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Identification of potential therapeutic intervening targets by in-silico analysis of nsSNPs in preterm birth-related genes by Azmi, Muhammad Bilal, Khan, Waqasuddin, Azim, M Kamran, Nisar, Muhammad Imran, Jehan, Fyezah

“…Prematurity is the foremost cause of death in children under 5 years of age. Genetics contributes to 25-40% of all preterm births (PTB) yet we still need to…”
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Substitution spectra of SARS-CoV-2 genome from Pakistan reveals insights into the evolution of variants across the pandemic by Ashraf, Javaria, Bukhari, Sayed Ali Raza Shah, Kanji, Akbar, Iqbal, Tulaib, Yameen, Maliha, Nisar, Muhammad Imran, Khan, Waqasuddin, Hasan, Zahra

“…Changing morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19 across the pandemic has been linked with factors such as the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants and vaccination…”
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Differential coverage for vaccines in the expanded program on immunization (EPI) among children in rural Pakistan by Shahid, Shahira, Ahmed, Sheraz, Qazi, Muhammad Farrukh, Ali, Rafey, Ali, Syed Asad, Zaidi, Anita K.M., Iqbal, Najeeha T., Jehan, Fyezah, Imran Nisar, Muhammad

“…•Vaccine coverage and timeliness were low among children in Matiari, Pakistan.•48.4 % of the children were fully vaccinated with all EPI antigens.•Majority of…”
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Predictors of Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Influenza Virus, and Human Metapneumovirus Carriage in Children Under 5 Years With WHO‐Defined Fast‐Breathing Pneumonia in Pakistan by Nisar, Muhammad Imran, Kerai, Salima, Shahid, Shahira, Qazi, Muhammad Farrukh, Rehman, Sarah, Aziz, Fatima, Jehan, Fyezah

“…ABSTRACT Background Pneumonia is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children < 5 years. We describe nasopharyngeal carriage of respiratory syncytial…”
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Unveiling and addressing implementation barriers to routine immunization in the peri-urban slums of Karachi, Pakistan: a mixed-methods study by Yazdani, Amna Tanweer, Muhammad, Ameer, Nisar, Muhammad Imran, Khan, Uzma, Shafiq, Yasir

“…Abstract Background Great disparities in immunization coverage exist in Pakistan between urban and rural areas. However, coverage estimates for large…”
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Disparities in age and gender-specific SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic testing trends: a retrospective study from Pakistan by Ghanchi, Najia Karim, Masood, Kiran Iqbal, Qazi, Muhammad Farrukh, Shahid, Shahira, Nasir, Asghar, Mahmood, Syed Faisal, Ansar, Zeeshan, Nisar, Muhammad Imran, Hasan, Zahra

“…Pakistan reported 1.57 million COVID-19 cases between 2020 and 2022, based on approximately 30.6 million SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR (reverse-transcription polymerase…”
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Newborn weight nomograms in selected low and middle-income countries by Ginsburg, Amy Sarah, Jehan, Fyezah, Ariff, Shabina, Nisar, Muhammad Imran, Schaefer, Eric, Flaherman, Valerie, Shrestha, Akina, Dongol, Srijana, Laleau, Victoria, de Sa, Augusto Braima, Co, Raimundo, Nankabirwa, Victoria

“…Growth impairment is common in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) and may begin during early infancy, increasing morbidity and mortality. To ensure…”
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Sequential viral introductions and spread of BA.1 across Pakistan provinces during the Omicron wave by Bukhari, Ali Raza, Ashraf, Javaria, Kanji, Akbar, Rahman, Yusra Abdul, Trovão, Nídia S, Thielen, Peter M, Yameen, Maliha, Kanwar, Samiah, Khan, Waqasuddin, Kabir, Furqan, Nisar, Muhammad Imran, Merritt, Brian, Hasan, Rumina, Spiro, David, Rasmussen, Zeba, Aamir, Uzma Bashir, Hasan, Zahra

