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Sadia Shakoor
Researcher at Aga Khan University
Publications - 120
Citations - 3247
Sadia Shakoor is an academic researcher from Aga Khan University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Biology. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 97 publications receiving 2326 citations. Previous affiliations of Sadia Shakoor include The Aga Khan University Hospital & Aga Khan University Hospital.
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Biosecurity-related biomedical laboratory practices in Pakistan: Educating personnel regarding transportation of biohazardous substances
TL;DR: In this paper, a questionnaire developed from the International Air Transport Association Dangerous Goods Regulations was prepared and administered to 36 participants in two different workshops carried out in April 2016 in Karachi, Pakistan.
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Comparative Analysis of Commercially Available Typhoid Point-of-Care Tests: Results of a Prospective and Hybrid Retrospective Multicenter Diagnostic Accuracy Study in Kenya and Pakistan
Jyotshna Sapkota,Rumina Hasan,Robert S. Onsare,Sonia Arafah,S. Kariuki,Sadia Shakoor,Farah Naz Qamar,Sheillah Mundalo,Frida Njeru,R. Too,Elizabeth Ndegwa,Jason R. Andrews,Sabine Dittrich +12 more
TL;DR: All commercially available Salmonella Typhi RDTs evaluated in the study had sensitivity and specificity values that fell below the required levels to be recommended for an accurate diagnosis, highlighting the clear need for new, more accurate SalmoneellaTyphi tests.
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Epidemiological, Ecological, and Public Health Effects of Antibiotics and AMR/ARGs
TL;DR: Impact of antimicrobial resistance is extensive, threatening not just health and food safety but also the authors' environment, and actions are thus required to both safeguard efficacies of antimicrobials, and also to protect the environment from damage by them.
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Prevalence of ST26 among untreated smear-positive tuberculosis patients from Karachi indicating ongoing transmission.
Sadia Shakoor,Mahnaz Tanveer,Yasraba Rafiq,Zahra Hasan,Arshad Javed,Nadeem Rizvi,Nadeem Ur Rehman,Rumina Hasan +7 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that ST26 being the most prevalent strain in smear-positive cases contributes greatly towards ongoing transmission in Karachi, Pakistan, and DESTUS analysis identifying ST26 as the only emerging spoligotype.
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Emergence of a multidrug resistant and virulent Streptococcus pneumoniae lineage mediates serotype replacement after PCV13
Stephanie W. Lo,Kate Mellor,Robert M. Cohen,Alba Redin Alonso,Sophie Belman,Narender Kumar,Paulina A. Hawkins,Rebecca A. Gladstone,Anne von Gottberg,Balaji Veeraraghavan,K L Ravikumar,Rama Kandasamy,Andrew J. Pollard,Samir K. Saha,Godfrey Bigogo,Martin Antonio,Brenda Kwambana-Adams,Shaper Mirza,Sadia Shakoor,Imran Nisar,Jennifer E. Cornick,Deborah Lehmann,Rebecca Ford,Betuel Sigaúque,Paul Turner,Jennifer C. Moïsi,Stephen K. Obaro,Ron Dagan,Naima Elmdaghri,Anna Skoczynska,Hui Wang,Philip E. Carter,Keith P. Klugman,Gail L Rodgers,Robert F. Breiman,Lesley McGee,Stephen D. Bentley,Carmen Munoz Almagro,Emmanuelle Varon +38 more
TL;DR: The authors in this article investigated the global diversity of serotype 24F pneumococci and characterised the driver lineage from a global perspective and elucidated its spatiotemporal transmission in France and across the world.