​​​Publications For The Year 2023​​​

Chemical Pathology Publications​​​​​

  • ​​​​From Bench to Bytes: Utility of social media platforms by Pathology Residents. Zehra M, Khan ZN and Ahmed S (Corresponding Author). eJIFCC2023Vol35No4pp2.317-324​. 



  • Emphasising the Need for a National Fragili​ty Fracture Network for Pakistan (FFN-Pak). ​Siddiqui H, Majid H, and Khan AH. ​J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2023 Dec;33(12):1469. DOI: 10.29271/jcpsp.2023.12.1469. 


  • ​​Assessing the knowledge, attitude and practice of osteoporosis among Pakistani women: A national social-media based survey. Ahmed S, Farooqui AJ, Pradhan NA, Zehra N, Majid H, Jafri L and Khan AH.​ PLoS One. 2023 Nov 10;18(11):e0288057.​ ​DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0288057. 


  • ​Indirect Reference Intervals of Serum Calcium in Pakistani Children Using KOSMIC, Bhattacharya, and Hoffman Approach.​​ ​​Ahmed S, Agravatt AK, Siddiqui A, Jafri L and Siddiqui I. ​Clin Lab. 2023 Sep 1;69(9). DOI: 10.7754/Clin.Lab.2023.230305. ​


  • ​​​Factors Associated With Awareness Of L​iterate Mothers About Newborn Screening: A Cross-Sectional Study From A Low-Middle-Income Country. ​Majid H, Jafri L, Farooqui AJ, Ahmed S, Nisa Khan ZU and Khan AH. ​J Pak Med Assoc. 2023 Sep;73(9):1805-1810. ​​DOI: 10.47391/JPMA.7004​


  • Sequence variants in the BTD underlying bio​tinidase deficiency in families of Pakistani origin. ​​​​Moatter T, Ahmed S, Majid H, Jafri L, Bilal M, Najumuddin, Faisal and Khan AH. J Gene Med. 2023 Sep 26:e3597. DOI: 10.1002/jgm.3597​


  • ​Editorial: Recent advances in vitamin D supplementation for improved reproductive endocrine and metabolic parameters. ​Alam F, Khan AH, Baig M and​ Rehman R.​​ Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2023 Aug 18;14:1251388.​ ​DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1251388​


  • ​An Evaluation of the new 2021 Creatinine-Based Equation for Estimating Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) in Pakistanis.​ ​Ahmed S, Yaqub S, Siddiqui A and Jafri L.​ ​Clin Lab. 2023 Aug 1;69(8). DOI: 10.7754/Clin.Lab.2023.230105


  • Prevalence of familial hypercholesterolemia in a country-wide laboratory network in Pakistan: 10-year data from 988, 306 patients. Farhad A, Noorali AA, Tajuddin S, Khan SD, Ali M, Chunara R, Khan AH, Zafar A, Merchant A, Bokhari SS, Virani SS and Samad Z.​ ​Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2023 Jul-Aug;79:19-27. DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2023.07.007.​


  • ​​Evaluation of the clinical, biochemical, and genetic presentation of neonatal and adult-onset 5,10-Methylene-tetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) deficiency in patients from Pakistan. Ahmed S, Akbar F, DeBerardinis RJ, Ni M and Afroze B. ​J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2023 Jul 13.​ DOI: 10.1515/jpem-2023-0083


  • A framework for implementing best laboratory practices for non-integrated point of care tests in low resource settings. ​Jafri L, Ahmed S, Majid H, Ghani F, Pillay T, Khan AH, Siddiqui I, Shakeel S, Ahmed S, Azeem S and Khan A. EJIFCC. 2023 Jul 10;34(2):110-122. PMCID: PMC10349313


  • ​​​Burden of ocular abnormalities in patients with beta thalassaemia: a cross-sectional study. ​​Baig R, Zahid N, Kausar F, Qazi HIA, Moiz B, Hussain S, Khan AH, Arain F and Ahmad K​. BMJ Open Ophthalmol. 2023 Jul;8(1):e001293. DOI: 10.1136/bmjophth-2023-001293.​

  • ​​​Is HbA1c associated with birth weight? A multivariable analysis of Pakistani pregnant women. J Obstet Gynaeco​l Res. 2023 Jun 21​. Silke O, Yim IS, Shaikh K, Lalani S, Ghani F, Wanyonyi S, Samia P, Merali M, Omuse G, Okoko C, Forcheh N, Premji SS; Maternal-infant Global Health Team (MiGHT) Collaborators in Research.​ ​J Obstet Gynaecol Res. 2023 Jun 21.DOI: 10.1111/jog.15706.  


  • ​​GRADE-ADOLOPMENT of clinical practice ​guideline for postmenopausal osteoporosis management-a Pakistani context.​ ​Nadeem S, Pervez A, Abid MA, Khalid RN, Rizvi NA, Aamdani SS, Ayub B, Mustafa MA, Ahmed S, Riaz M, Irfan K, Noordin S, Jafri L, Majid H, Umer M, Zehra N, Sheikh A, Haider AH and Khan AH. ​​Arch Osteoporos. 2023 May 19;18(1):71. DOI: 10.1007/s11657-023-01258-2.​ 


  • L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria - review of literature and case series. ​Ahmed S, Siddiqui A, DeBerardinis RJ, Ni M, Gu Lai W, Cai F, Vu HS and Afroze B.​​​​ Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2023 Apr 4;85(4):712-717. ​​DOI: 10.1097/MS9.0000000000000326.​​​​ 


  • Interleukin-6 (IL-6) as a Predictor of Clini​​cal Outcomes in Patients with COVID-19.​ ​Mahmood SBZ, Majid H, Arshad A, Zaib-Un-Nisa, Niazali N, Kazi K, Aslam A, Ahmed S, Jamil B and Jafri L. ​Clin Lab. 2023 Jun 1;69(6). DOI: 10.7754/Clin.Lab.2022.220741​


  • Inappropriate supplementation of Vitamin D can result in toxicity: a crosssectional study of paediatrics population. ​​Shamim N, Majid H, Khemani S, Salim M, Muneer S and Khan AH.​ J Pak Med Assoc. 2023 Mar;73(3):500-504.​ DOI: 10.47391/JPMA.5512.​​

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  • ​​Metabolomics of a neonatal cohort from the Alliance for Maternal and Newborn Health Improvement biorepository: Effect of preanalytical variables on reference intervals.​ ​Jafri L, Khan AH, Ilyas M, Nisar I, Khalid J, Majid H, Hotwani A and Jehan F.​ ​PLoS One. 2023 Jan 6;18(1):e0279931.​ ​DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0279931.

Haematology and ​Transfusion Medicine Publications​​​​

  • ​​​Humoral and T cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 reveal insights into immunity during the early pandemic period in Pakistan. ​​Masood KI, Qaiser S, Abidi SH, Khan E, Mahmood SF, Hussain A, Ghous Z, Imtiaz K, Ali N, Hasan M, Memon HA, Yameen M, Ali S, Baloch S, Lakhani G, Alves PM, Iqbal NT, Ahmed K, Iqbal J, Bhutta ZA, Hussain R, Rottenberg M, Simas JP, Veldhoen M, Ghias K and​ Hasan Z.​ ​BMC Infect Dis. 2023 Dec 1;23(1):846. ​​DOI: 10.1186/s12879-023-08829-1. 

  • Recurrent pregnancy lo​​ss in a patient with anti-Rh17.​ Moiz B, Salman M, Rasheed S, Qudus R, Millard G, Hyland CA, Flower RL, Wilson B, Turner R, Lopez GH and Liew YW.​ ​Transfus Med. 2023 Nov 8​. ​DOI: 10.1111/tme.13014. 


  • ​​Outcome of patients with ​primary and secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: A retrospective analysis from a tertiary care center. Abbasi AM, Shaikh MU, Shariq M, Arif MS, Arshad A, Raheem A and Ali N.​ M​edicine (Baltimore). 2023 Oct 27;102(43):e34898. DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000034898​.​


  • Clinico-Haematological Profile Of Chronic Lymphoproliferative Disorders In Patients Presenting With Lymphocytosis.​ Rashid A, Ali Meerza SS, Mansoori H and Shaikh MS.​ ​J Pak Med Assoc. 2023 Sep;73(9):1816-18​20. DOI: 10.47391/JPMA.7242.

  • ​Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Trends in Pakistan: Activity Survey from Pakistan Bone Marrow Transplant Group.​​Ali N, Iftikhar R, Ayaz Mir M, Bokhari SW, Rehman JU, Zaidi U, Nasir S, Adil SN, Satti T, Nisa Chaudhry QU, Farhan M, Farzana T, Ghafoor T, Ahsan B, Khan AS, Khan FA, Fatima SI, Samad SA, Batool A, Nadeem HM, Abbas Bukhari SN, Ansari SH and Ahmed P.​ ​J Transplant. 2023 Sep 28;2023:8865364.​ ​DOI: 10.1155/2023/8865364.


  • Digital​ Morphology: Bridging the Final Gap in Automated​ Haematology Testing. ​​Shaikh MS and Ahmed ZA.​ J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2023 Aug;33(8):949.​ ​​DOI: 10.29271/jcpsp.2023.08.949.


  • Outcomes of Patients with FLT3 Positive Acute Myeloid Leukaemia; an Experience from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan.​ Zulfiqar M, Ali N, Shaikh U, Jehanzeb H, Arif S, Khan ZF, Saeed N and Ansar Z.​ J Cancer Allied Spec. 2023 Aug 13;9(2):553. ​​DOI: 10.37029/jcas.v9i2.553. 


