Characteristics of medically attended influenza infection across age groups before the COVID-19 pandemic in Lebanon

Autor: Amani Haddara, Zeina Houry, Nada Zahreddine, Mark Atallah, Celina F. Boutros, Joseph Tannous, Christian Sadaka, Sarah Wehbe, Tamara Kadi, Ahmad Ibrahim, Rihab Ahmadieh, Tala Kardas, Nadia Soudani, Habib Al Kalamouni, Youssef Zgheib, Noha El Yaman, Sarah Khafaja, Mireille Lteif, Rouba Shaker, Aia Assaf Casals, Yolla Youssef, Nour Youssef, Zeinab El Zein, Sarah Chamseddine, Ahmad Chmaisse, Magda Haj, Danielle Fayad, Shereen Kiblawi, Imad Isaac, Hind Anan, Najwa Radwan, Rima Hanna Wakim, Hassan Zaraket, Souha S. Kanj, Ghassan S. Dbaibo

Publikováno v: Journal of Infection and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 9, Pp 102521- (2024)

Background: Influenza represents a significant global health burden for individuals and society. This study assessed the burden of medically attended influenza at a tertiary medical center in Lebanon to describe the demographics, risk factors, and ou

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/b04d0982e1e346df815fa2831b83c3f6

Molecular epidemiology and genetic characterization of influenza B virus in Lebanon during 2016–2018

Autor: AlIbrahim, Malak, Assaf-Casals, Aia, Massaad, Elie, Shaker, Rouba, Soudani, Nadia, Fayad, Danielle, Chamseddine, Sarah, Lteif-Khoury, Mireille, Chmaisse, Ahmad, Isaac, Imad, Anan, Hind, Sadaka, Christian, Radwan, Najwa, Ghanem, Soha, Naous, Amal, Karam, Maria, Andary, Rabih, Dbaibo, Ghassan, Zaraket, Hassan

Publikováno v: In Infection, Genetics and Evolution November 2019 75

Detection of ON1 and novel genotypes of human respiratory syncytial virus and emergence of palivizumab resistance in Lebanon.

Autor: Hadi Abou-El-Hassan, Elie Massaad, Nadia Soudani, Aia Assaf-Casals, Rouba Shaker, Mireille Lteif Khoury, Soha Ghanem, Maria Karam, Rabih Andary, Reiko Saito, Ghassan Dbaibo, Hassan Zaraket

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 14, Iss 2, p e0212687 (2019)

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common cause of respiratory tract infections in children and immunocompromised individuals. A multi-center surveillance of the epidemiologic and molecular characteristics of RSV circulating in Lebanon was perfor

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/f989fee88f1341a5a672354f2c7713f7

The burden of laboratory-confirmed influenza infection in Lebanon between 2008 and 2016: a single tertiary care center experience.

Autor: Assaf-Casals, Aia^1,2 (AUTHOR), Saleh, Zeina¹ (AUTHOR), Khafaja, Sarah^1,2 (AUTHOR), Fayad, Danielle¹ (AUTHOR), Ezzeddine, Hady¹ (AUTHOR), Saleh, Mohammad¹ (AUTHOR), Chamseddine, Sarah¹ (AUTHOR), Sayegh, Rouba¹ (AUTHOR), Sharara, Sima L.¹ (AUTHOR), Chmaisse, Ahmad¹ (AUTHOR), Kanj, Souha S.^1,3 (AUTHOR), Kanafani, Zeina^1,3 (AUTHOR), Hanna-Wakim, Rima^1,2 (AUTHOR), Araj, George F.^1,4 (AUTHOR), Mahfouz, Rami^1,4 (AUTHOR), Saito, Reiko⁵ (AUTHOR), Suzuki, Hiroshi⁵ (AUTHOR), Zaraket, Hassan^1,6 (AUTHOR) hz34@aub.edu.lb, Dbaibo, Ghassan S.^1,2 (AUTHOR) gdbaibo@aub.edu.lb

Publikováno v: BMC Infectious Diseases. 5/12/2020, Vol. 20 Issue 1, p1-15. 15p. 5 Charts, 2 Graphs.

The burden of laboratory-confirmed influenza infection in Lebanon between 2008 and 2016: a single tertiary care center experience

Autor: Zeina A. Kanafani, Hiroshi Suzuki, Sarah Chamseddine, Ahmad Chmaisse, Souha S. Kanj, Hassan Zaraket, Reiko Saito, Hady Ezzeddine, Sima L. Sharara, Ghassan Dbaibo, Aia Assaf-Casals, George F. Araj, Sarah Khafaja, Rima Hanna-Wakim, Rouba Sayegh, Zeina M. Saleh, Rami Mahfouz, Danielle Fayad, Mohammad Saleh

Publikováno v: BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2020)
BMC Infectious Diseases

Background Influenza is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Following the 2009 pandemic, there was widened interest in studying influenza burden in all regions. However, since data from the World Health Organization (WHO) Middle East

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http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-020-05013-7