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Niaz M. Achakzai
Researcher at University of Santiago de Compostela
Publications - 8
Citations - 207
Niaz M. Achakzai is an academic researcher from University of Santiago de Compostela. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 4 publications receiving 175 citations. Previous affiliations of Niaz M. Achakzai include University of the Punjab.
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Toward Male Individualization with Rapidly Mutating Y‐Chromosomal Short Tandem Repeats
Kaye N. Ballantyne,Kaye N. Ballantyne,Arwin Ralf,Rachid Aboukhalid,Niaz M. Achakzai,Maria João Anjos,Qasim Ayub,Jože Balažic,Jack Ballantyne,David Ballard,Burkhard Berger,Cecilia Bobillo,Mehdi Bouabdellah,Helen Burri,Tomas Capal,Stefano Caratti,Jorge Cárdenas,François Cartault,Elizeu Fagundes de Carvalho,Mónica Carvalho,Baowen Cheng,Michael D. Coble,David Comas,Daniel Corach,Maria Eugenia D’Amato,Sean Davison,Peter de Knijff,Maria Corazon A. De Ungria,Ronny Decorte,Tadeusz Dobosz,Berit Myhre Dupuy,Samir Elmrghni,Mateusz Gliwiński,Sara C Gomes,Laurens J. W. Grol,Cordula Haas,Erin K. Hanson,Jürgen Henke,Lotte Henke,Fabiola Herrera-Rodríguez,Carolyn R. Hill,Gunilla Holmlund,Katsuya Honda,Uta-Dorothee Immel,Shota Inokuchi,Mark A. Jobling,Mahmoud Kaddura,Jong S Kim,Soon H Kim,Wook Kim,Turi E. King,Eva Klausriegler,Daniel Kling,Lejla Kovacevic,Leda Kovatsi,Paweł Krajewski,S. A. Kravchenko,Maarten Larmuseau,Eun Young Lee,R. Lessig,L. A. Livshits,Damir Marjanović,Marek Minarik,Natsuko Mizuno,Helena Moreira,Niels Morling,Meeta Mukherjee,Patrick Munier,Javaregowda Nagaraju,Franz Neuhuber,Shengjie Nie,Premlaphat Nilasitsataporn,Takeki Nishi,Hye H Oh,Jill K. Olofsson,Valerio Onofri,Jukka U. Palo,Horolma Pamjav,Walther Parson,Walther Parson,Michal Petlach,Christopher Phillips,Rafał Płoski,Samayamantri P. R. Prasad,Dragan Primorac,Dragan Primorac,Dragan Primorac,Gludhug A. Purnomo,Josephine Purps,Héctor Rangel-Villalobos,Krzysztof Rębała,Budsaba Rerkamnuaychoke,Danel Rey Gonzalez,Carlo Robino,Lutz Roewer,Alexandra Rosa,Antti Sajantila,Antti Sajantila,Andrea Sala,Jazelyn M. Salvador,Paula Sanz,C. Schmitt,Anil Kumar Sharma,Dayse A. Silva,Kyoung Jin Shin,Titia Sijen,M. Sirker,Daniela Siváková,Vedrana Škaro,Carlos Solano-Matamoros,L. Souto,Vlastimil Stenzl,Herawati Sudoyo,Denise Syndercombe-Court,Adriano Tagliabracci,Duncan Taylor,Andreas O. Tillmar,Iosif S. Tsybovsky,Chris Tyler-Smith,Kristiaan J. van der Gaag,Daniel Vanek,Antónia Völgyi,Denise Ward,Patricia Willemse,Eric P.H. Yap,Rita Y.Y. Yong,Irena Zupanič Pajnič,Manfred Kayser +127 more
TL;DR: The value of RM Y‐STRs in identifying and separating unrelated and related males and providing a reference database is demonstrated and the value of Y‐ STRs relative to Yfiler is demonstrated.
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Development and validation of the EUROFORGEN NAME (North African and Middle Eastern) ancestry panel.
Vania Pereira,Ana Freire-Aradas,David Ballard,Claus Børsting,V Diez,P Pruszkowska-Przybylska,J. Ribeiro,Niaz M. Achakzai,Anastasia Aliferi,Ozlem Bulbul,M.D. Pérez Cárceles,Soumaya Triki-Fendri,Ahmed Rebai,D. Syndercombe Court,Niels Morling,Maria Victoria Lareu,Angel Carracedo,Christopher Phillips +17 more
TL;DR: A custom-built ancestry panel was developed to analyze North African and Middle Eastern populations, designated the 'NAME' panel, which contains 111 SNPs that have patterns of allele frequency differentiation that can distinguish individuals originating in North Africa and the Middle East when combined with a previous set of 126 Global AIM-SNPs.
