Upregulated type I interferon responses in asymptomatic COVID-19 infection are associated with improved clinical outcome

Kiran Iqbal Masood, Maliha Yameen, Javeria Ashraf, +12

Scientific Reports

Genotyping and drug resistance patterns of M. tuberculosis strains in Pakistan

Mahnaz Tanveer, Zahra Hasan, Amna Rehana Siddiqui, +4

BMC Infectious Diseases

Spoligotyping of <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> Isolates from Pakistan Reveals Predominance of Central Asian Strain 1 and Beijing Isolates

Zahra Hasan, Mahnaz Tanveer, Akbar Kanji, +3

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Higher entropy observed in SARS-CoV-2 genomes from the first COVID-19 wave in Pakistan

Najia Karim Ghanchi, Asghar Nasir, Kiran Iqbal Masood, +14

PLoS ONE

Reduced TNF-α and IFN-γ responses to Central Asian strain 1 and Beijing isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in comparison with H37Rv strain

Mahnaz Tanveer, Zahra Hasan, Akbar Kanji, +2

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Evaluation of Xpert MTB/RIF testing for rapid diagnosis of childhood pulmonary tuberculosis in children by Xpert MTB/RIF testing of stool samples in a low resource setting

Zahra Hasan, Sadia Shakoor, Fehmina Arif, +4

BMC Research Notes

Elevated ex vivo monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (CCL2) in pulmonary as compared with extra-pulmonary tuberculosis

Zahra Hasan, Irfan Zaidi, Bushra Jamil, +3

BMC Immunology

Single nucleotide polymorphisms in efflux pumps genes in extensively drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Pakistan

Akbar Kanji, Rumina Hasan, Asho Ali, +10

Tuberculosis

Efflux Pumps GenesPulmonary TuberculosisDrug Resistance AnalysisAntimicrobial Resistance GeneHealth Sciences +10

Tracking SARS-CoV-2 variants through pandemic waves using RT-PCR testing in low-resource settings

Asghar Nasir, Uzma Bashir Aamir, Akbar Kanji, +11

PLOS Global Public Health

Mortality WorldwideVirus EpidemiologyViral DiagnosticsGenetic EpidemiologyDiagnostic Pcr +16

Variants associated with Bedaquiline (BDQ) resistance identified in Rv0678 and efflux pump genes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from BDQ naïve TB patients in Pakistan

Dania Khalid Saeed, Sadia Shakoor, Safina Abdul Razzak, +8

BMC Microbiology