Submissions from 2020
Cardiac Abnormalities seen in pediatric patients during the SARS-CoV2 pandemic: An international experience, Bradley C. Clark, Joan Sanchez-de-Toledo, Carles Bautista-Rodriguez, Nadine Choueiter, Diego Lara, Hechaan Kang, Shazia Mohsin, Alain Fraisse, Sergi Cesar, and Nadeem Aslam
Associations between household-level exposures and all-cause diarrhea and pathogen-specific enteric infections in children enrolled in five sentinel surveillance studies, Josh M. Colston, Abu S G. Faruque, M Jahangir Hossain, Debasish Saha, Suman Kanungo, Inácio Mandomando, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Anita K. M. Zaidi, Richard Omore, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Impact of conflict on maternal and child health service delivery - how and how not: A country case study of conflict affected areas of Pakistan, Jai K. Das, Zahra Ali Padhani, Sultana Jabeen, Arjumand Rizvi, Uzair Ansari, Malika Fatima, Ghulam Akbar, Wardah Ahmed, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Paediatric porphyria and human hemin: A treatment challenge in a lower middle income country, Syeda Anum Fatima, Humaira Jurair, Qalab Abbas, and Arshalooz Rahman
Researching the delivery of health and nutrition interventions for women and children in the context of armed conflict: Lessons on research challenges and strategies from BRANCH Consortium case studies of Somalia, Mali, Pakistan and Afghanistan, Michelle F. Gaffey, Anushka Ataullahjan, Jai K. Das, Mohammed Shafiq Mirzazada, Moctar Tounkara, Abdirisak A. Dalmar, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Performance of lung ultrasound in the diagnosis of pediatric pneumonia in Mozambique and Pakistan, Amy Sarah Ginsburg, Jennifer L. Lenahan, Fyezah Jehan, Rubao Bila, Alessandro Lamorte, Jun Hwang, Lola Madrid, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Benazir Baloch, and Naila Nadeem
Impact of home-based family planning counselling and referral on modern contraceptive use in Karachi, Pakistan: A retrospective, cross-sectional matched control study, Kristy Hackett, Elizabeth Henry, Imtiaz Hussain, Mirbaz Khan, Khalid Feroz, Navdep Kaur, Ryoko Sato, Sajid Bashir Soofi, David Canning, and Iqbal Shah
Characteristics of preterm with sight threatening retinopathy of prematurity, Muhammad Hanif, Shabina Ariff, Aisha Ansar, Khabir Ahmad, and Ali Shabbir Hussain
Machine learning model demonstrates stunting at birth and systemic inflammatory biomarkers as predictors of subsequent infant growth - A four-year prospective study, Elizabeth Harrison, Sana Syed, Lubaina Ehsan, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Kamran Sadiq, Fayyaz Umrani, Sheraz Ahmed, Najeeb Rahman, Sadaf Jakhro, Jennie Z. Ma, Molly Hughes, and Syed Asad Ali
Challenges and special aspects of pulmonary hypertension in middle- to low-income regions: JACC state-of-the-art review, Babar Hasan, Georg Hansmann, Werner Budts, Alexandra Heath, Zahra Hoodbhoy, Zhi-Cheng Jing, Martin Koestenberger, Katharina Meinel, Ana Olga Mocumbi, and Ganna D. Radchenko
Seasonal influence on postoperative hip fracture complications: Retrospective cohort of more than 1000 patients from a tertiary-care university hospital, Obada Hasan, Mashal Amin, Fatima Mahmood, Amna Rabbani, Umar Rabbani, and Shahryar Noordin
Do new trainees pose a threat to postoperative complications after hip fracture surgeries? Retrospective cohort of 1045 patients over a decade at a university hospital, Obada Hasan, Mashal Amin, Umar Rabbani, Amna Rabbani, Fatima Mahmood, and Shahryar Noordin
Early intervention physical therapy using "parent empowerment program" for children with down syndrome in Pakistan: A feasibility study, Zehra Habib Hasan, Memoona Salman Sheikh, Zahra Hoodbhoy, Syed Iqbal Azam, and Margaret O'Nei
