Publications of Microbiology​ 2025​

April-June​​​

  • Cutaneous leishmaniasis in A​fghanistan. Rahimi BA, Ghatee MA, Habib MN, Farooqi K, Ritmeijer K, Hussain HS, Beg MA, Taylor WR. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2025 May 7:traf028.​ DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/traf028


  • ​Patterns of care-seeking for postpartum symptoms in urban Karachi, Pakistan: implications for intervention design. Hirani F, Ariff S, Nathwani AA, Peerwani G, Kalbarczyk A, Sultana S, Kazi AM, Yousuf F, Lefevre AE, Bhutta S, Winch PJ, Soofi S, Bhutta ZA, Zaidi AKM, Mir F; ANISA-Postpartum Sepsis Study Group. ​​Reprod Health. 2025 Apr 16;22(1):55. DOI: 10.1186/s12978-025-01981-8

    Collaborators​​: Sadia Shakoor​.​​


  • The pr​omise of antibiotic-led reduction in maternal infection. Shakoor S, Gravett MG. Lancet Glob Health. 2025 Apr;13(4):e604-e605. ​DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(25)00051-8


  • ​Spatio-temporal distribution of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever and its relationship with climate factors in Pakistan: A decade-long experience from tertiary care laboratory network. ​Abid MA, Farooqi J, Ghanchi N, Owais R, Sadiqa A, Shafaq H, Khan E. PLoS One. 2025 May 12;20(5):e0320495. ​​DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0320495


  • ​Clinical characteristics and serotype association of dengue and dengue like illness in Pakistan. Iqbal NT, Ahmed K, Khalid A, Imtiaz K, Ali Q​M, Munir T, Mahmood SF, Khan U, Afzal B, Qamar FN, Waggoner JJ, Fenelon H, McOwen H, Khan E, Rabinowitz P, Van Voorhis WC.PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2025 May 12;19(5):e0012978. ​​​DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012978


January-March​​​


  • How do study participants want to be informed about study results: Findings from a malaria trial in Cambodia, Ethiopia, Pakistan, and Indonesia. Bamboro SA, Jabbar FA, Bagita-Vangana M, Hasibuan N, Degaga TS, Ghanchi N, Beg MA, Tripura R, Pitaloka AP, Tego TT, Safitri W, Yulita, Cassidy-Seyoum S, Mwaura M, Mnjala H, Lee G, D​ysoley L, von Seidlein L, Price RN, Unger HW, Adhikari B, Thriemer K. J Clin Transl Sci. 2025 Mar 27;9(1):e83. doi: 10.1017/cts.2025.56.​​ DOI: 10.1017/cts.2025.56


  • ​Changes in enteric fever trends during the COVID-19 pandemic from the Surveillance for Enteric Fever in Asia Project: a cross-sectional study. Munira SJ, Naga SR, Dehr​aj IF, Doyle K, Kanon N, Yousafzai MT, Tamrakar D, Ali AP, Jui AB, Carter AS, Chandra Das D, Dawani S, Iqbal K, Irfan S, Islam MS, Memon MA, Khan T, Nahar S, Rahman MH, Saddal NS, Seidman JC, Shrestha R, Susmita H, Andrews JR, Luby SP, Garrett DO, Qamar FN, Saha SK, Saha S. ​Lancet Reg Health Southeast Asia. 2025 Mar 29;35:100562. ​DOI: 10.1016/j.lansea.2025.100562


  • ​Trends of Enteric Fever and Emergence of Extensively Drug-Resistant Typhoid in Pakistan: Population-Based Laboratory Data From 2017-2019. Qamar FN, Yousafzai MT, Qazi I, Qureshi S, Bar-Zeev N, Sultana S, Jawwad M, Hotwani A, Irfan S, Memon MA, Iftikhar I, Nizamuddin S, Ujjan I, Khan EA, Ibrahim MN. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2025 Mar 5;12(4):ofaf106.​​ ​DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf106


  • Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of candidiasis: an initiative of the ECMM in cooperation with ISHAM and ASM. Cornely OA, Sprute R, Bassetti M, Chen SC, Groll AH, Kurzai O, Lass-Flörl C, Ostrosky-Zeichner L, Rautemaa-Richardson R, Revathi G, Santolaya ME, White PL, Alastruey-Izquierdo A, Arendrup MC, Baddley J, Barac A, Ben-Ami R, Brink AJ, Grothe JH, Guinea J, Hagen F, Hochhegger B, Hoenigl M, Husain S, Jabeen K, Jensen HE, Kanj SS, Koehler P, Lehrnbecher T, Lewis RE, Meis JF, Nguyen MH, Pana ZD, Rath PM, Reinhold I, Seidel D, Takazono T, Vinh DC, Zhang SX, Afeltra J, Al-Hatmi AMS, Arastehfar A, Arikan-Akdagli S, Bongomin F, Carlesse F, Chayakulkeeree M, Chai LYA, Chamani-Tabriz L, Chiller T, Chowdhary A, Clancy CJ, Colombo AL, Cortegiani A, Corzo Leon DE, Drgona L, Dudakova A, Farooqi J, Gago S, Ilkit M, Jenks JD, Klimko N, Krause R, Kumar A, Lagrou K, Lionakis MS, Lmimouni BE, Mansour MK, Meletiadis J, Mellinghoff SC, Mer M, Mikulska M, Montravers P, Neoh CF, Ozenci V, Pagano L, Pappas P, Patterson TF, Puerta-Alcalde P, Rahimli L, Rahn S, Roilides E, Rotstein C, Ruegamer T, Sabino R, Salmanton-García J, Schwartz IS, Segal E, Sidharthan N, Singhal T, Sinko J, Soman R, Spec A, Steinmann J, Stemler J, Taj-Aldeen SJ, Talento AF, Thompson GR 3rd, Toebben C, Villanueva-Lozano H, Wahyuningsih R, Weinbergerová B, Wiederhold N, Willinger B, Woo PCY, Zhu LP. Lancet Infect Dis. 2025 May;25(5):e280-e293. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00749-7. Epub 2025 Feb 13. Erratum in: Lancet Infect Dis. 2025 Apr;25(4):e203. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(25)00154-9. Erratum in: Lancet Infect Dis. 2025 May;25(5):e261.​​ ​DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00749-7



  • Isolation and Epidemiology of Respiratory Bacteria From Unusual Sites: Demographic, Seasonal, and Geographic Distribution in a Laboratory-Based Study From a Tertiary Care Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. Zehra S R, Khan S M, Mehmood S, Farooqi J, Jabeen K. ​Cureus 2025;17(3): e80213. DOI 10.7759/cureus.80213 


  • Creating an academic safety net for newly inducted undergraduate medical students using formative assessments and feedback. In Formative Assessment and Feedback in Post-Digital Learning Environments: Disciplinary Case Studies in Higher Education. Fatima SS, Idress R, Hashmi S, Sabzwari S, Khan S, Jabeen K, & Ghias K. Taylor and Francis. 127-134; 2025. ​​https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters​


  • Frequency of viral etiology in community-acquired pneumonia. Khan ZA, Ali AS, Ahmed I, Farooqi J, and Irfan M. ​Monaldi Arch Chest Dis. 2025 Jan 17. doi: 10.4081/monaldi.2025.3161. Epub ahead of print. ​​DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2025.3161


  • Chest​ X-ray scoring to screen for chronic pulmonary aspergillosis in patients with a history of pulmonary TB. Ali AS, Zubair SM, Jabeen K, and Irfan M. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2025 Feb 1;29(2):90-91.​ ​DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.24.0433


  • ​Tracing linkages between pharmaceutical incentivisation, antibiotic prescribing and antimicrobial resistance in Pakistan MN Noor, S Shakoor, and R Hasan. The Elgar Companion to Health and the Sustainable Development Goals, 361-372 https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803927244.00030 


  • Antiviral efficacy of fluoxetine in early symptomatic COVID-19: an open-label, randomised, controlled, adaptive platform trial (PLATCOV). Jittamala P, Boyd S, Schilling WHK, Watson JA, Ngamprasertchai T, Siripoon T, Luvira V, Batty EM, Wongnak P, Esper LM, Almeida PJ, Cruz C, Ascencao FR, Aguiar RS, Ghanchi NK, Callery JJ, Singh S, Kruabkontho V, Ngernseng T, Tubprasert J, Madmanee W, Suwannasin K, Promsongsil A, Hanboonkunupakarn B, Poovorawan K, Potaporn M, Srisubat A, Loharjun B, Taylor WRJ, Qamar F, Kazi AM, Beg MA, Chommanam D, Vidhamaly S, Chotivanich K, Imwong M, Pukrittayakamee S, Dondorp AM, Day NPJ, Teixeira MM, Piyaphanee W, Phumratanaprapin W, White NJ; PLATCOV Collaborative Group. ​​​EClinicalMedicine. 2025 Jan 18;80:103036. ​DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.103036


  • Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of candidiasis: an initiative of the ECMM in cooperation with ISHAM and ASM. Cornely OA, Sprute R, Bass​etti M, Chen SC, Groll AH, Kurzai O, Lass-Flörl C, Ostrosky-Zeichner L, Rautemaa-Richardson R, Revathi G, Santolaya ME, White PL, Alastruey-Izquierdo A, Arendrup MC, Baddley J, Barac A, Ben-Ami R, Brink AJ, Grothe JH, Guinea J, Hagen F, Hochhegger B, Hoenigl M, Husain S, Jabeen K, Jensen HE, Kanj SS, Koehler P, Lehrnbecher T, Lewis RE, Meis JF, Nguyen MH, Pana ZD, Rath PM, Reinhold I, Seidel D, Takazono T, Vinh DC, Zhang SX, Afeltra J, Al-Hatmi AMS, Arastehfar A, Arikan-Akdagli S, Bongomin F, Carlesse F, Chayakulkeeree M, Chai LYA, Chamani-Tabriz L, Chiller T, Chowdhary A, Clancy CJ, Colombo AL, Cortegiani A, Corzo Leon DE, Drgona L, Dudakova A, Farooqi J, Gago S, Ilkit M, Jenks JD, Klimko N, Krause R, Kumar A, Lagrou K, Lionakis MS, Lmimouni BE, Mansour MK, Meletiadis J, Mellinghoff SC, Mer M, Mikulska M, Montravers P, Neoh CF, Ozenci V, Pagano L, Pappas P, Patterson TF, Puerta-Alcalde P, Rahimli L, Rahn S, Roilides E, Rotstein C, Ruegamer T, Sabino R, Salmanton-García J, Schwartz IS, Segal E, Sidharthan N, Singhal T, Sinko J, Soman R, Spec A, Steinmann J, Stemler J, Taj-Aldeen SJ, Talento AF, Thompson GR 3rd, Toebben C, Villanueva-Lozano H, Wahyuningsih R, Weinbergerová B, Wiederhold N, Willinger B, Woo PCY, Zhu LP. Lancet Infect Dis. 2025 Feb 13:S1473-3099(24)00749-7. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00749-7. Epub ahead of print. Erratum in: Lancet Infect Dis. 2025 Feb 26:S1473-3099(25)00154-9. ​​​​DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00749-7


  • Pre-existing IgG antibodies to HCoVs NL63 and OC43 Spike increased during the pandemic and after COVID-19 vaccination. Hasan Z, Masood KI, Veldhoen M, Qaiser S, Alenquer M, Akhtar M, Balouch S, Iqbal J, Wassan Y, Hussain S, Feroz K, Muhammad S, Habib A, Kanji A, Khan E, Mian AA, ​​​​Hussai​n R, Amorim MJ, and Bhutta ZA. Heliyon. 2025 Jan 22;11(3):e42171. ​​

    DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e42171


  • ​​​​Frequency of viral etiology in community-acquired pneumonia. Kh​an ZA, Ali AS, Ahmed I​​, Farooqi J and Irfan M. Monaldi Arch Chest Dis. 2025 Jan 17. DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2025.3161


  • ​Doctors taking bribes from pharmaceutical companies is common and not substantially reduced by an educational intervention: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial in Pakistan. Khan M, Noor​​ MN, Rahman-Shepherd A, Siddiqui AR, Khan SS, van der Mark N, Isani AK, Siddiqi AQ, Opondo C, Ziauddin F, Bhutto F, Azam I, Hanefeld J, Ali N, Khan RI, Kazmi SAR, Wiseman V, Aftab W, Mirza Z, Hasan Z, Siddiqi S, Hasan R and Shakoor S. BMJ Glob Health. 2025 Jan 15;9(12):e016055. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-016055