  • Burden of ocular abnormalities in patients with beta thalassaemia: a cross-sectional study. ​Baig R, Zahid N, Kausar F, Qazi HIA, Moiz B, Hussain S, Khan AH, Arain F and Ahmad K.​ ​BMJ Open Ophthalmol. 2023 Jul;8(1):e001293.​ DOI: 10.1136/bmjophth-2023-001293. 


  • ​​​Unique aspects of Graft-versus-host-disease management in the Eastern Mediterranean region: Report from the Eastern Mediterranean blood and marrow transplantation group: Special report.​ Hashmi S, Shaheen M, Adil S, Ahmed P, Ahmed S, Ben Abdeljelil N, Alabdulwahab A, Albeihany A, Aldaama S, Al-Khabori M, Alkindi S, Almohareb F, Alsaeed A, Alseraihy A, Alshemari S, Ayas M, Chaudhri N, Da'na W, Dennison D, ElQuessar A, Elhaddad A, Ibrahim A, Hashem H, Jastaniah W, Mawardi H, Nassar A, Satti T, Torjemane L, Tabbara K, El Solh H, Albeirouti B and Aljurf M.​ ​Hematol Oncol Stem Cell Ther. 2023 May 23;16(4):303-306. DOI: 10.1016/j.hemonc.2020.04.003. 

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  • ​​Strategic priorities for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in the EMRO region.​ ​Ahmed SO, El Fakih R, Elhaddad A, Hamidieh AA, Altbakhi A, Chaudhry QU, Bazarbachi A, Adil S, Al-Khabori M, Ben Othman T, Gaziev J, Khalaf M, Alshammeri S, Alotaibi S, Alshahrani M, Bekadja MA, Ibrahim A, Al-Wahadneh AM, Altarshi M, Alsaeed A, Madani A, Abboud M, Abujazar H, Bakr M, Abosoudah I, El Cheikh J, Almasari A, Alfraih F, Baldomero H, Elsolh H, Niederwieser D, Chaudhri N and Aljurf M.​ ​Hematol Oncol Stem Cell Ther. 2023 Apr 4;16(3):162-169. DOI: 10.1016/j.hemonc.2021.09.006.​​


  • ​​​​​Secondary involvement of gallbladder by acute lymphoblastic leukemia presenting clinically as cholecystitis in a young patient​: a case report. Rahim S, Ahmad Z, Chundriger Q, Ahmed A, Ali N and Abdul-Ghafar J. World J Surg Oncol. 2023 Feb 27;21(1):63. DOI: 10.1186/s12957-023-02956-4. 


  • Hepatitis-associated aplastic anaemia: surveillance of frequency,clinico-haematol​​og​ical features, and demographic distribution at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan. Nawaz MT, Hameed AN, Angez M, Ansari AH and Adil SN.​​​ J Pak Med Assoc. 2023 Jan;73(1):217-221.​ DOI: 10.47391/JPMA.5115.​ 


  • ​Current Practice of Oral Care for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients: A Survey of the Eastern Mediterranean Blood and Marrow Transplantation Group. ​​​​Mawardi H, Treister N, Felemban O, Alamoudi W, Algohary G, Alsultan A, Alshehri N, ​​Tazi I, Shaheen M, Alsharani M, Alshemmari S, Arat M, Bekadja MA, Al-Khabori M, Okaily S, Ali N, Abujazar H, Jastaniah W, Hamidieh AA, Hashmi S and Aljurf M.​​​ Hematol Oncol Stem Cell Ther. 2023 Jan 12;16(1):42-51. ​DOI: 10.1016/j.hemonc.2021.01.006.​ 


  • COVID-19 in adult acute myeloid leukemia patients: a long-term follow-up study from the European Hematology Association survey (EPICOVIDEHA).​​​​ Marchesi F, Salmanton-García J, Emarah Z, Piukovics K, Nucci M, López-García A, Ráčil Z, Farina F, Popova M, Zompi S, Audisio E, Ledoux MP, Verga L, Weinbergerová B, Szotkovski T, Da Silva MG, Fracchiolla N, De Jonge N, Collins G, Marchetti M, Magliano G, García-Vidal C, Biernat MM, Van Doesum J, Machado M, Demirkan F, Al-Khabori M, Žák P, Víšek B, Stoma I, Méndez GA, Maertens J, Khanna N, Espigado I, Dragonetti G, Fianchi L, Del Principe MI, Cabirta A, Ormazabal-Vélez I, Jaksic O, Buquicchio C, Bonuomo V, Batinić J, Omrani AS, Lamure S, Finizio O, Fernández N, Falces-Romero I, Blennow O, Bergantim R, Ali N, Win S, Van Praet J, Tisi MC, Shirinova A, Schönlein M, Prattes J, Piedimonte M, Petzer V, Navrátil M, Kulasekararaj A, Jindra P, Sramek J, Glenthøj A, Fazzi R, De Ramón-Sánchez C, Cattaneo C, Calbacho M, Bahr NC, El-Ashwah S, Cordoba R, Hanakova M, Zambro​​tta G, Sciumè M, Booth S, Rodrigues RN, Sacchi MV, García-Poutón N, Martín-González JA, Khostelidi S, Gräfe S, Rahimli L, Ammatuna E, Busca A, Corradini P, Hoenigl M, Klimko N, Koehler P, Pagliuca A, Passamonti F, Cornely OA, Pagano L and EPICOVIDEHA working group.​​​ Haematologica. 2023 Jan 1;108(1):22-33. ​​​​DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2022.280847.​ 


  • ​Non-severe allergic transfusion re​​action: A hidden cause of wastage of blood product and laboratory resources. ​​Hayat H, Ahmed Q, Alam H and Rashid A. ​​Vox Sang. 2023 Jan 6. doi: 10.1111/vox.13397.​ ​DOI: 10.1111/vox.13397​.​​​

​​​​​​Histopathology Publication​​s​​




  • Comprehensive clinical overview of malignant pleural mesothelioma. Respir Med. 2023 Dec 30;222:107511. Khan AMH, Anwer SH, Sayed S, Mansha MA, Kamran YB, Khursheed A, Haroon F, Soomro NH, Idrees R and Abbasi AN.​ Respir Med. 2023 Dec 30;222:107511. ​​​DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2023.107511. 


  • Intrapulmonary schwannoma presenting as an asymptomatic lung mass: a case report. Abbas M, Fatimi AS, Hassan SI, Aamir FB, Arshad S, Fatimi SH.​​ J Med Case Rep. 2023 Dec 11;17(1):538. ​DOI: 10.1186/s13256-023-04234-z. 


  • Paediatric choroid plexus carcinoma: a retrospective case series from Karachi. J Pak Med Assoc. 2023 Dec;73(12):2483-2487.​ Mustansir F, Baig E, Angez M, Minhas K, Mushtaq N, and Enam SA.​ J Pak Med Assoc. 2023 Dec;73(12):2483-2487. ​DOI: 10.47391/JPMA.6452. 


  • Utility of MU​​C4 in the diagnosis of secretory carcinoma of salivary glands. Fatima S, Ahmed A, Suleman S and Din NU. Ann Diagn Pathol. 2023 ​​​Oct 28;67:152220.​​ ​DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2023.152220. 


  • Olfactory schwannoma masquerading a​​s esthesioneuroblastoma.​​ Khandwala K, Alam MM, Ashfaq Z and Hilal K. BMJ Case Rep. 2023 Oct 18;16(10):e257847. ​DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2023-257847. 


  • ​Thin on the ground: Primary mucosa​l melanoma of the nasal cavity. ​​Samar MR, Merchant S, Zehra NE, Idrees R and Khan SR.​​ Int J Surg Case Rep. 2023 Oct;111:108929. ​DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2023.1​08929. 


  • ​Anaplastic Large-cell Lymphoma Involving Gastrointestinal Tract: A Clinicopathologic Study of 25 Cases of a Rare Tumor at a Rare Site.​ ​Ud Din N, Rahim S, Ansar Z and Ahmed A, Ahmad Z.​ ​Int J Su​rg Pathol. 2023 Oct;31(7):1195-1205. ​​DOI: 10.1177/10668969221137518. 


  • ​​​Placental inflammation and pregnancy outcomes: A prospective, observational study in South Asia: The PURPOSe study. ​​Ahmed I, Ghanchi NK, Sunder Tikmani S, Hwang K, Zafar A, Saleem S, Uddin Z, Harakuni S, ​​Somannavar MS, Kulkarni V, Guruprasad G, Goudar SS, Kim J, McClure EM and Goldenberg RL. ​​ BJOG. 2023 Sep 6.​ ​DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.17643​​​


  • Pakistan National Guidelines for Pediatric High-Grade Gliomas.​ ​Bashir F, Qureshi BM, Minhas K, Tabori U, Bouffet E, Hawkins C, Enam A and Mushtaq N.​ ​Pak J Med Sci. 2023 Sep-Oct;39(5):1548​-1554.​ DOI: 10.12669/pjms.39.5.6300​


  • EWSR1::POU2AF3(COLCA2) Sarcoma: An Aggressive, Polyphenotypic Sarcoma With a Head and Neck Predilection. ​​Koshyk O, Dehner CA, van den Hout MFCM, Bempt IV, Sciot R, Huang HY, Agaimy A, Din NU, Klubíčková N, Mosaieby E, Skálová A, Michalov​á K, Schöffski P, Oliveira AM, Halling KC, Gupta S, Gross JM, Nin JWM, Michal M, Folpe AL, Kosemehmetoglu K, Torres-Mora J and Michal M.​ ​Mod Pathol. 2023 Sep 22;36(12):100337. DOI: 10.1016/j.modpat.2023.100337.

