Acute respiratory infections
Fourth meeting of the Eastern Mediterranean Acute Respiratory Infection Surveillance (EMARIS) network and first scientific conference on acute respiratory infections in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 11–14 December 2017, Amman, Jordan
Abubakar A, Barakat A, Ahmed A, Elkholy A, Alsawalha L, Alariqi L, Malik M, Obtel M, Sahak M, Mrad P, Triki S, Al Awaidy S, Khan W.
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Characteristics of severe acute respiratory infection-associated hospitalization in Yemen, 2014–2015
Thabet AA, Al-Kohani A, Shadoul A, Al-Mahaqri A, Bin Yahya M, Saleh AH, Al-Adeemy D, Khan W, Malik M.
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Burden of acute respiratory disease of epidemic and pandemic potential in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region: a literature review
Abubakar A, Malik M, Pebody RG, Elkholy A, Khan W, Bellos A, Mala P.
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Infection prevention and control measures for acute respiratory infections in healthcare settings: an update
Seto WH, Conly JM, Pessoa-Silva CL, Malik M, Eremin S.
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Influenza
Rapid assessment of case recruitment tools to inform integrated surveillance of influenza and other respiratory viruses in Eastern Mediterranean countries
Mathieu E, Alam N, Abou El Naja H, Khan W.
State and situation of avian influenza in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Badra R, Abubakar A, Tempia S, Alam S, Abou ElNaja A, Kayali G, Khan W.
A review of policies and coverage of seasonal influenza vaccination programmes in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region
Attia R, Abubakar A, Bresee J, Mere O, Khan WM.
Influenza activity in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) in 2020– 2021 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic
Abou El Naja H, Tempia S, Barakat A, Elkholy A, Aman A, Khan W, Abubakar A.
Integrated surveillance for high-impact respiratory viruses: a necessity for better epidemic and pandemic preparedness
Tempia S, Abou El Naja H, Barakat A, Abubakar A, Khan W.
Uptake rates, knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward seasonal influenza vaccination among healthcare workers in Lebanon
Alame M, Kaddoura M, Kharroubi S, Ezzeddine F, Hassan G, El-Harakeh MD, Al Ariqi L, Abubaker A, Zaraket H.
Improved capacity for influenza surveillance in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region: Progress in a challenging setting
Malik MR, Abubakar A, Kholy AE, Buliva E, Khan WM, Lamichhane J, Moen A, McCarron M, Zureick K, Obtel M.
Second Scientific Conference for Eastern Mediterranean Acute Respiratory Infections Surveillance (EMARIS): Conference Preceedings
Influenza Vaccination Hesitancy among Healthcare Workers in South Al Batinah Governorate in Oman: A Cross-Sectional Study
Al Awaidy ST, Al Mayahi ZK, Kaddoura M, Mahomed O, Lahoud N, Abubakar A, Zaraket H.
Human respiratory syncytial virus and influenza seasonality patterns—Early findings from the WHO global respiratory syncytial virus surveillance
Chadha M, Hirve S, Bancej C, Barr I, Baumeister E, Caetano B, Chittaganpitch M, Darmaa B, Ellis J, Fasce R, Kadjo H, Jackson S, Leung V, Pisareva M, Moyes J, Naguib A, Tivane A, Zhang W.
The 2018-19 influenza season in Afghanistan: Epidemiology and Virology
Sahak MN, Arifi F, Hammond AA, Laurenson-Schafer HJ, Saeedzai SA, Safi1 H, Abubakar A, Elkholy A, Rasooly MH, Ikram AN.
Harnessing the Power of Advocacy to Improve Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Coverage in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Zaraketa H and Abubakar A.
Improved capacity for influenza surveillance in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region: Progress in a challenging setting
Malik MR, Abubakar A, Kholy AE, Buliva E, Khan WM, Lamichhane J, Moen A, Margaret McCarron M, Zureick K, Obtel M.
