Peer-reviewed articles

Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)

Emergence of novel human coronavirus:public health implications in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Editorial

Special supplement of Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal on novel coronavirus. Volume 19, supplement 1 (Coronavirus)

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State of Knowledge and Data Gaps of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Humans

The WHO MERS-CoV Research Group

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Nodding Syndrome

Nodding Syndrome-South Sudan, 2011

Reik L, Abu Bakr A, Opoka L, et al

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Mass Gatherings Medicine

Establishment of public health security in Saudi Arabia for the 2009 Hajj in response to pandemic influenza A H1N1

Memish ZA, McNabb SJ, Mahoney F, Alrabiah F, Marano N, Ahmed QA, Mahjour J, Hajjeh RA, Formenty P, Harmanci FH, El Bushra H, Uyeki TM, Nunn M, Isla N,Barbeschi M; Jeddah Hajj Consultancy Group.

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Influenza

Thematic issue of EMHJ on influenza and other emerging respiratory infections in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

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Clinical management guidelines for pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus infection in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: technical basis and overview

Al Hajjar S, Malik MR, Hallaj Z, El-Bushra H, Opoka M, Mafi AR. 

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The challenge of global case reporting during pandemic A (H1N1) 2009

Stephaninie Williame, Julia Fitzner, Angela Merianos & Anthony Mounts for the Case-based Surveillance Evaluation Group

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Viral haemorrhagic fevers

Laboratory diagnosis of Ebola hemorrhagic fever during an outbreak in Yambio, Sudan, 2004

Onyango CO, Opoka ML, Ksiazek TG, Formenty P, Ahmed A, Tukei PM, Sang RC, Ofula VO, Konongoi SL, Coldren RL, Grein T, Legros D, Bell M, De Cock KM,Bellini WJ, Towner JS, Nichol ST, Rollin PE.

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Strategic approach to control of viral haemorrhagic fever outbreaks in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: Report from a regional consultation 

Malik M, El Bushra HE, Opoka M, Formenty P, Velayudhan R, Eremin S

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Monkey Pox

Phylogenetic and Ecologic Perspectives of a Monkeypox Outbreak, Southern Sudan, 2005

Nakazawa Y, Emerson GL, Carroll DS, Zhao H, Li Y, Opoka L, et al.

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Human Monkeypox Outbreak Caused by Novel Virus Belonging to Congo Basin Clade, Sudan, 2005

Formenty P, Muntasir MO, Damon I, Chowdhary V, Opoka ML, Malik MR, et al.

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Beriberi

Outbreak of beriberi among African Union troops in Mogadishu, Somalia

Watson JT, El Bushra H, Lebo EJ, Bwire G, Kiyengo J, Emukule G, Omballa V, Tole J, Zuberi M, Breiman RF, Katz MA.

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Chikungunya

Chikungunya outbreak in Al-Hudaydah, Yemen, 2011: Epidemiological characterization and key lessons learned fro early detection and control

Malik MR, Mnzava A, Mohareb E, Zayed A, Al Kohlani A, Thabet AK, El Bushra H.

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Early warning disease surveillance

Early Warning Disease Surveillance After a Flood Emergency-pakistan, 2010

Sabatinelli G, Kakar SR, Khan MR, Malik MR, et al

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