOSe study, S U Harakuni, M S Somannavar, Najia Karim Ghanchi, I Ahmed, A Zafar, J Kim, S S Tikmani, K Hwang, S Saleem, and S S Goudar
High-risk HPV prevalence in Pakistani females highlights need for robust cervical cancer screening, Zahra Hasan, Aliya Aziz, Mishgan Azam Akhtar, Kiran Iqbal Masood, Sarfraz Ali, Amir Raza, Romana Idress, Syeda Mahnoor Zaidi, Najia Bano Ghanchi, and Nazneen Islam
Value of 3-D-printed swabs for respiratory sampling and testing, Zahra Hasan, Angila Iqbal, Imran Ahmed, Moiz Ahmed khan, Kauser Jabeen, Nazneen Islam, Erum Khan, and Saleem Sayani
Evaluation of 3-D printed swabs for respiratory sampling and testing for SARS-CoV-2 during the early pandemic period, Zahra Hasan, Angila Iqbal Iqbal, Imran Ahmed, Moiz Khan, Kauser Jabeen, Nazneen Islam, Erum Khan, and Saleem Sayani
Investigating the impact of prior COVID-19 on IgG antibody and interferon γ responses after BBIBP-CorV vaccination in a disease endemic population: A prospective observational study, Zahra Hasan, Kiran Iqbal Masood, Shama Qaiser, Erum Khan, Areeba Hussain, Zara Ghous, Unab Khan, Maliha Yameen, I Hassan, Muhammad Imran Nasir, Muhammad Farrukh Qazi, Haris Masooq, Shiza Ali, Sadaf Baloch, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Kulsoom Ghias, and Rabia Hussain
Whole-genome sequencing reveals genotypic resistance in phenotypically susceptible mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates, Zahra Hasan, Safina Abdul Razzak, Akber Kanji, Sadia Shakoor, and Rumina Hasan