A systematic review of racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in COVID-19

A Khanijahani, S Iezadi, K Gholipour… - International journal for …, 2021 - Springer
Background Preliminary evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic shows the presence of
health disparities, especially in terms of morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to …

[HTML][HTML] Global health disparities in vulnerable populations of psychiatric patients during the COVID-19 pandemic

A Diaz, R Baweja, JK Bonatakis… - World Journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic affects psychiatric patients disproportionately
compared to the general population. In this narrative review, we examine the impact of the …

Previous COVID-19 infection and antibody levels after vaccination

H Ali, B Alahmad, AA Al-Shammari, A Alterki… - Frontiers in public …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: The emergence of new COVID-19 variants of concern coupled with a global
inequity in vaccine access and distribution has prompted many public health authorities to …

Cellular and humoral immune responses in covid-19 and immunotherapeutic approaches

A Hasan, E Al-Ozairi, Z Al-Baqsumi… - ImmunoTargets and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), caused by the novel coronavirus severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), can range in severity from …

Clinical characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 patients with diabetes mellitus in Kuwait

A Alshukry, MB Abbas, Y Ali, B Alahmad… - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
Background COVID-19 has a highly variable clinical presentation, ranging from
asymptomatic to severe respiratory symptoms and death. Diabetes seems to be one of the …

Rare host variants in ciliary expressed genes contribute to COVID-19 severity in Bulgarian patients

K Kamenarova, D Kachakova-Yordanova… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19), a pneumonia with extremely heterogeneous clinical …

ACE2 and FURIN variants are potential predictors of SARS-CoV-2 outcome: A time to implement precision medicine against COVID-19

F Al-Mulla, A Mohammad, A Al Madhoun, D Haddad… - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
The severity of the new COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus is strikingly
variable in different global populations. SARS-CoV-2 uses ACE2 as a cell receptor …

Disparities in excess deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic among migrant workers in Kuwait

B Alahmad, D AlMekhled, A Odeh, D Albloushi… - BMC Public Health, 2021 - Springer
Background The actual human cost of the pandemic cannot be viewed through the COVID-
19 mortality rates alone, especially when the pandemic is widening the existing health …

Reductionist methodology and the ambiguity of the categories of race and ethnicity in biomedical research: an exploratory study of recent evidence

JK Malinowska, T Żuradzki - Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 2023 - Springer
In this article, we analyse how researchers use the categories of race and ethnicity with
reference to genetics and genomics. We show that there is still considerable conceptual …

COVID‐19 death and kidney disease in a multiracial Asian country

BL Goh, M Shanmuganathan, K Peariasamy… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction COVID‐19 infection and kidney disease (KD) carry a considerable risk of
mortality. Understanding predictors of death and KD may help improve management and …