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  • Use of a Novel Deep Learning Open-Source Model for Quantification of Ki-67 in Breast Cancer Patients in Pakistan: A Comparative Study between the Manual and Automat​ed Methods.  ​Zehra T, Jaffar N, Shams M, Chundriger Q, Ahmed A, Anum F, Alsubaie N and Ahmad Z.​​ Diagnostics (Basel). 2023 Sep 30;13(19):3105. DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics13193105


  • ​Solitary fibrous tumor of head and neck region; A clinicopathological study of 67 cases emphasizing the diversity of histological features and utility of various risk stratification models. Tariq MU, Asghari T, Armstrong SM, Ahmed A, Fritchie K and Din NU.​ Pathol Res Pract. 2023 Sep;249:154777. ​DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2023.154777​


  • Extranodal Follicular Dendritic Cell Sarcoma of the Head and Neck Region: A Clinicopathological Study of 7 Cases. Din NU, Ahmad Z, Rahim S, Fritchie K, Tariq MU and Ahmed A. Int J Surg Pathol. 2023 Sep;31(6):1067-1074.​​ DOI: 10.1177/10668969221133352


  • The Transition From Localized to Metastatic: A Case Report of Adult TFE3-Positive Xp11.2 Translocation Renal Cell Carcinoma.​Naviwala MS, Dawood T, Uddin Z, Chundriger Q and Jalbani IK​. Cureus. 2023 Aug 12;15(8):e43378.​ ​DOI: 10.7759/cureus.43378​

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  • Skull base metastasis as initial prese​​ntation of hepatocellular carcinoma. Zakaria R, Mubarak F, Khandwala K and Memon A.​ Surg Neurol Int. 2023 Aug 25;14:297. ​​​DOI: 10.25259/SNI_166_2023


  • The PURPOSe cause of death study in stillbirths and neonatal deaths in India and Pakistan: A review. ​Goldenberg RL, Saleem S, Goudar SS, Moore J, Guruprasad G, Kulkarni V, Dhaded SM, Tikmani SS, Nausheen S, Masheer S, Kallapur MG, Ghanchi NK, Harakuni SU, Ahmed I, Hwang K, Yogeshkumar S, Somannavar MS, Yasmin H, Kim J, Bann CM, Silver RM, McClure EM; PURP​OSe Study Group. BJOG. 2023 Aug 17. DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.17635. Collaborators: Zeeshan Uddin​


  • Group B streptococcal prevalence in internal organs and placentas of deceased neonates and stillbirths in South Asia. ​​Kallapur MG, Ghanchi NK, Harakuni SU, Somannavar MS, Ahmed I, Fogle​man E, Hwang K, Kim J, Saleem S, Goudar SS, Tikmani SS, Dhaded SM, Guruprasad G, Yasmin H,​ Yogeshkumar S, McClure EM, Goldenberg RL; PURPOSe Study Group.​ ​BJOG. 2023 Aug 2.​ ​DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.17614​. Collaborators: Zeeshan Uddin


  • Morphological study of the placenta in deliveries with pre-eclampsia: Results from a prospective, observational study in India and Pakistan (PURPOSe). Yogeshkumar S, Dhananjay S, Gowdar S, Gowdar G, Kulkarni V, Byranahalli S, Goudar SS, Dhaded SM, Somannavar MS, Tikamani SS, Saleem S, Ahmed I, Ghanchi NK, Uddin Z, Yasmin H, Jackson K, McClure EM and Goldenberg RL.​ BJOG. 2023 Aug 2.​ ​​DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.17617


  • Clinicopathological features of dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor: a case series.​ Rahim S, Ud Din N, Abdul-Ghafar J, Chundriger Q, Khan P and Ahmad Z.​ ​J Med Case Rep. 2023 Aug 1;17(1):327.​​​​​ ​DOI: 10.1186/s13256-023-04062-1​


  • Pregnancy outcomes in preterm multiple gestations: Results from a prospective study in India and Pakistan (PURPOSe). ​Guruprasad G, Raghoji CR, Dhaded SM, Tikmani SS, Saleem S, Goudar SS, Hwang K, Yogeshkumar S, Somannavar MS, Reza S, Yasmin H, Moore JL, Bann CM, McClure EM, Goldenberg RL; PURPOSe Study Group.​ ​BJOG. 2023 Jul 20. ​​DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.17602​ Collaborators​​: Zeeshan Uddin​


  • Data usefulness in determining cause of stillbirth in South Asia.​ Goldenberg RL, Hwang K, Saleem S, Tikmani SS, Yogeshkumar S, Kulkani V, Ghanchi N, Harakuni S, Ahmed I, Uddin Z, Goudar SS, Guruprasad G, Dhaded S, Goco N, Silver RM and McClure EM.​ ​​BJOG. 2023 Jul 20. DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.17592


  • Neonatal mortality among preterm infants admitted to neonatal intensive care units in India and Pakistan: A prospective study.​​​​​ Saleem S, Tikmani SS, Goudar SS, Hwang K, Dhaded S, Gurupra​​sad G, Nadig NG, Kusagur VB, Patil LGC, Siddartha ES, Yogeshkumar S, Somannavar MS, Roujani S, Khan M, Shaikh M, Hanif M, Bann CM, McClure EM, Goldenberg RL; PURPOSE Study Group.​ BJOG. 2023 Jul 20. DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.17581 Collaborators​​: Zeeshan Uddin


  • Renal neuroendocrine tumors: clinical and molecular pathology with an emphasis on frequent association with ectopic Cushing syndrome.​ Kasajima A, Pfarr N, von Werder A, Schwamborn K, Gschwend J, Din NU, Esposito I, Weichert ​​W, Pavel M, Agaimy A and Klöppel G.​ ​Virchows Arch. 2023 Jul 5.​ ​DOI: 10.1007/s00428-023-03596-5​

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  • ​Postoperative radiotherapy for high-grade primary cardiac spindle cell sarcoma: a rare entity. ​Ali T, Ali N, Khan L and Minhas K. ​BMJ Case Rep. 2023 Jun 30;16(6):e255438.​ ​DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2023-255438. 


  • PRRX1-rearranged mesenchymal tumors: expanding the immunohistochemical profile and molecular spectrum of a recently described entity with the proposed revision of nomenclature.​ Warmke LM, Michal M, Martínek P, Agaimy A, Din NU, Perret R, Hostein I, Le Loarer F, Voltaggio L and Gross JM. ​Virchows Arch. 2023 Jun 20. DOI: 10.1007/s00428-023-03575-w. 


  • Prognostic factors, oncological treatment and outcomes of uterine sarcoma​​​: 10 years' clinical experience from a tertiary care center in Pakistan. ​Khan SR, Soomar SM, Asghari T, Ahmed A and Moosajee MS. BMC Cancer. 2023 Jun 5;23(1):510. DOI: 10.1186/s12885-023-11000-3. 


  • Hybrid odontogenic lesions: A c​ase serie​​s of a rare entity. ​Raza M, Ahmed A, Abdul-Ghafar J, Ahmed R and Din NU.​​ Heliyon. 2023 May 13;9(5):e16221.​DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16221. 


  • Axillary synovial sarcoma recurren​​ce involving brachial plexus, a rare case report from Pakistan.​ Virji SN, Pirzada MA, Siddiqui NA, Idrees R and Zeeshan S​. ​Int J Surg Case Rep. 2023 May 19;107:108325. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2023.108325.​ 


  • ​Ki-67 Quantification in Breast Cancer by Digital Imaging AI Software and its Concordance with Manual Method. ​​​Zehra T, Shams M, Ahmad Z, Chundriger Q, Ahmed A and Jaffar N.​​ ​J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2023 May;33(5):544-547.​​ ​DOI: 10.29271/jcpsp.2023.05.544. 


  • Karachi Cancer Registry (KCR): Consolidated Data of 5-years 2017-2021.​ ​​​Pervez S, Jabbar AA, Haider G, Qureshi MA, Ashraf S, Lateef F, Khurshid M, Bashir I, Zaidi M, Mushtaq N, Fadoo Z, Quraishy MS, Yaqoob N, Alam E and Qureshi H.​​ ​J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2023 May;33(5):560-565.​​​ DOI: 10.29271/jcpsp.2023.05.560​. 


  • National cervical cancer burden estimation through systematic review and analysis of publicly available data in Pakistan. BMC Public Health.​ Chughtai N, Perveen K, Gillani SR, Abbas A, Chunara R, Manji AA, Karani S, Noorali AA, Zakaria M, Shamsi U, Chishti U, Khan AA, Soofi S, Pervez S and Samad Z. 2023 May 5;23(1):834. ​​​​DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15531-z. 


  • Hydatid disease of central ​nervous s​ystem, a clinicopathological study of 33 cases. Din NU, Raza M, Rahim S, Memon W and Ahmad Z. J Neurosci Rural Pract. 2023 Apr-Jun;14(2):293-297. ​DOI: 10.25259/JNRP_51_2022.​ 


  • Primary angiosarcoma of breas​​t in an octogenarian woman: A case report with literature review. ​Vohra LM, Jabeen D and Idrees R.​ nt J Surg Case Rep. 2023 Apr 11;107:108163. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2023.108163.​ 


  • Pathogens identified in the internal tissues and placentas of stillbirths: results from the prospective, observational PURPOSe study. ​​​​Harakuni SU, Somannavar MS, Ghanchi NK, Ahmed I, Zafar A, Kim J, Tikmani SS, Hwang K, Saleem S, Goudar SS, Dhaded S, Guruprasad G, Yasmin H, Yogeshkumar S, Aceituno A, Silver RM, McClure EM and Goldenberg RL; PURPOSe Investigators.​​​ BJOG. 2023 Apr 17. ​​​​DOI: 10.1111/1​​471-0528.17479. ​Collaborators: Zeeshan Uddin. 