Utilization of blood culture in south Asia for the diagnosis and treatment of febrile illness, Caitlin Hemlock, Stephen P. Luby, Shampa Saha, Farah Naz Qamar, Jason R. Andrews, Samir K. Saha, Dipesh Tamrakar, Kashmira Date, Ashley T. Longley, Denise O. Garrett, and Isaac I. Bogoch
A framework for improving parent satisfaction with the inpatient pediatric admission process: Experience from a low-resource setting, Zahra Hoodbhoy, Muneera Rasheed, Farheen Sherali, Sehrish Hussain, Rahmat Hassan, Aneela Hameed, Rashid Ali, and Babar Hasan
An application of the list experiment to estimate abortion prevalence in Karachi, Pakistan, Sarah Huber-Krum, Kristy Hackett, Navdep Kaur, Sidrah Nausheen, Sajid Bashir Soofi, David Canning, and Iqbal Shah
CLABSI reduction using evidence based interventions and nurse empowerment: A quality improvement initiative from a tertiary care NICU in Pakistan, Ali Shabbir Hussain, Anjum Mohyuddin Ahmed, Saba Arbab, Shabina Ariff, Syed Rehan Ali, Simon Demas, Jehan Zeb, Arjumand Rizvi, Ali Faisal Saleem Dr, and Joveria Farooqi
Neurodevelopment outcome of neonates treated with intraventricular colistin for ventriculitis caused by multiple drug-resistant pathogens-A case series, Kashif Hussain, Muhammad Sohail Salat, Gul Ambreen, and Javaid Iqbal
Intravenous vs intravenous plus aerosolized colistin for treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia - A matched case-control study in neonates, Kashif Hussain, Muhammad Sohail Salat, Gul Ambreen, Ambreen Mughal, Sidra Idrees, Mehreen Sohail, and Javaid Iqbal
Reduction of cardiac iron overload by optimising iron chelation therapy in transfusion dependent thalassaemia using cardiac T2* MRI: A quality improvement project from Pakistan, Shabneez Hussain, Zahra Hoodbhoy, Fatima Ali, Erum Hasan, Najveen Alvi, Aijaz Hussain, Khajista Ishrat, Zia Ur Rahman, Azizuddin Qamruddin, Azra Parvin, and Babar Hasan
Correction to: Epidemiology of patients presenting to a pediatric emergency department in Karachi, Pakistan, Nadir Ijaz, Matthew Strehlow, N Ewen Wang, Elizabeth Pirrotta, Areeba Tariq, Naseeruddin Mahmood, and Swaminatha Mahadevan
A race against time: Reduced azithromycin susceptibility in salmonella enterica serovar typhi in Pakistan, Junaid Iqbal, Irum Fatima Dehraj, Megan E. Carey, Zoe A. Dyson, Denise Garrett, Jessica C. Seidman, Furqan Kabir, Senjuti Saha, Stephen Baker, and Farah Naz Qamar
Sepsis induced pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome (PARDS) - Are biomarkers the answer in a resource limited setting?, Sidra Ishaque
Elective tracheostomy in critically ill children: A 10-year single-center experience from a lower-middle income country, Sidra Ishaque, Anwarul Haque, Saqib Hamid Qazi, Hamdan Mallick, and Saad Nasir
Neurocognitive abilities in individuals with down syndrome-A narrative review, Sidra Kaleem Jafri and Karen Elizabeth Harman
Low vaccination in rural Sindh, Pakistan: A case of refusal, ignorance or access?, Durenaz Jamal, Shehla Zaidi, Sara Husain, David W. Orr, Atif Riaz, Asif A. Farrukhi, and Rabia Najmi Taha
Multiomics characterization of preterm birth in low- and middle-income countries, Fyezah Jehan, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Muhammad Ilyas, Usma Mehmood, Aneeta Hotwani, Ambreen Nizar, Sajid Muhammad, Waqasuddin Khan, Javairia Khalid, and Furqan Kabir
Randomized trial of amoxicillin for pneumonia in Pakistan, Fyezah Jehan, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Salima Kerai, Benazir Baloch, Nick Brown, Najeeb Rahman, Arjumand Rizvi, Yasir Shafiq, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Amoxicillin course length or use in childhood pneumonia in underserved areas. Reply, Fyezah Jehan, Muhammad Imran Nisar, and Arjumand Rizvi
Current challenges of digital health interventions in Pakistan: Mixed methods analysis, Abdul Momin Kazi, Saad Ahmed Qazi, Nazia Ahsan, Sadori Khawaja, Fareeha Sameen, Muhammad Ayub Khan Mughal, Zabin Wajidali, Hussain Kalimuddin, Yasir Rauf, and Fatima Mahmood
