Short- and longer-term all-cause mortality among SARS-CoV-2- infected individuals and the pull-forward phenomenon in Qatar: a national cohort study

Authors: Chemaitelly, Hiam, Faust, Jeremy Samuel, Krumholz, Harlan M., Ayoub, Houssein H., Tang, Patrick, Coyle, Peter, Yassine, Hadi M., Al Thani, Asmaa A., Al-Khatib, Hebah A., Hasan, Mohammad R., Al-Kanaani, Zaina, Al-Kuwari, Einas, Jeremijenko, Andrew, Kaleeckal, Anvar Hassan, Latif, Ali Nizar, Shaik, Riyazuddin Mohammad, Abdul-Rahim, Hanan F., Nasrallah, Gheyath K., Al-Kuwari, Mohamed Ghaith, Butt, Adeel A., Al-Romaihi, Hamad Eid, Al-Thani, Mohamed H., Al-Khal, Abdullatif, Bertollini, Roberto, Abu-Raddad, Laith J.

Source: In International Journal of Infectious Diseases November 2023 136:81-90

Effects of previous infection, vaccination, and hybrid immunity against symptomatic Alpha, Beta, and Delta SARS-CoV-2 infections: an observational study

Authors: Altarawneh, Heba N., Chemaitelly, Hiam, Ayoub, Houssein H., Tang, Patrick, Hasan, Mohammad R., Yassine, Hadi M., Al-Khatib, Hebah A., Al Thani, Asmaa A., Coyle, Peter, Al-Kanaani, Zaina, Al-Kuwari, Einas, Jeremijenko, Andrew, Kaleeckal, Anvar Hassan, Latif, Ali Nizar, Shaik, Riyazuddin Mohammad, Abdul-Rahim, Hanan F., Nasrallah, Gheyath K., Al-Kuwari, Mohamed Ghaith, Butt, Adeel A., Al-Romaihi, Hamad Eid, Al-Thani, Mohamed H., Al-Khal, Abdullatif, Bertollini, Roberto, Abu-Raddad, Laith J.

Source: In eBioMedicine September 2023 95

Population immunity of natural infection, primary-series vaccination, and booster vaccination in Qatar during the COVID-19 pandemic: an observational study

Authors: Qassim, Suelen H., Chemaitelly, Hiam, Ayoub, Houssein H., Coyle, Peter, Tang, Patrick, Yassine, Hadi M., Al Thani, Asmaa A., Al-Khatib, Hebah A., Hasan, Mohammad R., Al-Kanaani, Zaina, Al-Kuwari, Einas, Jeremijenko, Andrew, Kaleeckal, Anvar Hassan, Latif, Ali Nizar, Shaik, Riyazuddin Mohammad, Abdul-Rahim, Hanan F., Nasrallah, Gheyath K., Al-Kuwari, Mohamed Ghaith, Butt, Adeel A., Al-Romaihi, Hamad Eid, Al-Thani, Mohamed H., Al-Khal, Abdullatif, Bertollini, Roberto, Abu-Raddad, Laith J.

Source: In eClinicalMedicine August 2023 62

Long-term COVID-19 booster effectiveness by infection history and clinical vulnerability and immune imprinting: a retrospective population-based cohort study

Authors: Chemaitelly, Hiam ^*, Ayoub, Houssein H, Tang, Patrick, Coyle, Peter, Yassine, Hadi M, Al Thani, Asmaa A, Al-Khatib, Hebah A, Hasan, Mohammad R, Al-Kanaani, Zaina, Al-Kuwari, Einas, Jeremijenko, Andrew, Kaleeckal, Anvar Hassan, Latif, Ali Nizar, Shaik, Riyazuddin Mohammad, Abdul-Rahim, Hanan F, Nasrallah, Gheyath K, Al-Kuwari, Mohamed Ghaith, Butt, Adeel A, Al-Romaihi, Hamad Eid, Al-Thani, Mohamed H, Al-Khal, Abdullatif, Bertollini, Roberto, Faust, Jeremy Samuel, Abu-Raddad, Laith J ^**

Source: In The Lancet Infectious Diseases July 2023 23(7):816-827

Protection from previous natural infection compared with mRNA vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe COVID-19 in Qatar: a retrospective cohort study