  • Chondroblastoma of foot bones; a clinicopathological study of 29 cases confirming the diagnostic utility of H3K36M and H3G34W antibodies at an uncommon site. Tariq MU, Din NU, Qureshi MB and Park YK. Ann Diagn Pathol. 2023 Apr 7;65:152135.​ ​DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.​2023.152135. 



  • Association of the Depth of Invasion With Recurrence Rates of Basal Cell Carcinoma in a Tertiary Health Care Facility: A Retrospective Study Over a Period of Six Years.​​ Unar A, Khan H, Zahid N, Khan MA, Fatima S, Shaikh SA and Rahman MF. ​​​Cureus. 2023 Mar 17;15(3):e36276.​​ ​DOI: 10.7759/cureus.36276. 


  • Clinicopathological Features and Survival Outcomes of Metaplastic Breast Carcin​oma - An Obser​vational Multi-Centric Study.​ Sherwani M, Vohra L, Ali D, Soomro R, Adnan S and Idre​es R. ​Breast Cancer (Dove Med Press). 2023 Mar 27;15:237-250.​​​ ​DOI: 10.2147/BCTT.S398932.​ 


  • ​​Skin reducing nipple sparing mastectomy with immediate breast reconstruction for huge borderline phyllodes tumor of the breast: Case report. Vohra LM, Hamid T and Idress R.​ Int J Surg Case Rep. 2023 Mar 20;105:107996. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2023.107996.​ 


  • Quantitative Morphometry and Machine Learning Model to Explore Duodenal and Rectal Mucosal Tissue of Children with Environmental Enteric Dysfunction. Khan M, Jamil Z, Ehsan L, Zulqarnain F, Srivastava S, Siddiqui S, Fernandes P, Raghib M, Sengupta S, ​​Mujahid Z, Ahmed Z, Idrees R, Ahmed S, Umrani F, Iqbal N, Moskaluk C, Raghavan S, Cheng L, Moore S, Ali SA, Iqbal J and Syed S.​ Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Mar 13:tpmd220063.​ ​DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.22-0063. 


  • ​Ensuring com​petence of essential skills: clinical examination for final year medical students.​​ Ismail FW, Ahmed R, Khan S and Shakil S. J Pak Med Assoc. 2023 Mar;73(3):520-524. DOI: 10.47391/JPMA.6336.​

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  • ​Comprehensive Molecular Profiling of Sinonasal Teratocarcinosarcoma Highlights Recurrent SMARCA4 Inactivation and CTNNB1 Mutations.​ ​Rooper LM, Agaimy A, Gagan J, Simpson RHW, Thompson LDR, Trzcinska AM, Ud Din N and Bishop JA.​ ​Am J Surg Pathol. 2023 Feb 1;47(2):224-233. DOI:​10.1097/PAS.0000000000001976.​​​​ 


  • ​​Childhood Small-Vessel Primary A​ngiitis of the Central Nervous System: Overlap With MOG-Associated Disease. Gilani A and Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2023 Jan-Feb;26(1):18-29. DOI: 10.1177/10935266221121445.​​ 


  • Secondary involvement of gallbladder by acute lymphoblastic leukemia presenting clinically as cholecystitis in a​ young patient: a case report.  ​​Rahim S, Ahmad Z, Chundriger Q, Ahmed A, Ali N and Abdul-Ghafar J. World J Surg Oncol. 2023 Feb 27;21(1):63.​ DOI: 10.1186/s12957-023-02956-4.​​ 


  • ​Correction to: Amplification of the PLAG-family genes-PLAGL1 and PLAGL2-is a key feature of the novel tumor type CNS embryonal tumor with PLAGL amplification. Keck MK, Sill M, Wittmann A, Joshi P, Stichel D, Beck P, Okonechnikow K, Sievers P, Wefers AK, Roncaroli F, Avula S, McCabe MG, Hayden JT, Wesseling P, Øra I, Nistér M, Kranendonk MEG, Tops BBJ, Zapotocky M, Zamecnik J, Vasiljevic A, Fenouil T, Meyronet D, von Hoff K, Schüller U, Loiseau H, Figarella-Branger D, Kramm CM, Sturm D, Scheie D, Rauramaa T, Pesola J, Gojo J, Haberler C, Brandner S, Jacques T, Sexton Oates A, Saffery R, Koscielniak E, Baker SJ, Yip S, Snuderl M, Ud Din N, Samuel D, Schramm K, Blattner-Johnson M, Selt F, Ecker J, Milde T, von Deimling A, Korshunov A, Perry A, Pfister SM, Sahm F, Solomon DA and Jones DTW.​  Acta Neuropathol. 2023 Feb 14. DOI: 10.1007/s00401-023-02538-4.


  • Biliary Tract Cancer.​ ​Zamani Z​​ and Fatima S.​​ 2023 Feb 7. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2023 Jan–. ​Bookshelf​ ID: NBK560550.​ 


  • ​Genomic and epigenomic re-categorization of congenital glioblastoma and desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma. ​Gilani A, Siddiq Z, Kissell E, Kasson J and Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK. Childs Nerv Syst. 2023 Jan 28.​ DOI: 10.1007/s00381-023-05848-w. 


  • ​PDGFB:APOBEC3C fusion in congenital diffuse high-grade glioma of the brainstem. ​Norris GA, Willard N, Donson AM, Gaskell A, Milgrom SA, O'Neill BR, Nijmeh H, Haag M, Gilani A, Foreman NK and ​Dahl NA.​ J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2023 Jan 20;82(2):183-186.​​ ​DOI: 10.1093/jnen/nlac112.​ 


  • ​Some CNS sarcomas seen: A 22-year series. ​​Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK and​​ Gilani A.​ Clin Neuropathol. 2023 Jan 28. ​DOI: 10.5414/NP301512.​


  • ​Events in CNS Tumor Pathology Post-2016 WHO CNS: cIMPACT-NOW Updates and Other Advancements: A Comprehensive Review Plus a Summary of the Salient Features of 2021 WHO CNS 5.​ Ahmad Z, Rahim S, Abdul-Ghafar J, Chund​riger Q and Ud Din N. Int J Gen Med. 2023 Jan 7;16:107-127.​ DOI: 10.2147/IJGM.S394872. 


  • ​Amplification of the PLAG-family genes-PLAGL1 and PLAGL2-is a key feature of the novel tumor type CNS embryonal tumor with PLAGL amplification. ​Keck MK, Sill M, Wittmann A, Joshi P, Stichel D, Beck P, Okonechnikow K, Sievers P, Wefers AK, Roncaroli F, Avula S, McCabe MG, Hayden JT, Wesseling P, Øra I, Nistér M, Kranendonk MEG, Tops BBJ, Zapotocky M, Zamecnik J, Vasiljevic A, Fenouil T, Meyronet D, von Hoff K, Schüller U, Loiseau H, Figarella-Branger D, Kramm CM, Sturm D, Scheie D, Rauramaa T, Pesola J, Gojo J, Haberler C, Brandner S, Jacques T, Sexton Oa​tes A, Saffery R, Koscielniak E, Baker SJ, Yip S, Snuderl M, Ud Din N, Samuel D, Schramm K, Blattner-Johnson M, Selt F, Ecker J, Milde T, von Deimling A, Korshunov A, Perry A, Pfister SM, Sahm F, Solomon DA and Jones DTW. ​Acta Neuropathol. 2023 Jan;145(1):49-69. DOI: 10.1007/s00401-022-02516-2.​​​​​

Microbiology​​ ​​​Publications​​​​​​​​​

  • ​​Postoperative radiotherapy for high-grade primary cardiac spindle cell sarcoma: a rare entity. ​Ali T, Ali N, Khan L and Minhas K. ​BMJ Case Rep. 2023 Jun 30;16(6):e255438.​ ​DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2023-255438. 


  • ​​​​"PRRX1-rearranged mesenchymal tumors": expanding the immunohistochemical profile and molecular spectrum of a recently described entity with the proposed revision of nomenclature.​ Warmke LM, Michal M, Martínek P, Agaimy A, Din NU, Perret R, Hostein I, Le Loarer F, Voltaggio L and Gross JM. ​Virchows Arch. 2023 Jun 20. DOI: 10.1007/s00428-023-03575-w. 


  • Prognostic factors, oncological treatment and outcomes of uterine sarcoma​​​: 10 years' clinical experience from a tertiary care center in Pakistan. ​Khan SR, Soomar SM, Asghari T, Ahmed A and Moosajee MS. BMC Cancer. 2023 Jun 5;23(1):510. DOI: 10.1186/s12885-023-11000-3​. 


  • Hybrid odontogenic lesions: A c​ase serie​​s of a rare entity. ​Raza M, Ahmed A, Abdul-Ghafar J, Ahmed R and Din NU.​​ Heliyon. 2023 May 13;9(5):e16221.​DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16221​. 


  • Axillary synovial sarcoma recurren​​ce involving brachial plexus, a rare case report from Pakistan.​ Virji SN, Pirzada MA, Siddiqui NA, Idrees R and Zeeshan S​. ​Int J Surg Case Rep. 2023 May 19;107:108325. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2023.108325.​ 


  • ​Ki-67 Quantification in Breast Cancer by Digital Imaging AI Software and its Concordance with Manual Method. ​​​Zehra T, Shams M, Ahmad Z, Chundriger Q, Ahmed A and Jaffar N.​​ ​J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2023 May;33(5):544-547.​​ ​DOI: 10.29271/jcpsp.2023.05.544​. 


