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Occupational Health of Frontline HealthcareWorkers in the United Arab Emirates during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Snapshot of Summer 2020
(2021)
Abstract:
The study aim was to understand the availability of personal protective equipment (PPE) and the levels of anxiety, depression, and burnout of healthcare workers (HCWs) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This ...
From black to white: A roadmap to containing the rise of candidiasis amidst COVID-19 and mucormycosis in India
(2021)
Abstract:
With numbers of active COVID-19 cases in India falling in recent weeks and the healthcare system finally showing signs of coping with the mucormycosis epidemic, several new reports of COVID-19 cases linked to ...
A single centered study reveals association between liver injury and COVID-19 infection
(2021)
Background and aim:
Despite the fact that it has been over a year with the pandemic COVID-19 infection, ongoing research and analysis reveal many complications and comorbidities associated with COVID-19. In this study, ...
Diabetes mellitus as a comorbidity in COVID-19 infection in the United Arab Emirates
(2021)
Objectives:
To compare risk factors and clinical outcomes among COVID-19 patients with or without diabetes in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Methods:
Data of 350 COVID-19 positive patients, admitted to Al Kuwait ...
Could COVID-19 Trigger a Rebirth in Anatomy Education? A Glimpse of Anatomists’ Responses to Pandemics of the Past and Present
(2021)
Abstract:
Pandemics are nothing unusual but indeed lead to devastating effects that play a pivotal role in reshaping human history. The COVID-19 outbreak is currently responsible for major educational crises globally as ...
Genotype-phenotype correlation identified a novel SARS-CoV-2 variant possibly linked to severe disease
(2021)
Abstract:
The geographic location and heterogeneous multi-ethnic population of Dubai (United Arab Emirates; UAE) provide a unique setting to explore the global molecular epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 and relationship between ...
COVID-19 and the Heart: A Systematic Review of Cardiac Autopsies
(2021)
Importance:
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-associated cardiac injury has been postulated secondary to several mechanisms. While tissue diagnosis is limited during the acute illness, postmortem ...
Higher Temperatures, Higher Solar Radiation, and Less Humidity Is Associated With Poor Clinical and Laboratory Outcomes in COVID-19 Patients
(2021)
Background:
The COVID-19 pandemic varies between countries, with suggestions that weather might contribute to the transmission mode, disease presentation, severity, and clinical outcomes. Yet the exact link between climate ...
miRCOVID-19: Potential Targets of Human miRNAs in SARS-CoV-2 for RNA-Based Drug Discovery
(2021)
Abstract:
Sense-antisense interactions of long and short RNAs in human cells are integral to posttranscriptional gene regulation, in particular that of mRNAs by microRNAs. Many viruses, including severe acute respiratory ...
Host transcriptomic profiling of COVID-19 patients with mild, moderate, and severe clinical outcomes
(2021)
Abstract:
Characterizing key molecular and cellular pathways involved in COVID-19 is essential for disease prognosis and management. We perform shotgun transcriptome sequencing of human RNA obtained from nasopharyngeal ...