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Potentially Zoonotic Viruses in Wild Rodents, United Arab Emirates, 2019—A Pilot Study
(2023)
Abstract:
The majority of emerging viral infectious diseases in humans originate from wildlife reservoirs, such as rodents and bats. We investigated a possible reservoir, namely wild gerbils and mice trapped in a desert ...
Social Determinants of Health and Mortality After Premature and Non-premature Acute Coronary Syndrome
(2023)
Objective:
To describe and compare the determinants of 1-year mortality after premature vs non-premature acute coronary syndrome (ACS).
Patients and Methods:
Participants presenting with ACS were enrolled in a ...
Clinical learning environments across two different healthcare settings using the undergraduate clinical education environment measure
(2023)
Background:
The clinical placements of our medical students are almost equally distributed across private and public sectors. This study aims to assess medical students’ perceptions of their Clinical learning Environment ...
MERS-CoV Found in Hyalomma dromedarii Ticks Attached to Dromedary Camels at a Livestock Market, United Arab Emirates, 2019
(2023)
Abstract:
The main mode of transmission of Middle East respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus (MERS-CoV) between dromedaries is likely via the respiratory route. However, there must be other modes to explain how the ...
A rapid whole-genome sequencing service for infants with rare diseases in the United Arab Emirates
(2023)
Introduction:
A large body of evidence now supports use of rapid whole-genome sequencing (rWGS) as a cost-effective tool for timely diagnosis and tailored management of critically ill children with rare diseases. However, ...
Single-cell reconstruction and mutation enrichment analysis identifies dysregulated cardiomyocyte and endothelial cells in congenital heart disease
(2023)
Abstract:
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is one of the most prevalent neonatal congenital anomalies. To catalog the putative candidate CHD risk genes, we collected 16,349 variants [single-nucleotide variants (SNVs) and ...
Genetic determinants of severe COVID 19 in young Asian and Middle Eastern patients: a case series
(2023)
Abstract:
Studies of genetic factors associated with severe COVID-19 in young adults have been limited in non-Caucasian populations. Here, we clinically characterize a case series of patients with COVID19, who were otherwise ...