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Ali S. Khan
Researcher at University of Nebraska Medical Center
Publications - 123
Citations - 12226
Ali S. Khan is an academic researcher from University of Nebraska Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome & Hantavirus. The author has an hindex of 57, co-authored 116 publications receiving 11503 citations. Previous affiliations of Ali S. Khan include World Health Organization & Scripps Research Institute.
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Public health assessment of potential biological terrorism agents.
TL;DR: This report outlines the overall selection and prioritization process used to determine the biological agents for public health preparedness activities and helps facilitate coordinated planning efforts among federal agencies, state and local emergency response and public health agencies, and the medical community.
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Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome: Pathogenesis of an Emerging Infectious Disease
Sherif R. Zaki,Patricia W. Greer,L M Coffield,Cynthia S. Goldsmith,Kurt B. Nolte,Kathy Foucar,Richard M. Feddersen,Ross E. Zumwalt,Gayle L. Miller,Ali S. Khan,Pierre E. Rollin,Thomas G. Ksiazek,Stuart T. Nichol,Brian W. J. Mahy,Clarence J. Peters +14 more
TL;DR: Pulmonary histopathological features were similar in most of the fatal HPS cases and consisted of an interstitial pneumonitis with a variable mononuclear cell infiltrate, edema, and focal hyaline membranes, however, pulmonary features were significantly different and included diffuse alveolar damage and variable degrees of severe air space disorganization.
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The Reemergence of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1995
Ali S. Khan,F. Kweteminga Tshioko,David L Heymann,Bernard Le Guenno,Pierre Nabeth,Barbara Kerstiëns,Y Fleerackers,Peter H. Kilmarx,Guenael Rodier,Okumi Berthe Nkuku,Pierre E. Rollin,Anthony Sanchez,Sherif R. Zaki,Robert Swanepoel,Oyewale Tomori,Stuart T. Nichol,C. J. Peters,J. J. Muyembe-Tamfum,Thomas G. Ksiazek +18 more
TL;DR: In May 1995, an international team characterized and contained an outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and terminated by the initiation of barrier-nursing techniques, health education efforts, and rapid identification of cases.
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Rift Valley Fever Epidemic in Saudi Arabia: Epidemiological, Clinical, and Laboratory Characteristics
Tariq A. Madani,Yagob Y. Al-Mazrou,Mohammad H. Al-Jeffri,Amin A. Mishkhas,Abdullah M. Al-Rabeah,Adel M. Turkistani,Mohammad O. Al-Sayed,Abdullah A. Abodahish,Ali S. Khan,Thomas G. Ksiazek,Osama Shobokshi +10 more
TL;DR: This cohort descriptive study summarizes the epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory characteristics of the Rift Valley fever epidemic that occurred in Saudi Arabia from 26 August 2000 through 22 September 2001 and found patients with leukopenia had significantly a lower mortality rate than did those with a normal or high leukocyte count.
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Transmission of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever: A Study of Risk Factors in Family Members, Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1995
TL;DR: After adjusting for direct contact and exposure to body fluids, adult family members, those who touched the cadaver, and those who were exposed during the late hospital phase were at additional risk of EHF.