Epidemiology of severe cases of influenza and other acute respiratory infections in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, July 2016 to June 2018
Elhakim M, Rasooly MH, Fahim M, Sami Sheikh Ali SS, Haddad N, Cherkaoui I, Hjaija D, Nadeem S, Assiri A, Aljifri A, Elkholy A, Barakat A, Shrestha B, Abubakar A, Malik M.
Avian influenza surveillance at the human–animal interface in Lebanon, 2017
Abeer Sirawan, Atika Berry, Rebecca Badra, Bassel El Bazzal, Mayssa Dabaja, Hussein Kataya, Ahmed Kandeil, Mokhtar R. Gomaa, Mohamed Ali and Ghazi Kayali
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Pandemic influenza preparedness (PIP) framework: Progress challenges in improving influenza preparedness response capacities in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 2014–2017
Abubakar A, Elkholya A, Barakat A, Shrestha B, Elhakim M, Malik M, Bergeri I, Samaan G.
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Influenza surveillance in Middle East, North, East and South Africa: Report of the 8th MENA Influenza Stakeholders Network
Abusrewil S, Algeer A, Aljifri A, Al Slail F, Andrew MK, Tag Eldin MA, Al Awaidy S, Ben Alaya N, Ben Khelil J, Dbaibo G, Derrar F, Elahmer O, Ghosn N, Gabriel G, Grasso C, Hassan M, Hirve S, Mirza YK, Rateb YM, Nourlil J, Nunes MC, Omaima I, Malande OO, Saadatian‐Elahi M, Sanchez‐Picot V, Malik M, Tarraf H, Walaza S.
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Seasonal influenza vaccination policies in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: Current status and the way forward
Abubakar A, Melhem N, Malik M, Dbaibo G, Khan W, Zaraket H.
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Influenza pandemic preparedness in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region
Khan W, El Rifay AS, Malik M, Kayali G.
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Review of seasonal influenza vaccination in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: policies, use and barriers
Zaraket H, Melhem N, Malik M, Khan W, Dbaibo G, Abubakar A.
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Distressed setting and profound challenges: Pandemic influenza preparedness plans in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Malik M, UlHaq Z, Saeed Q, Riley R, Khan W.
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Influenza‐associated severe acute respiratory infections in two sentinel sites in Lebanon—September 2015 to August 2016
Saleh M, Bazzi L, Ismail E, Mroueh L, Jammal N, Elkholy A, Mrad P, Samadi AA, Hijazi A, Abiad F, Nsouli G, Rady A, Khan W, Malik M, Zalloua P, Ammar W, Ghosn N.
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Revision of clinical case definitions: influenza-like illness and severe acute respiratory infection
Fitzner J, Qasmieh S, Mounts AW, Alexander B, Besselaar T, Briand S, Brown C, Clark S, Dueger E, Gross D, Hauge S, Hirve S, Jorgensen P, Katz MA, Mafi A, Malik M, McCarron M, Meerhoff T, Mori Y, Mott J, Da Costa Olivera MT, Ortiz JR, Palekar R, Rebelo-de-Andrade H, Soetens L, Yahaya AA, Zhang W, Vandemaele K.
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Thematic issue of EMHJ on influenza and other emerging respiratory infections in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Influenza in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: identifying the unknowns for detection and control of epidemic and pandemic threats
Malik M, Mahjour J, Khan W, Alwan A.
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Contribution of laboratories in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region to the selection of candidate seasonal influenza vaccine
Asghar H, Browne HM, McCauley J, Malik M, Khan W.
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The H1N1 influenza pandemic of 2009 in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: lessons learnt and future strategy
Haq Z, Malik M, Khan W.
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Influenza research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a review
Khan W, El Rifay AS, Malik M, Kayali G.
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The challenges of global case reporting during pandemic A (H1N1) 2009
Stephanie Williams, Julia Fitzner, Angela Merianos, Anthony Mounts, and for the Case-based Surveillance Evaluation Group.
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Al Hajjar S, Malik MR, Hallaj Z, El-Bushra H, Opoka M, Mafi AR.
