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What social media told us in the time of COVID-19: a scoping review by Tsao, Shu-Feng, Chen, Helen, Tisseverasinghe, Therese, Yang, Yang, Li, Lianghua, Butt, Zahid A

“…With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, social media has rapidly become a crucial communication tool for information generation, dissemination, and…”
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Risk of adverse treatment outcomes among new pulmonary TB patients co-infected with diabetes in Pakistan: A prospective cohort study by Mukhtar, Fatima, Butt, Zahid A

“…The escalating burden of diabetes in countries tackling high burden of tuberculosis (TB) has adverse implications for co-infected individuals and National TB…”
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Impact of direct-acting antivirals for HCV on mortality in a large population-based cohort study by Janjua, Naveed Z., Wong, Stanley, Abdia, Younathan, Jeong, Dahn, Buller-Taylor, Terri, Adu, Prince A., Samji, Hasina, Wilton, James, Pearce, Margo, Butt, Zahid A., Yu, Amanda, Binka, Mawuena, Bartlett, Sofia, Alvarez, Maria, Krajden, Mel

“…We evaluated the effect of direct-acting antiviral (DAA)-induced sustained virologic response (SVR) on all-cause, liver- and drug-related mortality in a…”
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The impact of SVR from direct‐acting antiviral‐ and interferon‐based treatments for HCV on hepatocellular carcinoma risk by Janjua, Naveed Z., Wong, Stanley, Darvishian, Maryam, Butt, Zahid A., Yu, Amanda, Binka, Mawuena, Alvarez, Maria, Woods, Ryan, Yoshida, Eric M., Ramji, Alnoor, Feld, Jordan, Krajden, Mel

“…We evaluated the effect of sustained virologic response (SVR) from direct‐acting antiviral (DAA)‐ and interferon‐based treatments on hepatocellular carcinoma…”
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Pattern discovery and disentanglement on relational datasets by Wong, Andrew K. C., Zhou, Pei-Yuan, Butt, Zahid A.

“…Machine Learning has made impressive advances in many applications akin to human cognition for discernment. However, success has been limited in the areas of…”
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The Population Level Cascade of Care for Hepatitis C in British Columbia, Canada: The BC Hepatitis Testers Cohort (BC-HTC) by Janjua, Naveed Z., Kuo, Margot, Yu, Amanda, Alvarez, Maria, Wong, Stanley, Cook, Darrel, Wong, Jason, Grebely, Jason, Butt, Zahid A., Samji, Hasina, Ramji, Alnoor, Tyndall, Mark, Krajden, Mel

“…Population-level monitoring of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infected people across the cascade of care identifies gaps in access and engagement in care and…”
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Age- and Sex-Specific Association Between Vegetation Cover and Mental Health Disorders: Bayesian Spatial Study by Abdullah, Abu Yousuf Md, Law, Jane, Perlman, Christopher M, Butt, Zahid A

“…Background Despite growing evidence that reduced vegetation cover could be a putative risk factor for mental health disorders, the age- and the sex-specific…”
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Establishing a cohort in a developing country: Experiences of the diabetes-tuberculosis treatment outcome cohort study by Mukhtar, Fatima, Butt, Zahid A.

“…Prospective cohort studies are instrumental in generating valid scientific evidence based on identifying temporal associations between cause and effect…”
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Syndemic profiles of people living with hepatitis C virus using population-level latent class analysis to optimize health services by Clementi, Emilia, Bartlett, Sofia, Otterstatter, Michael, Buxton, Jane A., Wong, Stanley, Yu, Amanda, Butt, Zahid A., Wilton, James, Pearce, Margo, Jeong, Dahn, Binka, Mawuena, Adu, Prince, Alvarez, Maria, Samji, Hasina, Abdia, Younathan, Wong, Jason, Krajden, Mel, Janjua, Naveed Z.

“…•Syndemics are combinations of co-occurring epidemics and large-scale social forces.•Hepatitis C virus infection affects diverse populations.•Hepatitis C virus…”
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Syndemic Characterization of HCV, HBV, and HIV Co-infections in a Large Population Based Cohort Study by McKee, Geoffrey, Butt, Zahid A, Wong, Stanley, Salway, Travis, Gilbert, Mark, Wong, Jason, Alvarez, Maria, Chapinal, Nuria, Darvishian, Maryam, Tyndall, Mark W, Krajden, Mel, Janjua, Naveed Z

“…Limited data are available on HBV, HCV, and HIV co-infections and triple infection. We characterized co-occurrence of HIV, HBV, and HCV infections at the…”
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Elevated risk of colorectal, liver, and pancreatic cancers among HCV, HBV and/or HIV (co)infected individuals in a population based cohort in Canada by Darvishian, Maryam, Butt, Zahid A., Wong, Stanley, Yoshida, Eric M., Khinda, Jaskaran, Otterstatter, Michael, Yu, Amanda, Binka, Mawuena, Rossi, Carmine, McKee, Geoff, Pearce, Margo, Alvarez, Maria, Wong, Jason, Cook, Darrel, Grennan, Troy, Buxton, Jane, Tyndall, Mark, Woods, Ryan, Krajden, Mel, Bhatti, Parveen, Janjua, Naveed Z.