Authors: Chemaitelly, Hiam ^*, Ayoub, Houssein H, AlMukdad, Sawsan, Coyle, Peter, Tang, Patrick, Yassine, Hadi M, Al-Khatib, Hebah A, Smatti, Maria K, Hasan, Mohammad R, Al-Kanaani, Zaina, Al-Kuwari, Einas, Jeremijenko, Andrew, Kaleeckal, Anvar Hassan, Latif, Ali Nizar, Shaik, Riyazuddin Mohammad, Abdul-Rahim, Hanan F, Nasrallah, Gheyath K, Al-Kuwari, Mohamed Ghaith, Butt, Adeel A, Al-Romaihi, Hamad Eid, Al-Thani, Mohamed H, Al-Khal, Abdullatif, Bertollini, Roberto, Abu-Raddad, Laith J ^**

Source: In The Lancet Microbe December 2022 3(12):e944-e955

Evaluating Hospital Admission Data as Indicators of COVID-19 Severity: A National Assessment in Qatar.

Authors: Sukik, Layan, Chemaitelly, Hiam, Ayoub, Houssein H, Coyle, Peter, Tang, Patrick, Hasan, Mohammad R, Yassine, Hadi M, Thani, Asmaa A Al, Al-Kanaani, Zaina, Al-Kuwari, Einas, Jeremijenko, Andrew, Kaleeckal, Anvar Hassan, Latif, Ali Nizar, Shaik, Riyazuddin Mohammad, Abdul-Rahim, Hanan F, Nasrallah, Gheyath K, Al-Kuwari, Mohamed Ghaith, Butt, Adeel A, Al-Romaihi, Hamad Eid, Al-Thani, Mohamed H

Source: Open Forum Infectious Diseases; Mar2025, Vol. 12 Issue 3, p1-9, 9p

Subject Terms: COHEN'S kappa coefficient (Statistics), VACCINE effectiveness, HOSPITAL admission & discharge, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19

SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in the urban population of Qatar: An analysis of antibody testing on a sample of 112,941 individuals

Authors: Coyle, Peter V., Chemaitelly, Hiam, Ben Hadj Kacem, Mohamed Ali, Abdulla Al Molawi, Naema Hassan, El Kahlout, Reham Awni, Gilliani, Imtiaz, Younes, Nourah, Al Anssari, Ghada Ali A.A., Al Kanaani, Zaina, Al Khal, Abdullatif, Al Kuwari, Einas, Butt, Adeel A., Jeremijenko, Andrew, Kaleeckal, Anvar Hassan, Latif, Ali Nizar, Shaik, Riyazuddin Mohammad, Abdul Rahim, Hanan F., Nasrallah, Gheyath K., Yassine, Hadi M., Al Kuwari, Mohamed Ghaith, Al Romaihi, Hamad Eid, Al-Thani, Mohamed H., Bertollini, Roberto, Abu-Raddad, Laith J.

Source: In iScience 25 June 2021 24(6)

SARS-CoV-2 antibody-positivity protects against reinfection for at least seven months with 95% efficacy

Authors: Abu-Raddad, Laith J., Chemaitelly, Hiam, Coyle, Peter, Malek, Joel A., Ahmed, Ayeda A., Mohamoud, Yasmin A., Younuskunju, Shameem, Ayoub, Houssein H., Al Kanaani, Zaina, Al Kuwari, Einas, Butt, Adeel A., Jeremijenko, Andrew, Kaleeckal, Anvar Hassan, Latif, Ali Nizar, Shaik, Riyazuddin Mohammad, Abdul Rahim, Hanan F., Nasrallah, Gheyath K., Yassine, Hadi M., Al Kuwari, Mohamed Ghaith, Al Romaihi, Hamad Eid, Al-Thani, Mohamed H., Al Khal, Abdullatif, Bertollini, Roberto

Source: In EClinicalMedicine May 2021 35

BNT162b2 Versus mRNA‐1273 Vaccines: Comparative Analysis of Long‐Term Protection Against SARS‐CoV‐2 Infection and Severe COVID‐19 in Qatar.

Authors: Chemaitelly, Hiam, Ayoub, Houssein H., Coyle, Peter, Tang, Patrick, Hasan, Mohammad R., Yassine, Hadi M., Al Thani, Asmaa A., Al‐Kanaani, Zaina, Al‐Kuwari, Einas, Jeremijenko, Andrew, Kaleeckal, Anvar Hassan, Latif, Ali Nizar, Shaik, Riyazuddin Mohammad, Abdul‐Rahim, Hanan F., Nasrallah, Gheyath K., Al‐Kuwari, Mohamed Ghaith, Butt, Adeel A., Al‐Romaihi, Hamad Eid, Al‐Thani, Mohamed H., Al‐Khal, Abdullatif

Source: Influenza & Other Respiratory Viruses; Oct2024, Vol. 18 Issue 10, p1-15, 15p

Subject Terms: BOOSTER vaccines, SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, COVID-19 vaccines, VACCINATION, SENSITIVITY analysis

Assessing the impact of annual health screenings in identifying noncommunicable disease risk factors within Qatar's primary health care corporation Qatari registered population.