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Beriberi
Outbreak of beriberi among African Union troops in Mogadishu, Somalia
Watson JT, El Bushra H, Lebo EJ, Bwire G, Kiyengo J, Emukule G, Omballa V, Tole J, Zuberi M, Breiman RF, Katz MA.
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Chikungunya
Chikungunya outbreak in Al-Hudaydah, Yemen, 2011: Epidemiological characterization and key lessons learned from early detection and control
Malik MR, Mnzava A, Mohareb E, Zayed A, Al Kohlani A, Thabet AK, El Bushra H.
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Cholera
Mitigating the resurgence of cholera in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Al Mandhari A, Hajjeh R, Abubakar A, Buliva E, Brennan R.
Cholera outbreaks in sub-Saharan Africa during 2010-2019: A Descriptive Analysis
Zheng Q, Luquero FJ, Ciglenecki I, Wamala JF, Abubakar A, Welo P, Hussen M, Wossen M, Yennan S, Keita A, Lessler J, Azman AS, Lee EC.
Oral cholera vaccination coverage in an acute emergency setting in Somalia, 2017
Lubogo M, Mohamed AM, Ali Abdullahi H, Ali Aden H, Popal GR, Kiongo D, Bile KM, Malik M, Abubakar A.
Mapping the burden of cholera in sub-Saharan Africa and implications for control: an analysis of data across geographical scales
Lessler J, Moore SM, Luquero FJ, McKay HS, Grais R, Henkens M, Mengel M, Dunoyer J, M'bangombe M, Lee EC, Djingarey MH, Sudre B, Bompangue D, Fraser RS. Abubakar A, Perea W, Legros D, Azman AS.
Genomic insights into the 2016-2017 cholera epidemic in Yemen
Weill FX, Domman D, Njamkepo E, Almesbahi AA, Naji M, Nasher SS, Rakesh A, Assiri AM, Chand Sharma N, Kariuki S, Pourshafie MR, Rauzier J, Abubakar A, Carter JY, Wamala JF, Seguin C, Bouchier C, Malliavin T, Bakhshi B, Abulmaali HHN, Kumar D, Njoroge SM, Malik M, Kiiru J, Luquero FJ, Azman AS, Ramamurthy T, Thomson NR, Quilici M.
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Cholera in Yemen: concerns remain over recent spike but control efforts show promise
Al-Mandhari A, Musani A, Abubakar A, Malik M.
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Cholera epidemic in Yemen, 2016–18: an analysis of surveillance data
Camacho A, Bouhenia M, Alyusfi R, Alkohlani A, Naji MAM, De Radiguès X, Abubakar A, Almoalmi A, Seguin C, Sagrado MJ, Poncin M, McRae M, Musoke M, Rakesh A, Portena K, Haskew C, Atkins KE, Eggo R, Azman AS, Broekhuijsen M, Saatcioglu MA, Pezzoli L, Quilici M, Al-Mesbahy AR, Zagaria N, Luquero F.
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WHO's reply to Cholera in the time of War: implications of weak surveillance in Syria for the WHO's preparedness—a comparison of two monitoring systems
Muhjazi G, Malik M, Mala P, Nabeth P, Dye C.
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COVID-19
WHO’s support for COVID-19 research and knowledge management in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Rashidian A, Wu K, Al Ariqi A, Aly E, Mandil A, Barakat A, Kodama C, Kheirandish M,1 Hassan HN, Doctor HC, Hemachandra N, Fahmy K, Dingwall P, Nour M, Reddiar SK.
Learning from COVID-19 to prevent and prepare for pandemics in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Brennan RJ, Memish ZA, Rashidian A, Abubakar A, Khan W, Ghaffar A.
COVID-19 pandemic response in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region
Abubakar A, Khan W, Abou El Naja H, Al Ariqi L, Bélorgeot VD, Hauck SJ.
SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in Aden, Yemen: a population-based study
Bin-Ghouth AS, Al-Shoteri S, Mahmoud N, Musani A, Baoom NM, Al-Waleedi AA, et al.
COVID-19 pandemic response in one of the world’s most complex and vulnerable settings
Memish ZA, Brennan RJ, Rashidian A, Abubakar A, Khan W, Ghaffar A.
SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Interest and Concern naming scheme conducive for global discourse
Konings F, Perkins MD, Kuhn JH, Pallen MJ, Alm EJ, Archer BN, et al.
Seroprevalence of COVID-19 in Palestine in 2020
Rayan I, Qaddomi SE, Najjar O, Abbas S, Mousa K, Iraqi L, Abdelkreem Aly E, Abu Khader K, Barakat A, Salman R.
New COVID-19 resurgence in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean region
Nabeth P, Hassan M, Adib K, Abubakar A, Brennan R.
Lessons learned during COVID-19: Building critical care/ICU capacity for resource limited countries with complex emergencies in the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region
Kodama C, Kuniyoshi G, Abubakar A.
Addressing the real trajectory of COVID-19 in the Eastern Mediterranean region – Authors' reply
Nabeth P, Hassan M, Adib K, Abubakar A, Brennan R.
Efforts to deploy COVID-19 vaccine in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region within the first 100 days of 2021
Abubakar A, Al-Mandhari A, Brennan R, Chaudhri I, Elfakki E, Fahmy K, Ghoniem A, Hajjeh R, Hamam I, Hasan Q, Hutin Y, Langar H, Musa N, Rashidian A, Samhouri D.
Early epidemiological investigations: World Health Organization UNITY protocols provide a standardized and timely international investigation framework during the COVID-19 pandemic
Bergeri I, Lewis HC, Subissi L, Nardone A, Valenciano M, Cheng B, et al.
A three-phase population based sero-epidemiological study: Assessing the trend in prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 during COVID-19 pandemic in Jordan
Bellizzi S, Alsawalha L, Ali SS, Sharkas G, Muthu N, Ghazo M, Aly E, Rashidian A, Al Ariqi L, Hayajneh W, Profili MC, Obeidat NM.
A participatory modelling approach for investigating the spread of COVID-19 in countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region to support public health decision-making
Adib K, Hancock PA, Rahimli A, Mugisa B, Abdulrazeq F, Aguas R, White LJ, Hajjeh R, Al Ariqi L, Nabeth P.
ROSES-S: Statement from the World Health Organization on the reporting of seroepidemiologic studies for SARS-CoV-2
WHO Global Clinical Platform for the Clinical Characterization of COVID-19
WHO technical consultation on oxygen access scale-up for COVID-19
Global epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis of standardized population-based seroprevalence studies, Jan 2020-Oct 2021
Bergeri, I, Whelan M, Ware H, Subissi L, Nardone A, Lewis HC, et al.
Decisive leadership is a necessity in the COVID-19 response
Al Saidi AM, Nur FA, Al-Mandhari AS, El Rabbat M, Hafeez A, Abubakar A.
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Tackling COVID-19 in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Al-Mandhari AM, Brennan RJ, Abubakar A, Hajjeh R.
Solidarity in response to COVID-19 outbreak in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Al-Mandhari A, Kodama C, Abubakar A, Brennan R.
Coronavirus Disease 2019 outbreak: preparedness and readiness of countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Al-Mandhari A, Samhouri D, Abubakar A, Brennan R.
COVID-19 highlights the need for a strong health laboratories foundation for infectious disease surveillance and control in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Konings F, Barakat A, Hutin Y, Hajjeh R.
Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever
Current status of Crimean–Congo haemorrhagic fever in the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region: issues, challenges, and future directions
Al-Abri SS, AlAbaidani I, Fazlalipour M, Mostafavi E, Leblebicioglu H, Pshenichnaya N, Memish ZA, Hewson R, Petersen E, Mala P, N Tran Minh, Malik M, Formenty P, Jeffries R.
Early warning disease surveillance
Could Emergency Diseases Surveillance Systems Be Transitioned to Routine Surveillance Systems? A Proposed Transition Strategy for Early Warning, Alert, and Response Network
Ashgar RJ, Abubakar A, Buliva E, Tayyab M, Elnossery S.