  • Karachi Cancer Registry (KCR): Consolidated Data of 5-years 2017-2021.​ ​​​Pervez S, Jabbar AA, Haider G, Qureshi MA, Ashraf S, Lateef F, Khurshid M, Bashir I, Zaidi M, Mushtaq N, Fadoo Z, Quraishy MS, Yaqoob N, Alam E and Qureshi H.​​ ​J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2023 May;33(5):560-565.​​​ DOI: 10.29271/jcpsp.2023.05.560​. 


  • National cervical cancer burden estimation through systematic review and analysis of publicly available data in Pakistan. BMC Public Health.​ Chughtai N, Perveen K, Gillani SR, Abbas A, Chunara R, Manji AA, Karani S, Noorali AA, Zakaria M, Shamsi U, Chishti U, Khan AA, Soofi S, Pervez S and Samad Z. 2023 May 5;23(1):834. ​​​​DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15531-z. 


  • Hydatid disease of central ​nervous s​ystem, a clinicopathological study of 33 cases. Din NU, Raza M, Rahim S, Memon W and Ahmad Z. J Neurosci Rural Pract. 2023 Apr-Jun;14(2):293-297. ​DOI: 10.25259/JNRP_51_2022.​ 


  • Primary angiosarcoma of breas​​t in an octogenarian woman: A case report with literature review. ​Vohra LM, Jabeen D and Idrees R.​ nt J Surg Case Rep. 2023 Apr 11;107:108163. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2023.108163.​ 


  • Pathogens identified in the internal tissues and placentas of stillbirths: results from the prospective, observational PURPOSe study. ​​​​Harakuni SU, Somannavar MS, Ghanchi NK, Ahmed I, Zafar A, Kim J, Tikmani SS, Hwang K, Saleem S, Goudar SS, Dhaded S, Guruprasad G, Yasmin H, Yogeshkumar S, Aceituno A, Silver RM, McClure EM and Goldenberg RL; PURPOSe Investigators.​​​ BJOG. 2023 Apr 17. ​​​​DOI: 10.1111/1​​471-0528.17479. ​Collaborators: Zeeshan Uddin. 



  • Chondroblastoma of foot bones; a clinicopathological study of 29 cases confirming the diagnostic utility of H3K36M and H3G34W antibodies at an uncommon site. Tariq MU, Din NU, Qureshi MB and Park YK. Ann Diagn Pathol. 2023 Apr 7;65:152135.​ ​DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.​2023.152135​. 



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  • Association of the Depth of Invasion With Recurrence Rates of Basal Cell Carcinoma in a Tertiary Health Care Facility: A Retrospective Study Over a Period of Six Years.​​ Unar A, Khan H, Zahid N, Khan MA, Fatima S, Shaikh SA and Rahman MF. ​​​Cureus. 2023 Mar 17;15(3):e36276.​​ ​DOI: 10.7759/cureus.36276.


  • Clinicopathological Features and Survival Outcomes of Metaplastic Breast Carcin​oma - An Obser​vational Multi-Centric Study.​ Sherwani M, Vohra L, Ali D, Soomro R, Adnan S and Idre​es R. ​Breast Cancer (Dove Med Press). 2023 Mar 27;15:237-250.​​​ ​DOI: 10.2147/BCTT.S398932.​


  • ​​Skin reducing nipple sparing mastectomy with immediate breast reconstruction for huge borderline phyllodes tumor of the breast: Case report. Vohra LM, Hamid T and Idress R.​ Int J Surg Case Rep. 2023 Mar 20;105:107996. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2023.107996.​ 


  • Quantitative Morphometry and Machine Learning Model to Explore Duodenal and Rectal Mucosal Tissue of Children with Environmental Enteric Dysfunction. Khan M, Jamil Z, Ehsan L, Zulqarnain F, Srivastava S, Siddiqui S, Fernandes P, Raghib M, Sengupta S, ​​Mujahid Z, Ahmed Z, Idrees R, Ahmed S, Umrani F, Iqbal N, Moskaluk C, Raghavan S, Cheng L, Moore S, Ali SA, Iqbal J and Syed S.​ Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Mar 13:tpmd220063.​ ​DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.22-0063. 


  • ​Ensuring com​petence of essential skills: clinical examination for final year medical students.​​ Ismail FW, Ahmed R, Khan S and Shakil S. J Pak Med Assoc. 2023 Mar;73(3):520-524. DOI: 10.47391/JPMA.6336.​ 


  • ​Comprehensive Molecular Profiling of Sinonasal Teratocarcinosarcoma Highlights Recurrent SMARCA4 Inactivation and CTNNB1 Mutations.​ ​Rooper LM, Agaimy A, Gagan J, Simpson RHW, Thompson LDR, Trzcinska AM, Ud Din N and Bishop JA.​ ​Am J Surg Pathol. 2023 Feb 1;47(2):224-233. DOI:​10.1097/PAS.0000000000001976.​​​​ 


  • ​​Childhood Small-Vessel Primary A​ngiitis of the Central Nervous System: Overlap With MOG-Associated Disease. Gilani A and Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2023 Jan-Feb;26(1):18-29. DOI: 10.1177/10935266221121445.​​ 


  • Secondary involvement of gallbladder by acute lymphoblastic leukemia presenting clinically as cholecystitis in a​ young patient: a case report.  ​​Rahim S, Ahmad Z, Chundriger Q, Ahmed A, Ali N and Abdul-Ghafar J. World J Surg Oncol. 2023 Feb 27;21(1):63.​ DOI: 10.1186/s12957-023-02956-4.​​ 


  • ​Correction to: Amplification of the PLAG-family genes-PLAGL1 and PLAGL2-is a key feature of the novel tumor type CNS embryonal tumor with PLAGL amplification. Keck MK, Sill M, Wittmann A, Joshi P, Stichel D, Beck P, Okonechnikow K, Sievers P, Wefers AK, Roncaroli F, Avula S, McCabe MG, Hayden JT, Wesseling P, Øra I, Nistér M, Kranendonk MEG, Tops BBJ, Zapotocky M, Zamecnik J, Vasiljevic A, Fenouil T, Meyronet D, von Hoff K, Schüller U, Loiseau H, Figarella-Branger D, Kramm CM, Sturm D, Scheie D, Rauramaa T, Pesola J, Gojo J, Haberler C, Brandner S, Jacques T, Sexton Oates A, Saffery R, Koscielniak E, Baker SJ, Yip S, Snuderl M, Ud Din N, Samuel D, Schramm K, Blattner-Johnson M, Selt F, Ecker J, Milde T, von Deimling A, Korshunov A, Perry A, Pfister SM, Sahm F, Solomon DA and Jones DTW.​  Acta Neuropathol. 2023 Feb 14. DOI: 10.1007/s00401-023-02538-4. 


  • Biliary Tract Cancer.​ ​Zamani Z​​ and Fatima S.​​ 2023 Feb 7. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2023 Jan–. ​Bookshelf​ ID: NBK560550.​ 


  • ​Genomic and epigenomic re-categorization of congenital glioblastoma and desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma. ​Gilani A, Siddiq Z, Kissell E, Kasson J and Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK. Childs Nerv Syst. 2023 Jan 28.​ DOI: 10.1007/s00381-023-05848-w. 


  • ​PDGFB:APOBEC3C fusion in congenital diffuse high-grade glioma of the brainstem. ​Norris GA, Willard N, Donson AM, Gaskell A, Milgrom SA, O'Neill BR, Nijmeh H, Haag M, Gilani A, Foreman NK and ​Dahl NA.​ J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2023 Jan 20;82(2):183-186.​​ ​DOI: 10.1093/jnen/nlac112.​ 


  • ​Some CNS sarcomas seen: A 22-year series. ​​Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK and​​ Gilani A.​ Clin Neuropathol. 2023 Jan 28. ​DOI: 10.5414/NP301512.​ 


  • ​Events in CNS Tumor Pathology Post-2016 WHO CNS: cIMPACT-NOW Updates and Other Advancements: A Comprehensive Review Plus a Summary of the Salient Features of 2021 WHO CNS 5.​ Ahmad Z, Rahim S, Abdul-Ghafar J, Chund​riger Q and Ud Din N. Int J Gen Med. 2023 Jan 7;16:107-127.​ DOI: 10.2147/IJGM.S394872. 


  • ​​Amplification of the PLAG-family genes-PLAGL1 and PLAGL2-is a key feature of the novel tumor type CNS embryonal tumor with PLAGL amplification. ​Keck MK, Sill M, Wittmann A, Joshi P, Stichel D, Beck P, Okonechnikow K, Sievers P, Wefers AK, Roncaroli F, Avula S, McCabe MG, Hayden JT, Wesseling P, Øra I, Nistér M, Kranendonk MEG, Tops BBJ, Zapotocky M, Zamecnik J, Vasiljevic A, Fenouil T, Meyronet D, von Hoff K, Schüller U, Loiseau H, Figarella-Branger D, Kramm CM, Sturm D, Scheie D, Rauramaa T, Pesola J, Gojo J, Haberler C, Brandner S, Jacques T, Sexton Oa​tes A, Saffery R, Koscielniak E, Baker SJ, Yip S, Snuderl M, Ud Din N, Samuel D, Schramm K, Blattner-Johnson M, Selt F, Ecker J, Milde T, von Deimling A, Korshunov A, Perry A, Pfister SM, Sahm F, Solomon DA and Jones DTW. ​Acta Neuropathol. 2023 Jan;145(1):49-69. DOI: 10.1007/s00401-022-02516-2.​​​​ 

Microbiology​​ ​​​Publications​​​​​​​​

  • ​​​Predicting the next pandemic: VACCELERATE ranking of the WorldHealth Organization's Blueprint forAction toPreventEpidemics​. Salmanton-García J, Wipfler P, Leckler J, Nauclér P, Mallon PW, Bruijning-Verhagen PCJL, Schmitt HJ, Bethe U, Olesen OF, Stewart FA, Albus K, Cornely OA; VACCELERATE Consortium​​. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2023 Dec 6;57:102676. ​​​​Collaborators:​ Joveria Qais Faroo​​qi. DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2023.102676. 


