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    AZD1222 (Covishield) vaccination for COVID-19: Experiences, challenges, and solutions in Nepal
    (Elsevier BV, 2021) Ranjit Sah; Sunil Shrestha; Rachana Mehta; Sohan Kumar Sah; Ali A. Rabaan; Kuldeep Dhama; Alfonso J. Rodríguez‐Morales
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    Diagnostic performance of GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay compared to conventional Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture for diagnosis of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis, Nepal
    (2021) Raina Chaudhary; Sabita Bhatta; Alina Singh; Manoj Pradhan; Brijendra Shrivastava; Y I Singh; Ranjit Sah; Zareena Fathah; Rachana Mehta; Ali A. Rabaan
    Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by the <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i>. It is a global health problem and major cause of death in resource-limited countries like Nepal. Timely diagnosis with sensitive testing methods could assist in early management of the disease. This study was conducted to compare the diagnostic performance of GeneXpert MTB/RIF and conventional acid-fast staining with <i>M. tuberculosis</i> culture. The study was carried out in the Department of Microbiology, Shree Birendra Army Hospital, Nepal. Samples (n=500) were tested with a GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay and acid-fast bacilli (AFB) smear microscopy. All samples were sent for <i>M. tuberculosis</i> conventional culture by the German-Nepal Tuberculosis Project, Kathmandu, Nepal (GENETUP). Out of a total 500 pulmonary and extrapulmonary samples tested, 97 samples were positive for <i>M. tuberculosis</i> by GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay. Out of the positive samples, only 95 samples were found positive by the culture method. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) of AFB microscopy was 45.3%, 99.5%, 99.5% and 88.5%, respectively. The sensitivity, specificity, PPV and NPV of GeneXpert MTB/RIF was found to be 100%, 99.5%, 97.5% and 100%, respectively compared to the gold standard culture method. The GeneXpert MTB/RIF test was comparable with culture diagnosis of both pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis cases.
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    Impact of COVID-19 on tourism in Nepal
    (Oxford University Press, 2020) Ranjit Sah; Shailendra Sigdel; Akihiko Ozaki; Yasuhiro Kotera; Divya Bhandari; Priyanka Regmi; Ali A. Rabaan; Rachana Mehta; Mahesh Adhikari; Namrata Roy
    The effects of COVID-19 on the global economy have been and will be, catastrophic. However, the full global impact, in both economic and health terms, remains unknown. The consequences in Low- and Middle-Income countries, such as Nepal, where national economies rely on a small number of services and industries, are deeply worrying.
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    Non-recommended medical interventions and their possible harm in patients with COVID-19
    (SAGE Publishing, 2021) Samuel Pecho‐Silva; Ana Claudia Navarro‐Solsol; Vicky Panduro‐Correa; Ali A. Rabaan; D. Katterine Bonilla‐Aldana; Alfonso J. Rodríguez‐Morales; Kovy Arteaga‐Livias
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    Post‐COVID-19 syndrome: assessment of short- and long-term post-recovery symptoms in recovered cases in Saudi Arabia
    (Springer Science+Business Media, 2022) Mohammed Garout; Saleh A. K. Saleh; Heba M. Adly; Altaf A. Abdulkhaliq; Abdullah Khafagy; Magda R. Abdeltawab; Ali A. Rabaan; Alfonso J. Rodríguez‐Morales; Jaffar A. Al‐Tawfiq; Maher N. Alandiyjany
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    SARS-CoV-2 jumping the species barrier: Zoonotic lessons from SARS, MERS and recent advances to combat this pandemic virus
    (Elsevier BV, 2020) Kuldeep Dhama; Shailesh Kumar Patel; Khan Sharun; Mamta Pathak; Ruchi Tiwari; Mohd. Iqbal Yatoo; Yashpal Singh Malik; Ranjit Sah; Ali A. Rabaan; Parmod Kumar Panwar