An artificial intelligence-based, personalized smartphone app to improve childhood immunization coverage and timelines among children in Pakistan: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial, Abdul Momin Kazi, Saad Ahmed Qazi, Sadori Khawaja, Nazia Ahsan, Rao Moueed Ahmed, Muhammad Ayub Khan Mughal, Hussain Kalimuddin, Yasir Rauf, Mehreen Raza, and Saima Jamal
Position paper: Challenges and specific strategies for constitutional mismatch repair deficiency syndrome in low-resource settings, Rejin Kebudi, Nisreen Amayiri, Malak Abedalthagafi, Asım Noor Rana, Salman Kirmani, Naureen Musthaq, Zakiya Al Lamki, Jamila El Houdzi, Hulya Yazici, and Shahenda El-Naggar
RARE-55. Challenges and specific strategies for constitutional mismatch repair deficiency syndrome in low resource settings. on behalf of the international RRD consortium in low resource settings panel, Rejin Kebudi, Nisreen Amayiri N, Malak Abedalthagafi, Asim Noor Rana, Salman Kirmani, Naureen Musthaq, Zakiya Al Lamki, Jamilla El Houdzi, Hulya Yazıcı, and S El-Naggar
Effectiveness of wheat soya blend supplementation during pregnancy and lactation on pregnancy outcomes and nutritional status of their infants at 6 months of age in Thatta and Sujawal districts of Sindh, Pakistan: A cluster randomized-controlled trial, Gul Nawaz Khan, Shabina Ariff, Sumra Kureishy, Muhammad Sajid, Arjumand Rizvi, Cecilia Garzon, Mica Jenkins, Saskia de Pee, Sajid Bashir Soofi, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Specialized nutritious food combined with cash transfers and social and behavior change communication to prevent stunting among children aged 6 to 23 months in Pakistan: Protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial, Gul Nawaz Khan, Sumra Kureishy, Shabina Ariff, Atif Habib, Asra Abeer Usmani, Areeba Mubarik, Masawar Hussain, Naveed Akbar, Pablo Rodriguez De Castro, Alba Cecilia Garzon, Saskia De Pee, and Sajid Bashir Soofi
Effect of lipid-based nutrient supplement-Medium quantity on reduction of stunting in children 6-23 months of age in Sindh, Pakistan: A cluster randomized controlled trial, Gul Nawaz Khan, Sumra Kureishy, Shabina Ariff, Arjumand Rizvi, Muhammad Sajid, Cecilia Garzon, Ali Ahmad Khan, Saskia de Pee, Sajid Bashir Soofi, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
A descriptive study of double burden of malnutrition in mothers of children with severe acute malnutrition admitted in children hospital and institute of child health, Multan, Saadia Khan, Umme Ammara, Reema Arshad, Farah Naz, and Kamran Ishfaq
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on paediatric services at a referral centre in Pakistan: Lessons from a low-income and middle-income country setting, Salman Kirmani and Ali Faisal Saleem
Reasons for facebook usage: Data from 46 countries, Marta Kowal, Piotr Sorokowski, Agnieszka Sorokowska, Małgorzata Dobrowolska, Katarzyna Pisanski, Anna Oleszkiewicz, Toivo Aavik, Grace Akello, Charlotte Alm, and Rizwana Shaikh
Exploring the influence of socio-cultural factors and environmental resources on the health related quality of life of children and adolescents after congenital heart disease surgery: parental perspectives from a low middle income country, Laila Ladak, Robyn Gallagher, Babar Hasan, Khadija Awais, Ahmed Abdullah, and Janice Gullick
Health-related quality of life in adult CHD surgical patients in a low middle-income country: A mixed-methods study, Laila Ladak, Robyn Gallagher, Babar Hasan, Khadija Awais, Ahmed Abdullah, and Janice Gullick
Diarrhoeal disease and subsequent risk of death in infants and children residing in low-income and middle-income countries: Analysis of the gems case-control study and 12-month gems-1a follow-on study, Myron M. Levine, Dilruba Nasrin, Sozinho Acácio, Quique Bassat, Helen Powell, Sharon M. Tennant, Samba O. Sow, Anita K. M. Zaidi, Shahida Qureshi, and Farheen Quadri