  • Fungal empyema thoracis, a rare but an emerging entity: a retro​spective case series from Pakistan. ​​Iqbal N, Ali AS, Zahid A, Jabeen K, and Irfan M.​​ Ther Adv Infect Dis. 2023 Dec 30;11:20499361231223887. DOI: 10.1177/20499361231223887. 


  • ​Allergic bronchop​ulmonary aspergillosis: radiological and microbiological profile of patients presented in an outpatient pulmonary clinic in a developing country. Iqbal N, Irfan M, Bin Ali Zubairi M, Ayub M, Awan S, Jabeen K, and Bin Sarwar Zubairi A. Monaldi Arch Chest Dis. 2023 Dec 7. DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2023.2803. 


  • ​Humoral and T cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 reveal insights into immunity during the early pandemic period in Pakistan. ​​Masood KI, Qaiser S, Abidi SH, Khan E, Mahmood SF, Hussain A, Gh​​​ous Z, Imti​az K, Ali N, Hasan M, Memon HA, Yameen M, Ali S, Baloch S, Lakhani G, Alves PM, Iqbal NT, Ahmed K, Iqbal J, Bhutta ZA, Hussain R, Rottenberg M, Simas JP, Veldhoen M, Ghias K and​ Hasan Z.​ ​BMC Infect Dis. 2023 Dec 1;23(1):846. ​​DOI: 10.1186/s12879-023-08829-1. 


  • Patient Perceptions of Incentive-Linked Prescribing in Pakistan. Noor MN, Azizullah Z, Abbasi HS, Mark NVD, Shepherd AR, Siddiqui AR, Hasan R, Khan MS and Shakoor S. 15 November 2023​.​ doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3587011/v1​​​. 


  • Fluconazole-resistant Candida parapsilosis complex candidemia and analysis of mutations in the ERG11 gene from Pakistan.​ Zeeshan M, Memon S, Malick A, Naqvi SF, Farooqi J, Ghanchi NK and Jabeen K. ​Mycoses. 2023 Nov 21. ​DOI: 10.1111/myc.13677. 


  • Better diagnostic tools needed to distingui​sh typhoid from other causes of acute febrile illness. Shakoor S, and Dittrich S. Bull World Health Organ. 2023 Nov 1;101(11):683-683A.​ DOI: 10.2471/BLT.23.290678. 


  • ​Target product profiles: tests for tuberculosis treatment monitoring and optimization. Gupta-Wright A, den Boon S, MacLean EL, Cirillo D, Cobelens F, Gillespie SH, Kohli M, Ruhwald M,​​ Savic R, Brigden G, Gidado M, Goletti D, Hanna D, Hasan R, Hewison C, Koura KG, Lienhardt C, Lungu P, McHugh TD, McKenna L, Scott C, Scriba T, Sekaggya-Wiltshire C, Kasaeva T, Zignol M, Denkinger CM, and Falzon D. Bull World Health Organ. 2023 Nov 1;101(11):730-737.​ DOI: 10.2471/BLT.23.290901​


  • ​​Prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths and associated risk factors among primary school children in Kandahar, Afghanistan: A cross-sectional analytical study.​ R​ahimi BA, Rafiqi N, Tareen Z, Kakar KA, Wafa MH, Stanikzai MH, Beg MA, Dost AK and Taylor WR.​ ​PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2023 Sep 11;17(9):e0011614.​​ ​DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011614. 


  • ​Pathogens identified in the internal tissues and placentas of stillbirths: results from the prospective, observational PURPOSe study.​ ​Harakuni SU, Somannavar MS, Ghanchi NK, Ahmed I, Zafar A, Kim J, Tikmani SS, Hwang K, Saleem S, Goudar SS, Dhaded S, Guruprasad G, Yasmin H, Yogeshkumar S, Aceituno A, Silver RM, McClure EM, Goldenberg RL; PURPOSe Investigators. ​​BJOG. 2023 Sep;130(10):1238-1246. ​​DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.17479. 


  • Placental inflammation and pregnancy outcomes: A pr​ospective, observational study in South Asia: The PURPOSe study. Ahmed I, Ghanchi NK, Sunder Tikmani S, Hwang K, Zafar A, Saleem S, Uddin Z, Harakuni S, Somannavar MS, Kulkarni V, Guruprasad G, Goudar SS, Kim J, McClure EM and Goldenberg RL.​ ​BJOG. 2023 Sep 6.​ DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.17643​.  


  • ​Investigating the impact​​​ of prior COVID-19 on IgG antibody and interferon γ responses after BBIBP-CorV vaccination in a disease endemic population: A prospective observational study.​​ Hasan Z, Masood KI, Qaiser S, Khan E, Hussain A, Ghous Z, Khan U, Yameen M, Hassan I, Nasir MI, Qazi MF, Memon HA, Ali S, Baloch S, Bhutta ZA, Veldhoen M, Pedro Simas J, Mahmood SF, Ghias K and Hussain R.​ Health Sci Rep. 2023 Sep 8;6(9):e1521. DOI: 10.1002/hsr2.1521. 


  • The PURPOSe cause of death study in stillbirths and neonatal deaths in India and Pakistan: A review.​ Goldenberg RL, Saleem S, Goudar SS, Moore J, Guruprasad G, Kulkarni V, Dhaded SM, Tikmani SS, Nausheen S, Masheer S, Kallapur MG, Ghanchi NK, Harakuni SU, Ahmed I, Hwang K, Yogeshkumar S, Somannavar MS, Yasmin H, Kim J, Bann CM, Silver RM, McClure EM; PURPOSe Study Group.​ ​BJOG. 2023 Aug 17.​​ ​DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.17635. Collaborators Afia Zafar. 


  • Sequential viral introductions and spread of BA.1 across Pakistan provinces during the Omicron wave.​ Bukhari AR, Ashraf J, Kanji A, Rahman YA, Trovão NS, Thielen PM, Yameen M, Kanwar S, Khan W, Kabir F, Nisar MI, Merritt B, Hasan R, Spiro D, Rasmussen Z, Aamir UB and Hasan Z.​ BMC Genomics. 2023 Aug 3;24(1):432. DOI: 10.1186/s12864-023-09539-3. 


  • Morphological study of the placenta in deliveries with pre-ecla​mpsia​​: Results from a prospective, observational study in India and Pakistan (PURPOSe). Yogeshkumar S, Dhananjay S, Gowdar S, Gowdar G, Kulkarni V, Byranahalli S, Goudar SS, Dhaded SM, Somannavar MS, Tikamani SS, Sal​eem S, Ahmed I, Ghanchi NK, Uddin Z, Yasmin H, Jackson K, McClure EM and Goldenberg RL.​ BJOG. 2023 Aug 2.​ ​​DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.17617. 


  • Group B streptococcal prevalence in internal organs and placentas of deceased neonates and stillbirths in South Asia. ​​Kallapur MG, Ghanchi NK, Harakuni SU, Somannavar MS, Ahmed I, Fogle​man E, Hwang K, Kim J, Saleem S, Goudar SS, Tikmani SS, Dhaded SM, Guruprasad G, Y​asmin H,​ Yogeshkumar S, McClure EM, Goldenberg RL; PURPOSe Study Group.​ ​BJOG. 2023 Aug 2.​ ​DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.17614​. Collaborators:​ Afia Zafar. 


  • Cumulative antimicrobial susceptibilities for respiratory clinical isolates of Mycobacterium avium Complex, Mycobacterium kansasii, and Mycobacterium abscessus from Pakistan 2018 to 2022.​ ​Shakoor S, Shafiq S, Shahid A, Mir F, Ali R and Hasan R.​ Int J Mycobacteriol. 2023 Jul-Sep;12(3):310-315. DOI: 10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_136_23. 


  • ​P​revalence of familial hy​percholesterolemia in a country-wide laboratory network in Pakistan: 10-year data from 988, 306 patients. Farhad A, Noorali AA, Tajuddin S, Khan SD, Ali M, Chunara R, Khan AH, Zafar A, Merchant A, Bokhari SS, Virani SS and Samad Z. ​Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2023 Jul-Aug;79:19-27.​ ​DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2023.07.00. 


  • ​​Early recognition and management of matern​al sepsis in Pakistan: a feasibility study of the implementation of FAST-M intervention. ​Ahmed SI, Rind GK, Sikandar R, Raza A, Khowaja BMH, Parveen F, Khan S, Memon N, Jahangir A, Mirza DN, Cheshire J, Dunlop CL, Shakoor S, Barolia R, Sheikh L, Saleem S, Coomar​​asamy A and Lissauer D.​ ​BMJ Open. 2023 Jul 30;13(7):e069135. ​​​DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-0691​​35. 