Establishing syndromic surveillance and event-based surveillance systems for Zika, dengue and other arboviral diseases
Implementing the Health Early Warning System based on syndromic and event-based surveillance at the 2019 Hajj
Bieh KL, Khan A, Yezli S, El-Ganainy A, Asiri S, Alotaibi B, Ghallab S, Elkholy A, Abubakar A, Jokhdar H.
Real-time surveillance in emergencies using the early warning alert and response network
Cordes KM, Cookson ST, Boyd AT, Hardy C, Malik M, Mala P, El Tahir K, Everard M, Jasiem M, Husain F.
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Early Warning Disease Surveillance After a Flood Emergency- Pakistan, 2010
Sabatinelli G, Kakar SR, Khan MR, Malik MR, et al.
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Early Warning, Alert and Response Network (EWARN)
Evaluation of the electronic Early Warning and Response Network (EWARN) system in Somalia, 2017–2020
Lubogo M, Karanja MJ, Mdodo R, Elnossery S, Osman AA, Abdi A, Buliva E, Tayyab M, Omar OA, Ahmed MM, Abera SC, Abubakar A, Malik MR.
Structure, function and performance of Early Warning Alert and Response Network (EWARN) in emergencies in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Mala P, Abubakar A, Takeuchi A, Buliva E, Husain F, Malik MR, Tayyab M, Elnoserry S.
Epidemiological data analysis for the early warning alert and response network [EWARN] in humanitarian emergencies : a quick reference handbook
Early Warning Alert And Response Network in emergencies: evaluation protocol
Ebola
Preparedness for Ebola: can it transform our current public health system?
Malik M, Mahjour J.
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Preventing the introduction of Ebola virus into the Eastern Mediterranean Region: enhanced preparedness is the key
Malik M, Mahjour J, Alwan A.
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Mass Gatherings Medicine
Establishment of public health security in Saudi Arabia for the 2009 Hajj in response to pandemic influenza A H1N1
Memish ZA, McNabb SJ, Mahoney F, Alrabiah F, Marano N, Ahmed QA, Mahjour J, Hajjeh RA, Formenty P, Harmanci FH, El Bushra H, Uyeki TM, Nunn M, Isla N,Barbeschi M; Jeddah Hajj Consultancy Group.Full text
Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)
MERS-CoV infection among healthcare workers and risk factors for death: Retrospective analysis of all laboratory-confirmed cases reported to WHO from 2012 to 2 June 2018
Elkholy AA, Grant R, Assiri A, Elhakim M, Malik MR, Van Kerkhove MD
Global update on Middle East respiratory syndrome, 2019
Kerkhove MD, Grant R, Al Ariqi L, Abubakar A, Elkholy A
A review of asymptomatic and sub-clinical Middle East Repiratory Syndrome coronavirus infections
Grant R, Malik MR, Elkholy A, Kerkhove MD.
Qatar Experience on One-Heath Approach for Middle-East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, 2012-2017: A Case study
Farag E, Nour M, Islam M, Mustafa A, Khalid M, Sikkema RS, Alhajri F, Bu-Sayaa A, Haroun M, Kerkhove MD, Elkholy A, Malik SM, Reusken C, Koopmans M, AlHajri MM.
Worldwide reduction in MERS cases and deaths since 2016
Donnelly CA, Malik MR, Elkholy A, Cauchemez S, Kerkhove MD.
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) neutralising antibodies in a high-risk human population, Morocco, November 2017 to January 2018
Abbad A, Perera R, Anga L, Faouzi A, Tran Minh N, Malik M, Iounes N, Maaroufi A, Kerkhove MD, Peiris M, Nourlil J.
Comparative Analysis of Eleven Healthcare-Associated Outbreaks of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (Mers-Cov) from 2015 to 2017
Bernard-Stoecklin s, Nikolay B, Assiri A, Bin Saeed AA, Ben Embarek PK, El Bushra H, Ki M, Malik MR, Fontanet A, Cauchemez S, Kerkhove MD.
What have we learned about Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) emergence in humans? A systematic literature review
Dawson P, Malik M, Parvez F, Morse SS.
