PCV15, a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, for the prevention of invasive pneumococcal disease in infants and children

Autor: Timothy J Chapman, Liset Olarte, Ghassan Dbaibo, Avril Melissa Houston, Gretchen Tamms, Robert Lupinacci, Kristen Feemster, Ulrike K Buchwald, Natalie Banniettis

Publikováno v: Expert Review of Vaccines, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 137-147 (2024)

ABSTRACTIntroduction Streptococcus pneumoniae is a causative agent of pneumonia and acute otitis media (AOM), as well as invasive diseases such as meningitis and bacteremia. PCV15 (V114) is a new 15-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) approve

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Genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in COVID-19 vaccinated healthcare workers in Lebanon

Autor: Habib AlKalamouni, Farouk F. Abou Hassan, Mirna Bou Hamdan, Andrew J. Page, Martin Lott, Michaela Matthews, Nada Ghosn, Alissar Rady, Rami Mahfouz, George F. Araj, Ghassan Dbaibo, Hassan Zaraket, Nada M. Melhem, Ghassan M. Matar

Publikováno v: BMC Medical Genomics, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2023)

Abstract Background The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants including the Delta and Omicron along with waning of vaccine-induced immunity over time contributed to increased rates of breakthrough infection specifically among healthcare workers (HCWs). SA

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The under investigated facet of the COVID-19 pandemic: Molecular analysis of secondary bacterial infections at a COVID dedicated intensive care unit within a tertiary care center in Lebanon

Autor: Ahmad Sleiman, Pascal Abdelkhalek, George Doumat, Frida Atallah, Lama Hamadeh, Pamela Moussa, Imad Bou Akl, Ghassan Dbaibo, George F. Araj, Souha S. Kanj, Rami Mahfouz, Ghassan M. Matar, Zeina A. Kanafani, Antoine G. Abou Fayad

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Medicine, Vol 10 (2023)

BackgroundThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread worldwide. Secondary bacterial infections are associated with unfavorable outcomes in respiratory viral infections

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Identifying the research, advocacy, policy and implementation needs for the prevention and management of respiratory syncytial virus lower respiratory tract infection in low- and middle-income countries

Autor: Xavier Carbonell-Estrany, Eric A. F Simões, Louis J Bont, Angela Gentile, Nusrat Homaira, Marcelo Comerlato Scotta, Renato T Stein, Juan P Torres, Jarju Sheikh, Shobha Broor, Najwa Khuri-Bulos, D James Nokes, Patrick K Munywoki, Quique Bassat, Arun K Sharma, Sudha Basnet, Maria Garba, Joanne De Jesus-Cornejo, Socorro P Lupisan, Marta C Nunes, Maduja Divarathna, John R Fullarton, Barry S Rodgers-Gray, Ian Keary, Mark Donald C Reñosa, Charl Verwey, David P Moore, Faseeha Noordeen, Sushil Kabra, Marynéa Silva do Vale, Rolando Paternina-De La Ossa, Cristina Mariño, Josep Figueras-Aloy, Leonard Krilov, Eitan Berezin, Heather J Zar, Krishna Paudel, Marco Aurelio Palazzi Safadi, Ghassan Dbaibo, Imane Jroundi, Runa Jha, Rukshan A. M Rafeek, Rossiclei de Souza Pinheiro, Marianne Bracht, Rohitha Muthugala, Marcello Lanari, Federico Martinón-Torres, Ian Mitchell, Grace Irimu, Apsara Pandey, Anand Krishnan, Asuncion Mejias, Marcela Santos Corrêa da Costa, Shrijana Shrestha, Jeffrey M Pernica, Felipe Cotrim de Carvalho, Rose E Jalango, Hafsat Ibrahim, Atana Ewa, Gabriela Ensinck, Rolando Ulloa-Gutierrez, Alexandre Lopes Miralha, Maria Florencia Lucion, Md Zakiul Hassan, Zubair Akhtar, Mohammad Abdul Aleem, Fahmida Chowdhury, Pablo Rojo, Charles Sande, Abednego Musau, Khalequ Zaman, Luiza Helena, Falleiros Arlant, Prakash Ghimire, April Price, Kalpana Upadhyay Subedi, Helena Brenes-Chacon, Doli Rani Goswami, Mohammed Ziaur Rahman, Mohammad Enayet Hossain, Mohammod Jobayer Chisti, Nestor E Vain, Audrey Lim, Aaron Chiu, Jesse Papenburg, Maria del Valle Juarez, Thamarasi Senaratne, Shiyamalee Arunasalam, Tor A Strand, Adaeze Ayuk, Olufemi Ogunrinde, Lohanna Valeska de Sousa Tavares, Comfort Garba, Bilkisu I Garba, Jeanette Dawa, Michelle Gordon, Eric Osoro, Charles N Agoti, Bryan Nyawanda, Mwanajuma Ngama, Collins Tabu, Joseph L Mathew, Andrew Cornacchia, Ganesh Kumar Rai, Amita Jain, Mateus Sfoggia Giongo, Bosco A Paes

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Pediatrics, Vol 10 (2022)

IntroductionThe high burden of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in young children disproportionately occurs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The PROUD (Preventing RespiratOry syncytial virUs in unDerdeveloped countries) Taskfor

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Review of seasonal influenza vaccination in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: Policies, use and barriers

Autor: Hassan Zaraket, Nada Melhem, Mamunur Malik, Wasiq M. Khan, Ghassan Dbaibo, Abdinasir Abubakar

Publikováno v: Journal of Infection and Public Health, Vol 13, Iss 3, Pp 377-384 (2020)

Vaccination is the main control measure for influenza and its severe complications. To better understand the influenza vaccination situation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, we conducted an extensive review of literature published between 2006 an

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