A novel histological index for evaluation of environmental enteric dysfunction identifies geographic-specific features of enteropathy among children with suboptimal growth, Ta-Chiang Liu, Kelley VanBuskirk, Syed Asad Ali, M. Paul Kelly, Lori R. Holtz, Omer H. Yilmaz, Kamran Sadiq, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Beatrice Amadi, and Sana Syed
Maternal risk factors and short term outcome of prematurity: A descriptive study at a secondary care hospital, Heeramani Lohana, Shakeel Ahmed, Nigar Jabeen, Farida Karim, Sarwat Urooj, and Ayesha Ahmed
Illness severity and outcomes among enteric fever cases from Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan: Data from the surveillance for enteric fever in Asia project, 2016-2019, Ashley T. Longley, Caitlin Hemlock, Kashmira Date, Stephen P. Luby, Jason R. Andrews, Samir K. Saha, Isaac I. Bogoch, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Denise O. Garrett, and Farah Naz Qamar
Management practices for west syndrome in south Asia: A survey study and meta-analysis, Priyanka Madaan, Prem Chand, Kyaw Linn, Jithangi Wanigasinghe, Mimi Lhamu Mynak, Prakash Poudel, Raili Riikonen, Amit Kumar, Pooja Dhir, Sandeep Negi, and Jitendra Kumar Sahu
Pivoting dental practice management during the COVID-19 pandemic-A systematic review, Syed Sarosh Mahdi, Zohaib Ahmed, Raheel Allana, Alessandro Peretti, Francesco Amenta, Mohammed Bijle, Liang Lin Seow, and Umer Daood
Newborn screening for congenital hypothyroidism: Improvement in short-term follow-up by audit and monitoring, Hafsa Majid, Sibtain Ahmed, Imran Siddiqui, Khadija N Humayun, Hussain Karimi, and Aysha Habib Khan
Surgical attitudes and preferences regarding choice of anaesthesia amongst orthopaedic surgeons, Sara Haider Malik, Huma Saleem, Allah Ditta Ashfaq, Nimra Haider Malik, and Tariq Abbasi
Natural history of non-lethal raine syndrome during childhood, Chiara Mameli, Giulia Zichichi, Nasim Mahmood, Siham Chafai Elalaoui, Adnan Mirza, Poonam Dharmaraj, Marco Burrone, Elisa Cattaneo, Jayesh Sheth, and Ajit Gandhi
Prolonged length of stay after surgery for adult congenital heart disease: A single-centre study in a developing country, Russell S. Martins, Zaiba S. Dawood, Muhammad K Y. Memon, and Saleem Akhtar
Computational-based identification and analysis of globally expressed differential genes in high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma cell lines, Fareha Masood, Waqasuddin Khan, and Reaz Uddin
Early life experiences and trajectories of cognitive development, Benjamin J J. McCormick, Laura E. Caulfield, Stephanie A. Richard, Laura Pendergast, Jessica C. Seidman, Angelina Maphula, Beena Koshy, Ladislaus Blacy, Reeba Roshan, and Muneera Rasheed
Typhoid and paratyphoid cost of illness in Pakistan: Patient and health facility costs from the surveillance for enteric fever in Asia project II, Nelly Mejia, Farah Naz Qamar, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Jamal Raza, Denise O. Garrett, Kashmira Date, Taiwo Abimbola, and Sarah W. Pallas
Acute kidney injury after congenital heart disease surgery: A single-center experience in a low- to middle-income country, Fatima Mir, Misha Khalid Khan, Bilal Mirza, Sonia Qureshi Jr, and Qalab Abbas
HIV infection predominantly affecting children in Sindh, Pakistan, 2019: A cross-sectional study of an outbreak, Fatima Mir, Syed Faisal Mahmood, amna siddiqui, Shehla Baqi, Syed Hani Abidi, Abdul Momin Kazi, Apsara Ali, Amerta Ladhani, Farah Qamar, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Sikander Ali Memon, Jamila Soomro, Saqib Ali Shaikh, Victoria Simms, Palwasha Khan, and Rashida Abbas Ferrand