Authors: Al-Abdulla, Samya Ahmad, Bakri, Ahmad Haj, Mansaray, Mariama Aminata, Al-Kuwari, Mohamed Ghaith

Source: Frontiers in Public Health; 2024, p01-08, 8p

COVID-19 testing, incidence, and positivity trends among school age children during the academic years 2020–2022 in the State of Qatar: special focus on using CDC indicators for community transmission to evaluate school attendance policies and public health response

Authors: Al-Kuwari, Mohamed Ghaith, Mohammed, Azza Mustafa, Abdulmajeed, Jazeel, Al-Romaihi, Hamad, Al-Mass, Maryam, Abushaikha, Shaikha Sami, Albyat, Soha, Nadeem, Shazia, Kandy, Mujeeb Chettiyam

Source: BMC Pediatrics; 5/30/2024, Vol. 24, p1-10, 10p

Subject Terms: INFECTIOUS disease transmission, SCHOOL children, SCHOOL attendance, SCHOOL rules & regulations, HEALTH policy, POSITIVITY effect (Psychology)

Geographic Terms: QATAR

Company/Entity: CENTERS for Disease Control & Prevention (U.S.)

Post-COVID-19 syndrome, who at risk and why: an insight from Qatar 2022.

Authors: Adli, Nada, Bala, Mohamed, Bougmiza, Mohamed Iheb, Al-Kuwari, Mohamed Ghaith, Al-Khenji, Abdul Hameed, Selim, Nagah

Source: Frontiers in Public Health; 2024, p01-13, 13p

Short-term side effects of BNT162b2 vaccine in primary care settings in Qatar: a retrospective study.

Authors: Abdeen, Sami, Alah, Muna Abed, Al-Zaidan, Manal, Mohamed Ibrahim, Mohamed Izham, Abdulmajeed, Jazeel, Al-Nuaimi, Asma Ali, Al-Kuwari, Mohamed Ghaith

Source: Frontiers in Public Health; 2024, p1-10, 10p

Addressing bias in the definition of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection: implications for underestimation.

Authors: Chemaitelly, Hiam, Ayoub, Houssein H., Tang, Patrick, Yassine, Hadi M., Al Thani, Asmaa A., Hasan, Mohammad R., Coyle, Peter, Al-Kanaani, Zaina, Al-Kuwari, Einas, Jeremijenko, Andrew, Kaleeckal, Anvar Hassan, Latif, Ali Nizar, Shaik, Riyazuddin Mohammad, Abdul-Rahim, Hanan F., Nasrallah, Gheyath K., Al-Kuwari, Mohamed Ghaith, Butt, Adeel A., Al-Romaihi, Hamad Eid, Al-Thani, Mohamed H., Al-Khal, Abdullatif

Source: Frontiers in Medicine; 2024, p1-12, 12p

COVID-19 infection across workplace settings in Qatar: a comparison of COVID-19 positivity rates of screened workers from March 1st until July 31st, 2020.

Authors: Al-Kuwari, Mohamed Ghaith¹ (AUTHOR), Al-Nuaimi, Asma Ali¹ (AUTHOR), Abdulmajeed, Jazeel¹ (AUTHOR), Semaan, Sandy¹ (AUTHOR) ssemaan@phcc.qa, Al-Romaihi, Hamad Eid² (AUTHOR), Kandy, Mujeeb Chettiyam¹ (AUTHOR), Swamy, Selvakumar¹ (AUTHOR)

Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine & Toxicology. 6/17/2021, Vol. 16 Issue 1, p1-9. 9p.

Subject Terms: *WORK environment, *SALES personnel, *HEALTH care industry, *COVID-19, *EDUCATION, *CROSS-sectional method, *OCCUPATIONAL exposure, *PRIVATE sector, *ECOLOGY, *BLUE collar workers, *MEDICAL screening, *CONSTRUCTION industry, *SEX distribution, *EMPLOYEES, *PUBLIC sector, *PSYCHOSOCIAL factors

Geographic Terms: QATAR

The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the preventive services in Qatar.