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MERS: Progress on the global response, remaining challenges and way forward.
FAO-OIE-WHO MERS Technical Working Group.
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Health risk assessment at mass gatherings: a report of the camel festival in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Bieh KL, ElGanainy A, Yezli S, Malik M, Aziz Jokhdar HA, Asiri AM, Alotaibi BM.
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Reported direct and indirect contact with dromedary camels among laboratory-confirmed MERS-CoV cases
Conzade R, Grant R, Malik M, Elkholy A, Elhakim M, Samhouri D, Ben Embarek P, Van Kerkhove MD.
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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus: current knowledge and future considerations
Malik M, Elkholy A, Khan W, Hassounah S, Abubakar A, Tran Minh N, Mala P.
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Closing the knowledge gaps on MERS: three and half years since its detection, what have we learnt and what needs to be done urgently
Malik M, Mahjour J.
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Interpreting Results From Environmental Contamination Studies of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
Van Kerkhove MD, Peiris MJS, Malik M, Ben Embarek P.
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Special supplement of Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal on novel coronavirus. Volume 19, supplement 1 (Coronavirus)
Novel coronavirus infection in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: time to act
Malik M, Mafi AR, Mahjour J, Opoka M, Elhakim M, Muntasir MO.
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State of Knowledge and Data Gaps of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Humans
The WHO MERS-CoV Research Group.
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Emergence of novel human coronavirus:public health implications in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Emerging respiratory and novel coronavirus 2012 infections and mass gatherings
Al-Tawfiq JA, Smallwood CAH, Arbuthnott KG, Malik M, Barbeschi M, Memish ZA.
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Highlights and conclusions from the technical consultative meeting on novel coronavirus infection, Cairo, Egypt, 14-16 January 2013
Joseph C, Malik M, Mounts A, Mafi AR, Briand S, Memish ZA and the technical working group for the meeting on novel coronavirus.
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Mpox
Monkeypox outbreak and response efforts in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Al-Mandhari A, Kodama C, Abubakar A, Hajjeh R, Brennan R.
Phylogenetic and Ecologic Perspectives of a Monkeypox Outbreak, Southern Sudan, 2005
Nakazawa Y, Emerson GL, Carroll DS, Zhao H, Li Y, Opoka L, et al.
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Human Monkeypox Outbreak Caused by Novel Virus Belonging to Congo Basin Clade, Sudan, 2005
Formenty P, Muntasir MO, Damon I, Chowdhary V, Opoka ML, Malik MR, et al.
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Viral haemorrhagic fevers
Strategic approach to control of viral haemorrhagic fever outbreaks in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: Report from a regional consultation
Malik M, El Bushra HE, Opoka M, Formenty P, Velayudhan R, Eremin S.
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Laboratory diagnosis of Ebola hemorrhagic fever during an outbreak in Yambio, Sudan, 2004
Onyango CO, Opoka ML, Ksiazek TG, Formenty P, Ahmed A, Tukei PM, Sang RC, Ofula VO, Konongoi SL, Coldren RL, Grein T, Legros D, Bell M, De Cock KM,Bellini WJ, Towner JS, Nichol ST, Rollin PE.
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Zika
Screening of ZIKA virus infection among dengue-like illness patients with negative RT-PCR for dengue virus in Punjab – Pakistan
Iqtadar S,Vo TH, Mehmood M, Salman M, Malik MR, Masud F, Tran Minh NN.
Enhancing surveillance for early detection of Zika virus infection: strategies for the countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region
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Zika virus: no cases in the Eastern Mediterranean Region but concerns remain
Tran Minh N, Huda Q, Asghar H, Samhouri D, Abubakar A, Barwa C, Shaikh I, Buliva E, Mala P, Malik M.
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Zika virus strategic response framework for the Gulf States–2016: An urgent need for collaboration
Binsaeed AA, Al-Hajri M, Noureldin EM, Farag A, Malik M, Al-Zejdali MS, Alhakeem RF, Al-Romaihi H, Alzahrani MH, Alsheikh AA.
