OBJECTIVES
Epidemiological data on herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and type 2 (HSV-2) infections remain limited in the Middle East and North Africa. This study estimated HSV-1 and HSV-2 seroprevalence in the urban population of Qatar and examined associations with demographic characteristics.
METHODS
A retrospect...
Gheyath K Nasrallah, F. Issa, P. Nizamuddin et al.· Sexually Transmitted Infecti...· 0 citations
Abstract Background Immune protection against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) varies by prior infection and vaccination history. This study evaluated whether 2 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine doses after prior infection provide additional protection compared with a single dose. Metho...
H. Chemaitelly, H. Ayoub, Peter V. Coyle et al.· Open Forum Infectious Diseas...· 0 citations
Abstract Background Observational studies are central to assessing vaccine effectiveness and informing public health policy. The two most common designs are test-negative case-control and cohort studies, yet direct comparisons of their performance using the same population, data sources, and analytic strategies remain...
Layan Sukik, Pradipta Paul, H. Ayoub et al.· International Journal of Epi...· 0 citations
BACKGROUND
The self-controlled case series (SCCS) design is widely used for short-term vaccine safety assessment but allows only indirect estimation of absolute risk differences. This study evaluated whether absolute measures should be estimated exclusively using cohort designs by comparing excess stroke incidence foll...
H. Chemaitelly, Naveed Akhtar, S. Al Jerdi et al.· Expert Review of Vaccines· 0 citations
It is shown that vaccine effectiveness against infection and severe, critical, or fatal COVID-19 remained consistent across matching strategies, despite differences in non-COVID-19 mortality, highlighting the importance of using specific outcomes in vaccine effectiveness studies.
H. Chemaitelly, H. Ayoub, Peter V. Coyle et al.· Communications Health· 0 citations
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