Authors: Al-Kuwari, Mohamed Ghaith¹ malkuwari@phcc.gov.qa, Abdulmalik, Mariam Ali¹, Al-Mudahka, Hamad Rashid¹, Bakri, Ahmad Haj², Al-Baker, Wadha Ahmed¹, Abushaikha, Shaikha Sami¹, Kandy, Mujeeb Chettiyam², Gibb, John²

Source: Journal of Public Health Research. 2021, Vol. 10 Issue 1, p77-80. 4p.

Subject Terms: *COVID-19 pandemic, *PREVENTIVE health services, *COLORECTAL cancer, *COMMUNICABLE diseases, *COVID-19

Geographic Terms: QATAR

SARS‐CoV‐2 infection and effects of age, sex, comorbidity, and vaccination among older individuals: A national cohort study.

Authors: Mahmoud, Mai A., Ayoub, Houssein H., Coyle, Peter, Tang, Patrick, Hasan, Mohammad R., Yassine, Hadi M., Al Thani, Asmaa A., Al‐Kanaani, Zaina, Al‐Kuwari, Einas, Jeremijenko, Andrew, Kaleeckal, Anvar Hassan, Latif, Ali Nizar, Shaik, Riyazuddin Mohammad, Abdul‐Rahim, Hanan F., Nasrallah, Gheyath K., Al‐Kuwari, Mohamed Ghaith, Butt, Adeel A., Al‐Romaihi, Hamad Eid, Al‐Thani, Mohamed H., Al‐Khal, Abdullatif

Source: Influenza & Other Respiratory Viruses; Nov2023, Vol. 17 Issue 11, p1-11, 11p

Subject Terms: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, OLDER people, BOOSTER vaccines, VACCINATION, COVID-19 pandemic

Geographic Terms: QATAR

Protection of natural infection against reinfection with SARS-CoV-2 JN.1 variant.

Authors: Chemaitelly, Hiam, Coyle, Peter, Kacem, Mohamed Ali Ben, Ayoub, Houssein H, Tang, Patrick, Hasan, Mohammad R, Yassine, Hadi M, Thani, Asmaa A Al, Al-Kanaani, Zaina, Al-Kuwari, Einas, Jeremijenko, Andrew, Kaleeckal, Anvar H, Latif, Ali N, Shaik, Riyazuddin M, Abdul-Rahim, Hanan F, Nasrallah, Gheyath K, Al-Kuwari, Mohamed Ghaith, Butt, Adeel A, Al-Romaihi, Hamad E, Al-Thani, Mohamed H

Source: Journal of Travel Medicine; May2024, Vol. 31 Issue 4, p1-3, 3p

Subject Terms: SARS-CoV-2, REINFECTION, SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant

Epidemiology of scorpion sting and snakebite cases in Qatar 2018-2022: A primary care-based study.

Authors: Al-Kuwari, Mohamed Ghaith, Bakri, Ahmad Haj, Kandy, Mujeeb Chettiyam, Krishnan, Jeyaram Illiayraja, Abdulmajeed, Jazeel, Al-Abdulla, Yousef

Source: Journal of Emergency Medicine, Trauma & Acute Care; 2023, Vol. 2023 Issue 4, p1-8, 8p

Subject Terms: SNAKEBITE treatment, TREATMENT for bites & stings, BITES & stings, AGE distribution, SNAKEBITES, RETROSPECTIVE studies, ACQUISITION of data, PRIMARY health care, SEX distribution, MEDICAL records, DESCRIPTIVE statistics, ARTHROPOD venom, DEMOGRAPHY, HEALTH care rationing

Geographic Terms: QATAR

Sickness absenteeism among primary health care workers in Qatar before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Authors: Al-Nuaimi, Asma Ali, Abdeen, Sami, Abed Alah, Muna, AlHajri, Sameera, Semaan, Sandy, Al-Kuwari, Mohamed Ghaith

Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine & Toxicology; 3/16/2023, Vol. 18 Issue 1, p1-10, 10p

Subject Terms: SICK leave, IMMIGRANTS, GASTROENTERITIS, COVID-19, NECK pain, JOB absenteeism, RETROSPECTIVE studies, ACQUISITION of data, BACKACHE, PRIMARY health care, SEX distribution, MEDICAL records, DESCRIPTIVE statistics, HOSPITAL nursing staff, RESEARCH funding, INDUSTRIAL hygiene, PHYSICIANS, COVID-19 pandemic, SYMPTOMS

Geographic Terms: QATAR