Serum amoxicillin levels in young infants (0-59 days) with sepsis treated with oral amoxicillin, Fatima Mir, Robin E. Pearce, Naila Baig-Ansari, Shamim Qazi, Jeffrey S. Barrett, Susan Abdel-Rahman, Greg Kearns, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Impact of conflict on maternal and child health service delivery: A country case study of Afghanistan, Mohammed Shafiq Mirzazada, Zahra Ali Padhani, Sultana Jabeen, Malika Fatima, Arjumand Rizvi, Uzair Ansari, Jai K. Das, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Frequency and outcome of meconium aspiration syndrome in babies born with meconium-stained liquor at secondary care hospital in Pakistan: A case series study, Abdul Moeed, Heeramani Lohana, Sarwat Urooj, Sheraz Ahmed, Khalil Ahmed, and Khadija N Humayun
Paediatric respiratory isolation: A challenge for a secondary care hospital! A service innovation project, Nadia Mohammad, Shireen Mohammad, Arjumand Sohaila, Syed Mohammad Yousuf, Adnan Khan, Rahila Meghani, Kashif Sajwani, Khalil Ahmad, Ali Faisal Saleem Dr, and Pawan Vash
Nutritional support for lactating women with or without azithromycin for infants compared to breastfeeding counseling alone in improving the 6-month growth outcomes among infants of peri-urban slums in Karachi, Pakistan-The protocol for a multiarm assessor-blinded randomized controlled trial (Mumta LW trial), Ameer Muhammad, Yasir Shafiq, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Benazir Baloch, Amna Tanweer, Nida Yazdani, and Fyezah Jehan
Strategies to improve coverage of typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) immunization campaign in Karachi, Pakistan, Farah Qamar Naz, Rabab Batool, Sonia Qureshi, Miqdad Ali, Tahira Sadaf, Junaid Mehmood, Khalid Iqbal, Akram Sultan, Noah Duff, and Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai
Outcomes of BRAF V600E pediatric gliomas treated with targeted BRAF inhibition, Liana Nobre, Michal Zapotocky, Vijay Ramaswamy, Scott Ryall, Julie Bennett, Daniel Alderete, Julia Balaguer Guill, Lorena Baroni, Ute Bartels, and Naureen Mushtaq
Vitamin C supplementation for prevention and treatment of pneumonia, Zahra Ali Padhani, Zorays Moazzam, Alina Ashraf, Hasana Bilal, Rehana Salam, Jai K. Das, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
MON-057 MODY diagnosis: Missed opportunity to avert insulin therapy. A case series, Remberto Paulo, Salman Kirmani, Kristal Anne Matlock, Deborah A. Bowlby, and Terry Headley
Emerging challenges and threats for dental health care sector attributable to COVID-19: Tale of a developing country, Asma Sadruddin Pethani, Raheel Rehman Allana, and Mehmood Hussain
Antimicrobial resistance in typhoidal salmonella: Surveillance for enteric fever in Asia project, 2016-2019, Farah Naz Qamar, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Irum Fatima Dehraj, Sadia Shakoor, Seema Irfan, Aneeta Hotwani, Muhammad J. Hunzai, Rozina Thobani, Najeeb Rahman, Junaid Mehmood, and Ashraf M. Memon
Adverse events following immunization with typhoid conjugate vaccine in an outbreak setting in Hyderabad, Pakistan, Farah Qamar, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Asif Khaliq, Sultan Karim, Hina Memon, Amber Junejo, Inayat Baig, Najeeb Rehman, Shafqat Bhurgry, Hina Afroz, and Uzma Sami
Diabetes conversation map - A novel tool for diabetes management self-efficacy among type 2 diabetes patients in Pakistan: A randomized controlled trial, Rubina Qasim, Sarfaraz Masih, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Hakim Shah, Abdul Manan, Yousaf Shah, Muhammad Yaqoob, Abida Razzaq, Ajmal Khan, and Atiya Rahman Khan Rohilla
The spectrum of primary immunodeficiencies at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Sonia Qureshi, Fatima Mir, Samina Junejo, Khalid Saleem, Samreen Zaidi, Abdullah B. Naveed, Khalil Ahmad, and Farah Naz Qamar
Response of extensively drug resistant salmonella typhi to treatment with meropenem and azithromycin, in Pakistan, Sonia Qureshi, Abdullah B. Naveed, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Khalil Ahmad, Sarwat Ansari, Heeramani Lohana, Aiman Mukhtar, and Farah Naz Qamar
Frequency of hypocalcemic fits in children 2 months to 2 years of age, presenting with the first episode of afebrile seizures at hospital settings in urban Pakistan: A cross-sectional study, Waseem Rahman, Heeramani Lohana, Sarwat Urooj, Sheraz Ahmed, Abdul Moeed, and Khadija Nuzhat Humayun