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Zoonotic diseases
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: A Systematic Review
Koya SF, Abdalla SM, Kodama C, Keita M, Abubakar A.
Helminth Parasites among Rodents in the Middle East Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Islam MM, Farag E, Hassan MM, Bansal D, Al Awaidy S, Abubakar A, Al-Romaihi H, Mkhize-Kwitshana Z.
One Health operational framework for action for the Eastern Mediterranean Region, focusing on zoonotic diseases
Mahrous H, Redi N, Nguyen N, Al Awaidy S, Mostafavi E, Samhouri D.
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Other
Building critical care capacity for resource-limited countries with complex emergencies in the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region: Developing and Implementing a Critical Care National Training Program in Yemen
Kodama C, Kuniyoshi G, Obaid BA, Martinez EG, Heinzelmann A, Rashad A, Moneim IA, Baraiah SM, Makki AT, Hashish A, Al Alawi K, Khawam N, Jabbour JY, Abubakar A, Brennan R.
Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region, 2001-2018
Mostafavi E, Ghasemian A, Abdinasir A, Nematollahi Mahani SA, Rawaf S, Salehi Vaziri M, et al.
Preparing for future pandemics in the Eastern Mediterranean region
Khan W, Abubakar A, Brennan RJ, Al Hosani F, Obaid T, Nordstrom A, Friberg P.
Epidemiological modelling in refugee and internally displaced people settlements: challenges and ways forward
Aylett-Bullock J, Gilman RT, Hall I, et al.
How far are we? National preparedness and response capacities for emerging infectious disease outbreaks in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region
Al Ariqi L, Buliva E, Chughtai AA, Barakat A, Kidama C, Khan W, Tayyab M, El Nossery S, Aman A, El-Maghraby T, Elkholy A, Abubakar A.
An international treaty for pandemic preparedness and response is an urgent necessity
Mehdi F, Al Saidi AMO, Nur FA, Souteyrand Y, Jabbour J, Malik M, Abubakar A, Khan W, Brennan R, Hajjeh R, Al-Mandhari A.
Preventing pandemics in the world’s most vulnerable settings
Yamey G, McDade KK, Brennan RJ, Abubakar A, Khan W.
Situational analysis of the surveillance of birth defects in the Eastern Mediterranean region
Yunis K, Al Bizri A, Al Raiby J, Nakad P, El Rafei R, Siddeeg K, Tran Minh N, Buliva E, Malik M, El Adawy M, Mahaini R, Ammar W.
Update on Extensively Drug-Resistant Salmonella Serotype Typhi Infections Among Travelers to or from Pakistan and Report of Ceftriaxone-Resistant Salmonella Serotype Typhi Infections Among Travelers to Iraq — United States, 2018–2019
François Watkins LK, Winstead A, Appiah GD, Friedman CR, Medalla F, Hughes MJ, et al.
Hepatitis A Virus Genotype IB Outbreak among Internally Displaced Persons, Syria
Kaddoura M, Allaham R, Abubakar A, Ezzeddine A, Barakat A, Mala P, Zaraket H.
Development of a costed national action plan for health security in Pakistan: lessons learned
Safi M, Ijaz K, Samhouri D, Malik M, Sabih F, Kandel N, Salman M, Suryantoro L, Liban A, Jafari H, Hafeez A, Provincial Partners.
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Effectiveness of training on isolation precaution measures at public hospitals Khartoum State – Sudan
Omar LAM, Elduma AH, Bashir AA, Soghaier MA, Malik M.
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Current and future distribution of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region
Ducheyne E, Tran Minh N, Haddad N, Bryssinckx W, Buliva E, Simard F, Malik M, Charlier J, De Waele V, Mahmoud O, Mukhtar M, Bouattour Ali, Hussain A, Hendrickx G, Roiz D.
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Emerging and reemerging diseases in the World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region—progress, challenges, and WHO initiatives
Buliva E, Elhakim M, Tran Minh N, Elkholy A, Mala P, Abubakar A, Malik M.
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