“…COVID-19 waves caused by specific SARS-CoV-2 variants have occurred globally at different times. We focused on Omicron variants to understand the genomic…”
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Direct maternal morbidity and the risk of pregnancy-related deaths, stillbirths, and neonatal deaths in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa: A population-based prospective cohort study in 8 countries by Aftab, Fahad, Ahmed, Imran, Ahmed, Salahuddin, Ali, Said Mohammed, Amenga-Etego, Seeba, Ariff, Shabina, Bahl, Rajiv, Baqui, Abdullah H, Begum, Nazma, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A, Biemba, Godfrey, Cousens, Simon, Das, Vinita, Deb, Saikat, Dhingra, Usha, Dutta, Arup, Edmond, Karen, Esamai, Fabian, Ghosh, Amit Kumar, Gisore, Peter, Grogan, Caroline, Hamer, Davidson H, Herlihy, Julie, Hurt, Lisa, Ilyas, Muhammad, Jehan, Fyezah, Juma, Mohammed Hamad, Kalonji, Michel, Khanam, Rasheda, Kirkwood, Betty R, Kumar, Aarti, Kumar, Alok, Kumar, Vishwajeet, Manu, Alexander, Marete, Irene, Mehmood, Usma, Minckas, Nicole, Mishra, Shambhavi, Mitra, Dipak K, Moin, Mamun Ibne, Muhammad, Karim, Newton, Sam, Ngaima, Serge, Nguwo, Andre, Nisar, Muhammad Imran, Otomba, John, Quaiyum, Mohammad Abdul, Sarrassat, Sophie, Sazawal, Sunil, Semrau, Katherine E, Shannon, Caitlin, Singh, Vinay Pratap, Soofi, Sajid, Soremekun, Seyi, Suleiman, Atifa Mohammed, Sunday, Venantius, Dilip, Thandassery R, Tshefu, Antoinette, Wasan, Yaqub, Yeboah-Antwi, Kojo, Yoshida, Sachiyo, Zaidi, Anita K

“…Maternal morbidity occurs several times more frequently than mortality, yet data on morbidity burden and its effect on maternal, foetal, and newborn outcomes…”
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Serial population-based serosurveys for COVID-19 in two neighbourhoods of Karachi, Pakistan by Nisar, Muhammad Imran, Ansari, Nadia, Khalid, Farah, Amin, Mashal, Shahbaz, Hamna, Hotwani, Aneeta, Rehman, Najeeb, Pugh, Sierra, Mehmood, Usma, Rizvi, Arjumand, Memon, Arslan, Ahmed, Zahoor, Ahmed, Ashfaque, Iqbal, Junaid, Saleem, Ali Faisal, Aamir, Uzma Bashir, Larremore, Daniel B., Fosdick, Bailey, Jehan, Fyezah

“…•The prevalence of coronavirus disease 2019 is high in Karachi.•Most seropositive cases are reported to be asymptomatic.•Contact within households is linked…”
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Serotype-specific effectiveness against pneumococcal carriage and serotype replacement after ten-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV10) introduction in Pakistan by Nisar, Muhammad Imran, Jehan, Fyezah, Shahid, Shahira, Ahmed, Sheraz, Shakoor, Sadia, Kabir, Furqan, Hotwani, Aneeta, Muneer, Sahrish, Khalid, Farah, Muhammad, Sajid, Althouse, Benjamin M, Hu, Hao, Whitney, Cynthia G, Ali, Asad, Zaidi, Anita K M, Omer, Saad B, Iqbal, Najeeha

“…Pakistan was one of the first South-Asian countries to introduce the ten-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV10) at the national level, using a 3+0…”
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Neurodevelopmental outcomes following possible serious bacterial infection in early infancy in Karachi, Pakistan: a prospective cohort study by Farheen, Nudrat, Shahid, Shahira, Lalani, Kiran Ramzan Ali, Azam, Iqbal, Khalid, Farah, Fatima, Batool, Islam, Mohammad Shahidul, Saha, Samir K, Qazi, Shamim Ahmad, Jehan, Fyezah, Nisar, Muhammad Imran

“…Pakistan reports a significant burden of neonatal mortality, with infections as one of the major causes. We aim to assess the long-term impact of early infancy…”
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Cohort profile: the Pregnancy Risk Infant Surveillance and Measurement Alliance (PRISMA) – Pakistan by Naz, Sabahat, Jaffar, Ali, Yazdani, Nida, Kashif, Muhammad, Hussain, Zaid, Khan, Uzma, Farooq, Fouzia, Nisar, Muhammad Imran, Jehan, Fyezah, Smith, Emily, Hoodbhoy, Zahra

“…PurposePakistan has disproportionately high maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. There is a lack of detailed, population-representative data to…”
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Protocol for validation of the Global Scales for Early Development (GSED) for children under 3 years of age in seven countries by Cavallera, Vanessa, Lancaster, Gillian, Gladstone, Melissa, Black, Maureen M, McCray, Gareth, Nizar, Ambreen, Ahmed, Salahuddin, Dutta, Arup, Anago, Romuald Kouadio E, Brentani, Alexandra, Jiang, Fan, Schönbeck, Yvonne, McCoy, Dana C, Kariger, Patricia, Weber, Ann M, Raikes, Abbie, Waldman, Marcus, van Buuren, Stef, Kaur, Raghbir, Pérez Maillard, Michelle, Nisar, Muhammad Imran, Khanam, Rasheda, Sazawal, Sunil, Zongo, Arsène, Pacifico Mercadante, Mariana, Zhang, Yunting, Roy, Arunangshu D, Hepworth, Katelyn, Fink, Günther, Rubio-Codina, Marta, Tofail, Fahmida, Eekhout, Iris, Seiden, Jonathan, Norton, Rebecca, Baqui, Abdullah H, Khalfan Ali, Jamila, Zhao, Jin, Holzinger, Andreas, Detmar, Symone, Kembou, Samuel Nzale, Begum, Farzana, Mohammed Ali, Said, Jehan, Fyezah, Dua, Tarun, Janus, Magdalena