  • ​Enterobacterales draft genome sequences: 15 historical (1998-2004) and 30 contemporary (2015-2016) clinical isolates from Pakistan​​. Crawford MA, Lascols C, Lomonaco S, Timme RE, Fisher DJ, Anderson K, Hodge DR, Morse SA, Pillai SP, Sharma SK, Khan E, Allard MW and Hughes MA.​​​ ​Microbiol Resour Announc. 2023 Jul 28:e0016323. ​​​​DOI: 10.1128/MRA.00163-23. 


  • Data usefulness in determining cause of stillbirth in South Asia.​ Goldenberg RL, Hwang K, Saleem S, Tikmani SS, Yogeshkumar S, Kulkani V, Ghanchi N, Harakuni S, Ahmed I, Uddin Z, Goudar SS, Guruprasad G, Dhaded S, Goco N, Silver RM and McClure EM.​ ​​BJOG. 2023 Jul 20. DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.17592. 


  • Overlooked Candida glabrata petites are echinocandin tolerant, induce host inflammatory responses, and display poor in vivo fitness.​ Arastehfar A, Daneshnia F, Hovhannisyan H, Fuentes D, Cabrera N, Quintin C, Ilkit M, Ünal N, Hilmioğlu-Polat S, Jabeen K, Zaka S, Desai JV, Lass-Flörl C, Shor E, Gabaldon T and Perlin DS.​ ​​​2023 Jun 16:2023.0​​6.15.545195.​DOI: 10.1101/2023.06.15.545195. 


  • ​The healthcare field as a marketplace: general practitioners, pharmaceutical companies, and profit-led prescribing in Pakistan. ​Noor MN, Liverani M, Bryant J, Rahman-Shepherd A, Sha​rif S, Aftab W, Shakoor S, Khan M and Hasan R.​ Health Sociol Rev. 2023 Jul;32(2):198-212. DOI: 10.1080/14461242.2022.2139628. 


  • Incentivisation practices and t​heir influence on physicians' prescriptions: A qualitative analysis of practice and policy in Pakistan.​ Khan M, Rahman-Shepherd A, Noor MN, Sharif S, Hamid M, Aftab W, Isani AK, Khan RI, Hasan R, Shakoor S and Siddiqi S.​ PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023 Jun 29;3(6):e0001890.​ DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001890. 


  • ​Pregnancy outcomes in preterm multiple gestations: Results from a prospective study in India and Pakistan (PURPOSe). ​Guruprasad G, Raghoji CR, Dhaded SM, Tikmani SS, Saleem S, Goudar SS, Hwang K, Yogeshkumar S, Somannavar MS, Reza S, Yasmin H, Moore JL, Bann CM, McClure EM, Goldenberg RL; PURPOSe Study Group.​ ​BJOG. 2023 Jul 20. ​​DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.17602​ Collaborators​​:​ Afia Zafar and Najia Ghanchi. 


  • Neonatal mortality among preterm infants admitted to neonatal intensive care units in India and Pakistan: A prospective study.​​​​​ Saleem S, Tikmani SS, Goudar SS, Hwang K, Dhaded S, Gurupra​​sad G, Nadig NG, Kusagur VB, Patil LGC, Siddartha ES, Yogeshkumar S, Somannavar MS, Roujani S, Khan M, Shaikh M, Hanif M, Bann CM, McClure EM, Goldenberg RL; PURPOSE Study Group.​ BJOG. 2023 Jul 20. DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.17581 Collaborators​​: Afia Zafar and Najia Ghanchi. 


  • Investigation of multidrug-resistant plasmids from carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates from Pakistan.​ Lascols C, Cherney B, Conley AB, Rishishwar L, Crawford MA, Morse SA, Fisher DJ, Anderson K, Hodge DR, Pillai SP, Hughes MA, Khan E and Sue D. Front Microbiol. 2023 Jun 29;14:1192097.​ ​DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1192097. 


  • ​​Etiology of Acute Infectious Meningitis and Meningoencephalitis in Karachi, Pakistan: Retrospective Observational Study from a Tertiary Care Center​. ​Shakoor S, Fatima T, Mir F, Shahid A, Shaheen N, Khan E and Jamil B. ​Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Jul 17:tpmd230182.​DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0182​.


  • ​​​​Whole-genome sequencing reveals genotypic resistance in phenotypically susceptible Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates. Hasan Z, Razzak SA, Kanji A, Shakoor S and Hasan R.​ ​Int J Mycobacteriol. 2023 Apr-Jun;12(2):179-183.​ DOI: 10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_101_23. 


  • ​Laboratory service relocation: experience and lessons learned from relocating a biosaf​ety level-3 clinical mycobacteriology service to a new facility.​ ​Shakoor S, Ahmed I, Wahab K, Shafiq S, Shahid A, Chishti S, Ghulam H and Hasan R.​ ​Int J Mycobacteriol. 2023 Apr-Jun;12(2):184-191. DOI: 10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_98_23. 


  • Correction: Ceftriaxone resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi A identified in a case of ent​eric fever: first case report from Pakistan. ​​​​Irfan S, Hasan Z, Qamar FN, Ghanchi N, Ashraf J, Kanji A, Razzak SA, Greig D, Nair S and Hasan R.​​ BMC Infect Dis. 2023 May 23;23(1):346. ​​​DOI: 10.1186/s12879-023-08321-w.​ 


  • ​Ceftriaxone resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi A identified in a case of enteric fever: first case report from Pakistan.​​​ Irfan S, Hasan Z, Qamar F, Ghanchi N, Ashraf J, Kanji A, Razzak S, Greig D, Nair S and Hasan R. BMC Infect Dis. 2023 Apr 26;23(1):267.​​ ​​DOI: 10.1186/s12879-023-08152-9​.

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  • ​​​​COVID-19 antibody positivity over time and pregnancy outcomes in seven low-and-middle-income countries: A prospective, observational study of the Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research. Goldenberg RL, Saleem S, Billah SM, Kim J, Moore JL, Ghanchi NK, Haque R, Figueroa L, Ayala A, Lokangaka A, Tshefu A, Goudar SS, Kavi A, Somannavar M, Esamai F, Mwenechanya M​, Chomba E, Patel A, Das P, Emonyi WI, Edidi S, Deshmukh M, Hossain B, Siraj S, Mazariegos M, Garces AL, Bauserman M, Bose CL, Petri WA Jr, Krebs NF, Derman RJ, Carlo WA, Liechty EA, Hibberd PL, Koso-Thomas M, Peres-da-Silva N, Nolen TL and McClure EM. ​BJOG. 2023 Mar;130(4):366-376.​ ​DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.17366.​ 

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  • Community-acquired meningoencephalitis due to concomitant infection caused by Naegleria fowleri and Streptococcus pneum​oniae from Karachi, Pakistan: A Case Report. Ghanchi NK, Bibi S, Sultan BA and Zafar A. J Pak Med Assoc. 2023 Feb;73(2):396-398. DOI: 10.47391/JPMA.4690.​ 


  • ​Adapting international clinical trials during COVID-19 and beyond.​ ​Thriemer K, Degaga TS, Alam MS, Adhikari B, Tripura R, Hossain MS, Christian M, Ghanchi NK, Mnjala H, Weston S, Ley B, Rumaseb A, Tadesse D, Teferi T, Yilma D, Lee G, Unger H, Sutanto I, Pasaribu AP, Ghimire P, Beg MA and Price RN. Clin Trials. 2023 Feb 11:17407745231154215. DOI: 10.1177/17407745231154215. 


  • ​Socioecological factors linked with pharmaceutical inc​entive-driven prescribing in Pakistan. ​Noor MN, Rahman-Shepherd A, Siddiqui AR, Aftab W, Shakoor S, Hasan R and Khan M. BMJ Glob Health. 2023 Feb;6(Suppl 3):e010853. ​DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-010853.​ 


  • ​The Landscape of Stem Cell Research in Pakistan. ​Ahmad S,​ Zeeshan S, Hussain A, Hasan R, Ghias K, Mian A and Enam SA. ​​J Pak Med Assoc. 2023 Feb;73(Suppl 1)(2):S19-S24. DOI: 10.47391/JPMA.AKUS-04.​​​ 


  • ​Pathogens Identified by Minimally Invasive Tissu​e Sampling in India and Pakistan From Preterm Neonatal Deaths: The PURPOSE Study. ​Ghanchi NK, Ahmed I, Kim J, Harakuni S, Somannavar MS, Zafar A, Tikmani SS, Saleem S, Goudar SS, Dhaded SM, Guruprasad G, Yogeshkumar S, Hwang K, Aceituno A, Silver RM, McClure EM and Goldenberg RL. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Feb 8;76(3):e1004-e1011. DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac747.​ 


  • ​Diagnostic accuracy of different cut-off values of adenosine deaminase leve​ls in tuberculous pleural effusion. Masood KI, Shahid S, Jabeen K, Farooqi J, Kerawala SR and Irfan M. ​J Pak Med Assoc. 2023 Jan;73(1):13-16. ​DOI: 10.47391/JPMA.4773.​​​ ​


  • Post-COVID-19 Pneumocystis pneumonia cases from Pakistan: an observational study. Niamatul​​lah H, Nasir N, Jabeen K, Rattani S, Farooqi J, Ghanchi N and Irfan M​. Access Microbiol. 2023 Jan 5;5(1):acmi000406. ​​​DOI: 10​.1099/acmi.0.000406.​ 


  • ​​Author Correction: Genomic analysis of sewage from 101 countries reveals global landscape of antimicrobial resistance.​ ​Munk P, Brinch C, Møller FD, Petersen TN, Hendriksen RS, Seyfarth AM, Kjeldgaard JS, Svendsen CA, van Bunnik B, Berglund F; Global Sewage Surveillance Consortium; Larsson DGJ, Koopmans M, Woolhouse M, Aarestrup FM.​​​ Nat Commun. 2023 Jan 12;14(1):178. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-35890-w. Erratum for: Nat Commun. 2022 Dec 1;13(1):7251. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-35890-w.​ ​Collaborators Rumina Hasan and Sadia Shakoor.​

Molecular Pathology Publications​​​​​​​

  • ​​​Exploring the relationship between SARS-C​oV-2 variants, illness severity at presentation, in-hospital mortality and COVID-19 vaccination in a low middle-income country: A retrospective cross-sectional study.​ Mushtaq MZ, Nasir N, Mahmood SF, Khan S, Kanji A, Nasir A, Syed MA, Aamir UB and Hasan Z.​ ​Health Sci Rep. 2023 Dec 1;6(12):e1703.​ ​DOI: 10.1002/hsr2.1703. 


