Muhammad Zubair Shabbir, Siamak Zohari, Tahir Yaqub, Jawad Nazir et al.
BACKGROUND: Newcastle disease (ND) is one of the most deadly diseases of poultry around the globe. The disease is endemic in Pakistan and recurrent outbreaks are being reported regularly in wild captive, rural and commercial poultry flocks. Though, efforts have been made to characterize the causativ...
Abdul Ahad, Ronald Norman Thornton, Masood Rabbani, Tahir Yaqub et al.
A cross sectional survey was conducted involving 354 farm poultry workers on 85 randomly selected commercial poultry farms in high density poultry farm areas in Pakistan to estimate the sero-prevalence of H5, H7 and H9 and to identify the potential risk factors for infection with the avian influenza...
Muhammad Zubair Shabbir, Ruth H. Nissly, Abdul Ahad, Masood Rabbani et al.
Objective: To carry out the genetic characterization and evolutionary analysis of three avian orthoavulavirus 1 (AOAV-1) isolates from poultry workers with respiratory symptoms. Methods: Using Illumina MiSeq, whole-genome sequencing was carried out to assess the evolutionary dynamics of three AOAV-1...
Muhammad Zubair Shabbir, Ruth H. Nissly, Abdul Ahad, Masood Rabbani et al.
Avian avulavirus 1 infects multiple avian hosts, and rare reports of human infection have been noted throughout the last century. Here, we report the complete genome sequences of three isolates of avulavirus 1 collected from poultry farmers in Pakistan exhibiting mild respiratory signs.
Nosheena Akhter Shabbir, Sara Bashir Kant, Kainat Rashid, Uzma Hafeez et al.
BACKGROUND: As a major maternal health concern, the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among pregnant women was previously investigated in European, African, and Latin American regions other than the North American region. This study analyzed the prevalence of HIV among pregnant women ...
Ahmed Waqas, Muhammad Zubair, Hamza Ghulam, Muhammad Wajih Ullah et al.
Background: The objectives of the study were to explore the knowledge and attitudes of Pakistani university students toward mental illnesses. People with mental illnesses are challenged not only by their symptoms but also by the prejudices associated with their illness. Acknowledging the stigma of m...
Ahmed Waqas, Muhammad Zubair, Hamza Ghulam, Muhammad Wajih Ullah et al.
Background: The objectives of the study were to explore the knowledge and attitudes of Pakistani university students toward mental illnesses. People with mental illnesses are challenged not only by their symptoms but also by the prejudices associated with their illness. Acknowledging the stigma of m...