“…IntroductionChildren’s early development is affected by caregiving experiences, with lifelong health and well-being implications. Governments and civil…”
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Nutritional support for lactating women with or without azithromycin for infants compared to breastfeeding counseling alone in improving the 6-month growth outcomes among infants of peri-urban slums in Karachi, Pakistan—the protocol for a multiarm assessor-blinded randomized controlled trial (Mumta LW trial) by Muhammad, Ameer, Shafiq, Yasir, Nisar, Muhammad Imran, Baloch, Benazir, Yazdani, Amna Tanweer, Yazdani, Nida, Jehan, Fyezah

“…Abstract Background Globally, 45% of under-five deaths are either directly or indirectly attributable to malnutrition, and most of these deaths are in low- and…”
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Secondary attack rates and determinants of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) household transmission in Pakistan: A case-ascertained prospective, longitudinal study by Nisar, Muhammad Imran, Ansari, Nadia, Amin, Mashal, Khalid, Farah, Shahid, Shahira, Mahesar, Marvi, Mansoor, Maryam, Qazi, Muhammad Farrukh, Hotwani, Aneeta, Rehman, Najeeb, Ashraf, Arslan, Ahmed, Zahoor, Ahmed, Ashfaque, Memon, Arslan, Jehan, Fyezah

“…Households are considered ideal settings for studying the transmission dynamics of an infectious disease. A prospective study was conducted, based on the World…”
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Does the implementation of revised American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guidelines improve the identification of stillbirths and preterm births in hypertensive pregnancies: a population-based cohort study from South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa by Nisar, Muhammad Imran, Kabole, Ibrahim, Khanam, Rasheda, Shahid, Shahira, Bakari, Bihila Abdalla, Chowdhury, Nabidul Haque, Qazi, Muhammad Farrukh, Dutta, Arup, Rahman, Sayedur, Khalid, Javairia, Dhingra, Usha, Hasan, Tarik, Ansari, Nadia, Deb, Saikat, Mitra, Dipak K, Mehmood, Usma, Aftab, Fahad, Ahmed, Salahuddin, Khan, Shahiryar, Ali, Said Mohammad, Ahmed, Saifuddin, Manu, Alexander, Yoshida, Sachiyo, Bahl, Rajiv, Baqui, Abdullah H, Sazawal, Sunil, Jehan, Fyezah

“…Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) are a significant cause of maternal mortality worldwide. The classification and treatment of hypertension in…”
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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward seasonal influenza vaccination among healthcare workers and pregnant women in Pakistan: A mixed methods approach by Shahid, Shahira, Khwaja, Hajra, Kalhoro, Shafi, Mehmood, Junaid, Qazi, Muhammad Farrukh, Abubakar, Abdinasir, Mohamed, Shaza, Khan, Wasiq, Jehan, Fyezah, Nisar, Muhammad Imran

“…Vaccine hesitancy is a significant public health issue globally. We aim to document the barriers toward seasonal influenza vaccine uptake among healthcare…”
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Opportunities and challenges to non-communicable disease (NCD) research and training in Pakistan: a qualitative study from Pakistan by Almas, Aysha, Awan, Safia, Bloomfield, Gerald, Nisar, Muhammad Imran, Siddiqi, Sameen, Ahmed, Asma, Ali, Asad, Shafqat, Saad Hameed, Bhutta, Zulfiqar Ahmed, Mark, Daniel Benjamin, Douglas, Pamela, Bartlett, John, Jafar, Tazeen H, Samad, Zainab

“…IntroductionMost of the global non-communicable disease (NCD)-related death burden is borne by low and middle-income countries (LMICs). In LMICs like Pakistan,…”
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Feasibility, usability and acceptability of paediatric lung ultrasound among healthcare providers and caregivers for the diagnosis of childhood pneumonia in resource-constrained settings: a qualitative study by Riaz, Atif, Cambaco, Olga, Ellington, Laura Elizabeth, Lenahan, Jennifer L, Munguambe, Khatia, Mehmood, Usma, Lamorte, Alessandro, Qaisar, Sana, Baloch, Benazir, Kanth, Neel, Nisar, Muhammad Imran, Volpicelli, Giovanni, Bassat, Quique, Jehan, Fyezah, Ginsburg, Amy Sarah

“…ObjectivesPaediatric pneumonia burden and mortality are highest in low-income and middle-income countries (LMIC). Paediatric lung ultrasound (LUS) has emerged…”
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