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Y-chromosomal STR analysis in the Pashtun population of Southern Afghanistan
Niaz M. Achakzai,Ziaur Rahman,Muhammad Saqib Shahzad,S. Daud,Mian Sahib Zar,Muhammad Israr,Tayyab Husnain,Sascha Willuweit,Lutz Roewer +8 more
TL;DR: Analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) reveals a considerable regional stratification within the country as well as between different Pashtun (Pathan) groups from Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.
Rapidly mutating Y-chromosomal STRs
Kaye N. Ballantyne,Arwin Ralf,R Aboukhalid,Niaz M. Achakzai,M.J. Anjos,Qasim Ayub,J Balazic,Jack Ballantyne,David Ballard,L Barbarii,Burkhard Berger,Cecilia Bobillo,M Bouabdellah,Helen Burri,John M. Butler,Tomas Capal,Stefano Caratti,Angel Carracedo,François Cartault,Elizeu Fagundes de Carvalho,Mónica Carvalho,Baowen Cheng,Coble,David Comas,Daniel Corach,Maria Eugenia D’Amato,Sean Davison,P. de Knijff,M de Ungria,Ronny Decorte,R Dixon,Tadeusz Dobosz,Berit Myhre Dupuy,Samir Elmrghni,Lsh Gan,Mateusz Gliwiński,SC Gomes,Laurens J. W. Grol,Cordula Haas,Erin K. Hanson,Jürgen Henke,Carolyn R. Hill,Gunilla Holmlund,Katsuya Honda,Uta-Dorothee Immel,Shota Inokuchi,Mark A. Jobling,JS Kim,SH Kim,Wook Kim,Te King,Eva Klausriegler,Daniel Kling,Lejla Kovacevic,Leda Kovatsi,Paweł Krajewski,S. A. Kravchenko,D Kvitkova,Maarten Larmuseau,Ey Lee,SH Lee,R. Lessig,L. A. Livshits,Damir Marjanović,Marek Minarik,Natsuko Mizuno,Helena Moreira,Niels Morling,Meeta Mukherjee,Javaregowda Nagaraju,Franz Neuhuber,Shengjie Nie,HH Oh,Jill K. Olofsson,Onofri,Jukka U. Palo,Horolma Pamjav,Walther Parson,C Payet,M Petlach,Chris Phillips,Rafał Płoski,Spr Prasad,Damir Primorac,Gludhug A. Purnomo,Josephine Purps,H Rangel,Krzysztof Rębała,Budsaba Rerkamnuaychoke,Carlo Robino,F Rodriguez,Lutz Roewer,Alexandra Rosa,Antti Sajantila,Andrea Sala,Jazelyn M. Salvador,Paula Sanz,A Savov,C. Schmitt,Anil Kumar Sharma,KJ Skin,J Shotivaranon,Titia Sijen,Dayse A. Silva,M. Sirker,Daniela Siváková,Skaro,C Solano-Matamoros,L. Souto,Stenzl,Herawati Sudoyo,Denise Syndercombe-Court,Adriano Tagliabracci,Duncan Taylor,Andreas O. Tillmar,Iosif S. Tsybovsky,Chris Tyler-Smith,K.J. van der Gaag,Daniel Vanek,Antónia Völgyi,D Ward,Patricia Willemse,Christian Winkler,Ryy Yong,B Zaharova,I Zupanic Pajnic,Manfred Kayser +126 more
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COVID-19 morbidity in Afghanistan: a nationwide, population-based seroepidemiological study
Sayed Ataullah Saeedzai,Mohammad Nadir Sahak,Fatima Arifi,Eman Abdelkreem Aly,Margo van Gurp,Lisa J. White,Siyu Chen,Amal Barakat,Giti Azim,Bahara Rasoly,Soraya Safi,Jennifer A. Flegg,Nasar Ahmed,Mohmmad Jamaluddin Ahadi,Niaz M. Achakzai,A Abouzeid +15 more
TL;DR: The survey revealed that, to July 2020, around 10 million people in Afghanistan (31.5% of the population) had either current or previous COVID-19 infection, which implies that most of thepopulation remained at risk of infection.