Acute symptomatic seizures in critically ill children: Frequency, etiology and outcomes, Sanam B. Rajper, Mujtaba Moazzam, Arsheen Zeeshan, and Qalab Abbas
Frequency of early-onset neonatal sepsis following prolonged rupture of membranes, Heeranand Rathore, Arshalooz Rahman, Muhammad Salman, Muhammad Nasir, and Seharish Sherali
Role of oxidative stress and altered thyroid hormones in unexplained infertility, Rehana Rehman, Hiba Ismail Rajpar, Mussarat Ashraf, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Salima Lalani, and Faiza Alam
Fetal cerebellar growth and sylvian fissure maturation: International standards from the Fetal growth longitudinal study of the INTERGROWTH-21st project, María J. Rodriguez‐Sibaja, José Villar, Eric O. Ohuma, Raffaele Napolitano, Sabrina Heyl, Maria Carvalho, Yasmin A. Jaffer, J. Alison Noble, Manuela Oberto, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Protection from natural immunity against enteric infections and etiology-specific diarrhea in a longitudinal birth cohort, Elizabeth T. Rogawski McQuade, Jie Liu, Gagandeep Kang, Margaret N. Kosek, Aldo A. M Lima, Pascal O. Bessong, Amidou Samie, Rashidul Haque, Estomih R. Mduma, Pascal O. Bessong, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Assessing physical activity in people with mental illness: 23-country reliability and validity of the simple physical activity questionnaire (SIMPAQ), S Rosenbaum, R Morell, A Abdel-Baki, M Ahmadpanah, T V. Anilkumar, L Baie, A Bauman, S Bender, Zahra Hoodbhoy, Romaina Iqbal, and Ayesha Mian
Impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on pediatric oncology care in the Middle East, North Africa, and West Asia region: A report from the pediatric oncology east and mediterranean (POEM) group, Raya Saab, Anas Obeid, Fatiha Gachi, Houda Boudiaf, Lilit Sargsyan, Khulood Al-Saad, Tamar Javakhadze, Azim Mehrvar, Sawsan Sati Abbas, Naureen Mushtaq, and Asim Belgaumi
Management of west syndrome during COVID-19 pandemic: A viewpoint from south Asian west syndrome research group, Jitendra Kumar Sahu, Priyanka Madaan, Prem Chand, Amit Kumar, Kyaw Linn, Mimi Lhamu Mynak, Prakash Poudel, and Jithangi Wanigasinghe
Pediatric hematology oncology during SARS-CoV-2: A brief communication of 28 patients and changes in clinical practice from a single institute in Pakistan, Mir Ibrahim Sajid, Sadaf Altaf, Naureen Mushtaq, Asim Belgaumi, and Zehra Fadoo
The gut of healthy infants in the community as a reservoir of ESBL and carbapenemase-producing bacteria, Ali Faisal Saleem Dr, Ahreen Allana, Lauren Hale, Alondra Diaz, Raul Salinas, Cristina Salinas, Shahida Qureshi, Aneeta Hotwani, Najeeb Rehman, Asia Khan, Anita K. M. Zaidi, Patrick C. Seed, and Mehreen Arshad
One-year decline of poliovirus antibodies following fractional-dose inactivated poliovirus vaccine, Ali Faisal Saleem, Ondrej Mach, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Zaubina Kazi, Attaullah Baig, Muhammad Sajid, Vishali Jeyaseelan, Roland W. Sutter, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Availability, use, and satisfaction of personal protective equipment among healthcare workers: A cross-sectional assessment of low- and middle-income countries, Azza Sarfraz, Zouina Sarfraz, Ammar Anwer, Muzna Sarfraz, and Javaria Siddiq
Bi-allelic JAM2 variants lead to early-onset recessive primary familial brain calcification, Lucia V. Schottlaender, Rosella Abeti, Zane Jaunmuktane, Carol Macmillan, Viorica Chelban, Benjamin O'Callaghan, John McKinley, Reza Maroofian, Shahnaz Ibrahim, and Salman Kirmani
Epidemiology of shigella infections and diarrhea in the first two years of life using culture-independent diagnostics in 8 low-resource settings, Fariha Shaheen, Furqan Kabir, Arjumand Rizvi, Fatima Aziz, Adil Kalam, Shahida Qureshi, Sadia Shakoor, Ali Turab, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, and Najeeha Talat Iqbal