“…Introduction: Studies of the impact of hepatitis C virus (HCV), hepatitis B virus (HBV) and HIV mono and co-infections on the risk of cancer, particularly…”
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Elbasvir/grazoprevir for the treatment of hepatitis C virus infection in people with opioid use disorder by Butt, Zahid A.

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Correlates of cigarette smoking among male college students in Karachi, Pakistan by Rozi, Shafquat, Butt, Zahid A, Akhtar, Saeed

“…About 1.3 billion people are regular smokers world wide and every day between 8,200 and 9,900 young people start to smoke, risking rapid addiction to nicotine…”
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A Computable Phenotype Model for Classification of Men Who Have Sex With Men Within a Large Linked Database of Laboratory, Surveillance, and Administrative Healthcare Records by Salway, Travis, Butt, Zahid A., Wong, Stanley, Abdia, Younathan, Balshaw, Robert, Rich, Ashleigh J., Ablona, Aidan, Wong, Jason, Grennan, Troy, Yu, Amanda, Alvarez, Maria, Rossi, Carmine, Gilbert, Mark, Krajden, Mel, Janjua, Naveed Z.

“…Background: Most public health datasets do not include sexual orientation measures, thereby limiting the availability of data to monitor health disparities,…”
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Hepatitis C virus reinfection after successful treatment with direct-acting antiviral therapy in a large population-based cohort by Rossi, Carmine, Butt, Zahid A., Wong, Stanley, Buxton, Jane A., Islam, Nazrul, Yu, Amanda, Darvishian, Maryam, Gilbert, Mark, Wong, Jason, Chapinal, Nuria, Binka, Mawuena, Alvarez, Maria, Tyndall, Mark W., Krajden, Mel, Janjua, Naveed Z.

“…[Display omitted] •DAA therapies are an important component of HCV elimination strategies.•Larger population-level reports of reinfection rates after DAA…”
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Long-term effect of sustained virological response on hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with hepatitis C in Canada by Janjua, Naveed Z, Chong, Mei, Kuo, Margot, Woods, Ryan, Wong, Jason, Yoshida, Eric M, Sherman, Morris, Butt, Zahid A, Samji, Hasina, Cook, Darrel, Yu, Amanda, Alvarez, Maria, Tyndall, Mark, Krajden, Mel

“…Graphical abstract…”
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The state of health in Pakistan and its provinces and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 by Hafeez, Assad, Dangel, William James, Ostroff, Samuel M, Kiani, Ayyaz Gul, Glenn, Scott D, Abbas, Jaffar, Afzal, Muhammad Sohail, Afzal, Saira, Ahmad, Sajjad, Ahmed, Ali, Ahmed, Haroon, Ali, Liaqat, Ali, Muhammad, Ali, Zahid, Arshad, Muhammad, Ashraf, Tahira, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A, Bibi, Sadia, Butt, Zahid A, Das, Jai K, Fadoo, Zehra, Hanif, Asif, Hayat, Khezar, Humayun, Ayesha, Iqbal, Khalid, Iqbal, Usman, Khalid, Nauman, Khan, Ejaz Ahmad, Khan, Muhammad Shahzeb, Malik, Ahmad Azam, Naveed, Muhammad, Naz, Shumaila, Niazi, Robina Khan, Piracha, Zahra Zahid, Saeed, Umar, Salman, Muhammad, Samad, Zainab, Saqib, Muhammad Arif Nadeem, Shah, Syed Mahboob, Shahid, Izza, Shaikh, Masood Ali, Shamshad, Hina, Shuja, Kanwar Hamza, Suleman, Muhammad, Ullah, Anayat, Ullah, Irfan, Ullah, Saif, Ullah, Sana, Waheed, Yasir, Waris, Abdul, Hay, Simon I, Murray, Christopher J L, Mokdad, Ali H

“…Understanding health trends and estimating the burden of disease at the national and subnational levels helps policy makers track progress and identify…”
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Application of artificial intelligence in active assisted living for aging population in real-world setting with commercial devices – A scoping review by Wang, Kang, Ghafurian, Moojan, Chumachenko, Dmytro, Cao, Shi, Butt, Zahid A., Salim, Shahan, Abhari, Shahabeddin, Morita, Plinio P.

“…The aging population is steadily increasing, posing new challenges and opportunities for healthcare systems worldwide. Technological advancements, particularly…”
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Monkeypox: a review of epidemiological modelling studies and how modelling has led to mechanistic insight by Banuet-Martinez, Marina, Yang, Yang, Jafari, Behnaz, Kaur, Avneet, Butt, Zahid A., Chen, Helen H., Yanushkevich, Svetlana, Moyles, Iain R., Heffernan, Jane M., Korosec, Chapin S.

“…Human monkeypox (mpox) virus is a viral zoonosis that belongs to the Orthopoxvirus genus of the Poxviridae family, which presents with similar symptoms as…”
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Considerations for an Individual-Level Population Notification System for Pandemic Response: A Review and Prototype by Sakib, Mohammad Nazmus, Butt, Zahid A, Morita, Plinio Pelegrini, Oremus, Mark, Fong, Geoffrey T, Hall, Peter A

“…The outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, spread worldwide after its emergence in China…”
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