  • ​Humoral and T cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 reveal insights into immunity during the early pandemic period in Pakistan. ​​Masood KI, Qaiser S, Abidi SH, Khan E, Mahmood SF, Hussain A, Gh​​​ous Z, Imti​az K, Ali N, Hasan M, Memon HA, Yameen M, Ali S, Baloch S, Lakhani G, Alves PM, Iqbal NT, Ahmed K, Iqbal J, Bhutta ZA, Hussain R, Rottenberg M, Simas JP, Veldhoen M, Ghias K and​Hasan Z.​ ​BMC Infect Dis. 2023 Dec 1;23(1):846. ​​DOI: 10.1186/s12879-023-08829-1. 


  • ​​ Substitution spectra of SARS-CoV-2 genome from Pakistan reveals insights into the evolution of variants across the pandemic. ​Ashraf J, Bukhari SARS, Kanji A, Iqbal T, Yameen M, Nisar MI, Khan W and Hasan Z. ​​Sci Rep. 2023 Nov 28;13(1):20955.​ ​​DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-48272-5​​.


  • ​​​​A Step towards Personalised Cancer Treatment in Lower Middle-income Countries (LMICS): Molecular Tumour Boards.​ Hammad Khan AM, Burney I, Ansar Z and Abbasi AN.​ ​J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2023 Sep;33(9):1070-1072. ​DOI: 10.29271/jcpsp.2023.09.1070. 


  • ​Sequence variants in the BTD underlying biotinidase deficiency in families of Pakistani origin.​ Moatter T, Ahmed S, Majid H, Jafri L, Bilal M, Najumuddin, Faisal and Khan AH.​ ​J Gene Med. 2023 Sep 26:e3597.​ ​DOI: 10.1002/jgm.3597. 


  • ​Investigating the impact of prior COV​ID-19 on IgG antibody and interferon γ responses after BBIBP-CorV vaccination in a disease endemic population: A prospective observational study. Hasan Z, Masood KI, Qaiser S, Khan E, Hussain A, Ghous Z, Khan U, Yameen M, Hassan I, Nasir MI, Qazi MF, Memon HA, Ali S, Baloch S, Bhutta ZA, Veldhoen M, Pedro Simas J, Mahmood SF, Ghias K and Hussain R.​ ​Health Sci Rep. 2023 Sep 8;6(9):e1521. DOI: 10.1002/hsr2.1521. 


  • ​Outcomes of Patients with FLT3 Positive Acute Myeloid Leukaemia; an Experience from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan.​ Zulfiqar M, Ali N, Shaikh U, Jehanzeb H, Arif S, Khan ZF, Saeed N and Ansar Z.​ J Cancer Allied Spec. 2023 Aug 13;9(2):553. ​​DOI: 10.37029/jcas.v9i2.553. 


  • Sequential viral introductions and spread of BA.1 across Pakistan provinces during the Omicron wave.​ Bukhari AR, Ashraf J, Kanji A, Rahman YA, Trovão NS, Thielen PM, Yameen M, Kanwar S, Khan W, Kabir F, Nisar MI, Merritt B, Hasan R, Spiro D, Rasmussen Z, Aamir UB and Hasan Z.​ BMC Genomics. 2023 Aug 3;24(1):432. DOI: 10.1186/s12864-023-09539-3​


  • ​​Effectiveness of inactivated ​​COVID-19 vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 infections among healthcare personnel in Pakistan: a test-negative case-control study. ​Khan UI, Niaz M, Azam I, Hasan Z, Hassan I, Mahmood SF and Ali A. BMJ Open. 2023 Jun 27;13(6):e071789. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-071789. 


  • Experience in prenatal genetic testing and reproductive decision-making for monogenic disorders from a single tertiary care genetics clinic in a low-middle income country.​ Hanif A, Akbar F, Kirmani S, Jaffarali A, Zainab G, Malik A, Ansar Z and Afroze B.​ ​BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2023 Jun 10;23(1):431. DOI: 10.1186/s12884-023-05698-z. 


  • ​Tracking SARS-CoV-2 variants through pandemic waves using RT-PCR testing in low-resource settings. ​​Nasir A, Aamir UB, Kanji A, Bukhari AR, Ansar Z, Ghanchi NK, Masood KI, Samreen A, Islam N, Ghani S, Syed MA, Wassan M, Mahmood SF and Hasan Z.​ ​PLOS Glob Public H​ealth. 2023 Jun 1;3(6):e0001896. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001896. 


  • Whole-genome sequencing reveals genotypic resistance in phenotypically susceptible Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates. ​​Hasan Z, Razzak SA, Kanji A, Shakoor S and Hasan R.​  Int J Mycobacteriol. 2023 Apr-Jun;12(2):179-183.​ ​​DOI: 10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_101_23. 


  • Correction: Ceftriaxone resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi A identified in a case of enteric fever: first case report from Pakistan. BMC Infect Dis. 2023 May 23;23(1):346.​​ Irfan S, Hasan Z, Qamar FN, Ghanchi N, Ashraf J, Kanji A, Razzak SA, Greig D, Nair S and Hasan R.​ BMC Infect Dis. 2023 May 23;23(1):346.​ DOI: 10.1186/s12879-023-08321-w. 


  • Ceftriaxone resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi A identified in a case of enteric fever: first case report from Pakistan.​​​ Irfan S, Hasan Z, Qamar F, Ghanchi N, Ashraf J, Kanji A, Razzak S, Greig D, Nair S and Hasan R. BMC Infect Dis. 2023 Apr 26;23(1):267.​​ ​​DOI: 10.1186/s12879-023-08152-9. 


  • ​​​​Using rapid antigen testing for early, safe return-to-work for healthcare personnel after SARS-CoV-2 infection in a healthcare system in Pakistan: A retrospective cross-sectional study. Khan UI, Mahmood SF, Khan S, Hasan Z, Cheema A, Hakim A and Ali SI. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023 Mar 22;3(3):e0001746.​DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001746​.​ 


  • ​Identifying the current status and future needs of clinical, educational, and laboratory genetics services in Pakistan: a web-based panel discussion. Ashfaq M, Ahmed SA, Aziz-Rizvi R, Hasan Z, Kirmani S, Munim S, Na​eem R, Raza J and Furqan A. J Community Genet. 2023 Feb;14(1):71-80. DOI: 10.1007/s12687-022-00615-x.​ 


  • ​Assessing the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in Pakistan: a test-negative case-control study. J Infect. Nisar MI, Ansari N, Malik AA, Shahid S, Lalani KRA, Chandna MA, Younus AM, Hasan Z, Khan U, Khalid F, Mahesar M, Qazi MF, Yildirim I, Jehan F and Omer SB.​ ​2023 Jan 25:S0163-4453(23)00021-X.​ ​DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2023.01.016​.​​

Research and Education Publications​​​​​

  • ​​​​Climate change justice goes beyond authorship equity.​ Abid MA and Abid MB.​ ​Lanc​et. 2023 Jun 17;401(10393):2036. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)01124-8. 


  • ​GRADE-ADOLOPMENT of clinical practice guideline for postmenopausal osteoporosis management-a Pakistani context. Nadeem S, Pervez A, Abid MA, Khalid RN, Rizvi NA, Aamdani SS, Ayub B, Mustafa MA, Ahmed S, Riaz M, Irfan K, Noordin S, Jafri L, ​​​Majid H, Umer M, Zehra N, Sheikh A, Haider AH and Khan AH. ​Arch Osteoporos. 2023 May 19;18(1):71. DOI: 10.1007/s11657-023-01258-2.​ 


  • ​Ceftriaxone resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi A identified in a case of enteric fever: first case report from Pakistan.​​​ Irfan S, Hasan Z, Qamar F, Ghanchi N, Ashraf J, Kanji A, Razzak S, Greig D, Nair S and Hasan R. BMC Infect Dis. 2023 Apr 26;23(1):267.​​ ​​DOI: 10.1186/s12879-023-08152-9.


  • ​​​​​​Pakistan's battle against HIV. Abid MA, Khani MK and ​Abid MB. Int J STD AIDS. 2023 Mar 30:9564624231166433.​ ​​​DOI: 10.1177/09564624231166433. 

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  • ​Assessing knowledge, attitudes, and practices of emergency department staff towards patients with suicidal behaviors in Pakistan. Pirani S, Qureshi A, Khan MZ, Aslam M and Khan MM. Asian J Psychiatr. 2023 Feb;80:103420.​ DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2022.103420.​ 


  • ​Climate change and the increased burden of dengue fever in Pakistan. Abid MA and Abid MB. Lancet Infect Dis. 2023 Jan;23(1):17-18. DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00808-8.​