Impact of treatment with RUTF on plasma lipid profiles of severely malnourished Pakistani children, Engy Shokry, Kamran Sadiq, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Atif Habib, Naveed Bhutto, Arjumand Rizvi, Imran Ahmed, Hans Demmelmair, Olaf Uhl, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, and Berthold Koletzko
Laboratory blood testing in paediatric intensive care unit of a university hospital: Are we doing it appropriately?, Hafsa Sohail; Shazia Bibi; Mahnaz Hakeem,; Anwarul Haque; and Qalab Abbas
Universality of the triangular theory of love: Adaptation and psychometric properties of the triangular love scale in 25 countries, Piotr Sorokowski, Agnieszka Sorokowska, Maciej Karwowski, Agata Groyecka, Toivo Aavik, Grace Akello, Charlotte Alm, Naumana Amjad, Afifa Anjum, and Rizwana Shaikh
Dialing in prevention of childhood stunting and diarrhea in low-income countries, Sana Syed and Sean R. Moore
Spatial heterogeneity of enteric fever in 2 diverse communities in Nepal, Dipesh Tamrakar, Krista Vaidya, Alexander T. Yu, Kristen Aiemjo, Shiva Ram Naga, Yanjia Cao, Caryn Bern, Rajeev Shrestha, Biraj M. Karmacharya, and Farah Naz Qamar
Assessing early childhood fluid reasoning in low- and middle-income nations: Validity of the Wechsler preschool and primary scale of intelligence across seven MAL-ED Sites, Linda uan-Iu, Laura L. Pendergast, Muneera Rasheed, Fahmida Tofail, Erling Svensen, Angelina Maphula, Reeba Roshan, Baitun Nahar, Rita Shrestha, and Brittney Williams
Antibiotic use prior to hospital presentation among individuals with suspected enteric fever in Nepal, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, Krista Vaidya, Kristen Aiemjoy, Farah Naz Qamar, Samir K. Saha, Dipesh Tamrakar, Shiva R. Naga, Shampa Saha, Caitlin Hemlock, Ashley T. Longley, and Kashmira Date
Late weaning and maternal closeness, associated with advanced motor and visual maturation, reinforce autonomy in healthy, 2-year-old children, José Villar, Roseline Ochieng, Eleonora Staines-Urias, Michelle Fernandes, Marc Ratcliff, Manorama Purwar, Fernando Barros, Bernardo Horta, Maria Carvalho, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Immunity and field efficacy of type 2-containing polio vaccines after cessation of trivalent oral polio vaccine: A population-based serological study in Pakistan, Arie Voorman, Atif Habib, Imtiaz Hussain, Rana Muhammad Safdar, Jamal A. Ahmed, William C. Weldon, Imran Ahmed, Muhammad Umer, Jeffrey Partridge, and Sajid Bashir Soofi
Global burden of acute lower respiratory infection associated with human metapneumovirus in children under 5 years in 2018: A systematic review and modelling study, Xin Wang, You Li, Maria Deloria-Knoll, Shabir A. Madhi, Cheryl Cohen, Syed Asad Ali, Sudha Basne, Quique Bassat, W Abdullah Brooks, and Malinee Chittaganpitch
Global burden of respiratory infections associated with seasonal influenza in children under 5 years in 2018: A systematic review and modelling study, Xin Wang, You Li, Katherine L. O'Brien, Qalab Abbas, Syed Asad Ali, Respiratory Virus Global Epidemiology Network, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Sajid Bashir Soofi, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Antenatal dexamethasone for early preterm birth in low-resource countries, WHO ACTION Trials Collaborators, Olufemi T. Oladapo, Joshua P. Vogel, Gilda Piaggio, My-Huong Nguyen, Fernando Althab, A Metin Gülmezoglu, Shabina Ariff, Sajid Bashir Soofi, and Lumaan Sheikh
Successful completion of pregnancy after mustard procedure for transposition of great arteries: A rare case from the developing world, Muhammad Kamran Younis Memon, Ayesha Malik, and Saleem Akhtar
If not now, then when? The importance of intervening early to provide family-based environments for all children, Aisha Khizar Yousafzai